Greg Laurie Quotes - Page 3

Let's commit ourselves to being true disciples of Jesus Christ. Not mere fair-weather followers, but disciples.

The Bible says that the servant of the Lord must be patient. Not everyone believes immediately.

I think there is always new people that have never heard the gospel before that need to have it because the gospel - which is the death, resurrection of Christ and the message of his forgiveness - is the only hope for a person knowing that they will go to Heaven and then finding the meaning and purpose they search for in life.

The message of the season is not, "Let it snow" or even, "Let us shop." The real message of Christmas is, "Let us worship." That is what the wise men came to do. And that is what we should be doing as well.

God allows hardship in our lives so that our beliefs-those handholds of faith in a troubled world-will became more and more real to us and less and less theory.

I have found that if you invest in the lives of people, well-feed sheep will reproduce themselves.

And any declaration of faith that does not result in a changed life and good works is a false declaration. It is faith alone that justifies. But faith that justifies can never be alone.

To me, the model example of how to share your faith is Jesus with the woman at the well in John 4. He was patient with her. He took time for her. To some degree, she was kind of disrespectful to Him at first, initially kind of blowing off what he said and blowing off what he was saying to her. But then, as it continued on, she began to understand and ultimately believed.

The Bible says that in the last days that it will be like labor pains. As a woman is ready to give birth, the labor pains get closer and closer together. That's what I think we are seeing that says we are in, maybe now, the last hours because the events are getting closer together.

You know, it is not God's desire to conceal but to reveal. The word revelation means "unveiling."

My objective is to build a bridge to a person, to establish a dialogue.

I do believe that we are living in the last days. I know this has been said before but there are events happening in our world right now that, to me, are what we call signs of the times.

Sure, Christianity is a world religion and I don't deny that. But having said that, this is, when it is all said and done, a relationship with God.

The Bible says that in the last days, there would be false teachers. And, it also says that in the End Times that... there would be an apostasy.

Earth is only a pale version of heaven, not the other way around.

As time passes, you will look back with twenty-twenty hindsight, and you will say, 'Thank God He did not answer my prayers' or 'Thank God He answered my prayers,' whichever the case may be.

In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity and love.

What we now consider to be radical behavior was to early believers nothing more than a sincere attempt to live obediently.

The resurrection of Christ from the dead, next to the Crucifixion itself, is the most significant event in church history. It isn't a peripheral issue; it's foundational. It's bedrock. It's the bottom line.

Giving is a responsibility. It is an opportunity. And it is a blessing for every follower of Jesus Christ.

The kids (in the Jesus Movement) weren't singing for themselves. It seemed like they were singing TO Someone.

I don't think we have to impose or pressure in anyway but I do think we have to engage people and try to help them to understand what the gospel even is.

I have never received a heavenly dispatch. Rather, I have found that divine guidance often comes as a result of taking steps of faith. And God not only has His will, but He also has His timing for each and every situation. The Bible tells us, 'He has made everything beautiful in its time'

Ultimately, we know that the way a person finds salvation, the way a person comes into a relationship with God is by admitting their sin and turning to Christ. So, I think because they have done religious ritual A or B or C and think that is sufficient and that's all that is expected, now religion has become a barrier instead of a bridge and gives a false sense of satisfaction.

I don't think the problem that we have today is overzealous believers. I think the problem we have is underzealous believers.