Christ Quotes - Page 35

The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.

If there were no God, there would be no atheists.

If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

There is nothing more foolish or self-defeating than for a Christian to say that he is not interested in doctrines.

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over.

Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.

Death is just a comma to a Christian, not a period.

It is impossible to preach Christ, except thou preach against antichrist.

The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ.

It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.

How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority.

Maturity comes from obedience, not necessarily from age.

Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, “Take my life and let it be” when you haven't given Him one ounce?

It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian.

The most important Christian Education institution is not the pulpit or the school, important as those institutions are; but it is the Christian family. And that institution has to a very large extent ceased to do its work.

Satan gets disturbed -and defeated -when you decide to do more that be a Sunday-morning Christian.

It is only by a total death to self we can be lost in God.

A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.

Be much alone with God, and take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Converse over everything with Him. Unburden yourself wholly -every thought, feeling, wish, plan, doubt- to Him...He wants not merely to be on good terms with you, but to be intimate.

The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.

When you’re not fully trusting in the Lord you’re concerned mostly about rescue. “I’m a Christian, get me out of here!” And the Lord is saying, “You’re kidding, right? I want to teach you who you are in this situation!” In some of our situations, He gives us power and authority to move. In other situations He gives us patience because that works just as powerfully, it’s just going to take a few extra weeks.

The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.

We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.