Craig Groeschel Quotes - Page 5

A keystone habit leads to other positive habits and disciplines. These positive traits start a chain reaction that produces other positive outcomes. The presence of these important habits help you become more faithful in other areas of your life. On the other hand, the absence of these key disciplines can impact you negatively.

Don't build your ministry on what you're against. Build your ministry on what you're for.

Good can be the enemy of great.

Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs.

God often guides by what He doesn't provide.

If you don't know the purpose of something, all you can do is misuse it.

To those of you who are leading LifeGroups, I want you to know, you are the heroes of our mission.

Our thoughts are either focused on what's eternal, life-changing, and true, or lost in the details of our temporary, selfish, false beliefs.

To be great at a few things and experience it, you'll have to say no to many things.

Unfortunately, the Bible won't tell you directly, "Thou shalt take the new job in marketing..." or "Thou shalt go directly from undergraduate school to honor me in graduate school." While the Bible doesn't speak to some of our specific decisions, it does speak to every decision about who God wants us to become.

Don't resent, fear, or judge the next generation, believe in them.

How bad you want something determines what you will do to get it.

The things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don’t are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It’s our burden.

If you delegate authority, you will build leaders.

The things closest to the heart of God are often the most offensive to the Pharisees.

When we generally make healthy choices about food (or wise choices about life), we tend to move in the right direction, living as we believe God wants us to live. If we make an intentional exception for a special treat or for a diversion, that might not be a big deal. But if we step off the best path, we're tempted to detour into more unwise choices. In that case, your decision does matter.

To reach people no one else is reaching we must do things no one else is doing

As an organization changes your mindset as a leader also has to change. This becomes the lid to you organization. Whenever my organization starts to settle I believe I have to lift my lid, my capacity I have to think and act in a different way to achieve different results.

The Bible is the best and most important tool in discerning direction from God.

If you are not dead, you are not done.

Most of us could stop doing something that's hindering our passion for Jesus and effectiveness in following him.

We need to step into certain uncertainty. Without faith it is impossible to please God.

The New Testament is peppered with "one another" reminders. While Scripture says to love another, encourage one another, offer hospitality to one another, be kind to one another, many people are content tolerating one another, if not ignoring one another.

Not taking risks ultimately leads to failure.

Without being legalistic, we should be careful and wise in all decisions we make.