Christian Quotes - Page 390

Initially, when I first became a Christian and got into ministry, my thought was that God existed to make my life better and to take me to Heaven. Now I realize that it is not about me at all. It is all about God and that He did this to display His plan to restore the Earth to the Garden of Eden state.

We've been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don't have peace, we assume the problem lies within us. Not only do we feel anxious, but we also feel guilty about our anxiety! The result is a downward spiral of worry, guilt, worry, guilt.

Theres some inherently unique characteristics of Christianity, the chief of which is that Christianity teaches that we are saved by what Christ has done for us, instead of we are saved by what we do for God.

When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home.

Praise is the highest occupation of any being

God's greatest blessings often come costumed as disasters. Any doubters need to do nothing more than ascend the hill of Calvary.

How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.

There's a great place for good Christian children's books. After the upcoming projects I'm working on, I'd like to turn my attention back to children's books. Maybe with a granddaughter I'll have more inspiration and new ideas.

Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven.

Someday I want to go back and maybe write another book on those seven sayings. I just think they are kind of like a table of contents to the Christian hope. They invite us to go into all the aspects of the heart of Jesus. Everything about them from the drama, the setting, the passion around them - I think the seven sayings of the cross are powerful.

When Jesus died on the cross, so did your sin; when He rose from the dead, so did your HOPE.

Gratitude develops faith. The surest path out of a slump is marked by the road sign "thank you, God."

Jesus isn't a God who stayed on the mountaintop - he's a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people.

God has no cousins, only children.

God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach.

Regardless of the circumstances that surrounded your arrival, you are not an accident. God planned you before you were born.

God is not a miser with his grace. Your cup may be low in cash or clout, but it is overflowing with mercy.

The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message of life in a dark world.

Every other religion is a salvation by self, Christianity is a salvation by Christ.

Aging is God's idea. It's one of the ways he keeps us headed homeward.

Prayer pushes us through life's slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.

Christians must allow no unclean thing to interfere with a harmonious relationship with Christ.

God is concerned that Christians live consistent with their profession even in the seemingly small and insignificant areas of life.

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak.

God wanted Israel, as He wants Christians, to learn to utterly abhor and detest anything that had the potential of coming between them and their God. The believer's enemies are typically internal rather than external, and they pose a powerful threat to spiritual health and progress.