Mark Hart Quotes - Page 2

Time is the most valuable commodity we have, worth more than gold, yet wasted more than all else. Efficient use of time begins with prayer.

Christ always calls us to life and constantly to greater joy, but rarely does He call us to comfort.

The funny thing about the boy who gave away his loaves and fish is that he, too, ended the day with a full stomach.

Are you willing to go the extra mile in this new year to know God?

You can't do God's will and satisfy everyone.

The atheist barista (who's obsessed with astrology) asked me, "So what's your sign?" I responded, "The sign of the cross." I think she spit in my coffee.

People with a lot of theological study and no prayer life are dangerous... and not in a good way.

The commandments are a gift, not a curse. Sin is less about breaking the rules and more about breaking the Father's heart.

Speaking truth will rarely earn you friends, but it will reveal who your true friends are and who are true friends of Christ.

The truest friends are usually the ones telling you what you don't want to hear.

When I get "too busy" to pray, I envision Jesus at the Pearly Gates showing me the time I wasted looking for something to watch on Netflix.

If the person who says they love you is unwilling to sacrifice for you it ain't love.

I'm at my 3 year-olds year-end concert. It's full of very off-key, mostly unfocused children, but this father is still beaming. Must be how God feels on Sunday.

God is holding you in His heart, right at this very moment. It's a fact that can make you feel so small yet so big at the same time.

Everything we have - every blessing, every talent - is a gift from our Father. The only thing that's all ours is our sin.

Reconciliation is the fastest way to change your life.

Fatherhood has taught me when it's too quiet my kids are usually sinning. God the Father knows the same. Are you praying?

Ever doubt that God answers your prayers? Pray (sincerely) for humility... and watch what happens.

How beautiful that after 2,000 years, no one can outdo "God is love." It's the most perfectly concise, hopeful phrase in history.

The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as the Son took our place.

I'm a sinner. I don't always love God as strongly as I could or as directly as I should. Ash Wednesday reminds me that it is only through God that I have life; He gave it to me. God forgives. He loves. And He gives this sinner a second chance. Put simply: my God kicks ash.

Sometimes holiness demands that we speak up, but oftentimes it calls us to shut up.

Teacher: "If your daughter knew her spelling words as well as her Bible stories she'd get into Harvard." Me: "I'll settle for Heaven."

If I were as good at praying as I am at not praying I'd be really holy.

What annoys us most in other people is oftentimes the same area God wants us to grow in ourselves.