Top 144 Quotes & Sayings by Craig Groeschel - Page 3

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

Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time.

God has given you every thing you need to reach every person you need to reach.

With prayer, you may be able to start one discipline or habit that will overflow into many more positive, God-honoring traits.

The younger generation can smell fakes - Authenticity trumps cool.

As we're growing closer to God, I ask people to decide when God wants them to stay planted exactly where they are.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

In each big decision, we'll always make them by faith.

I was a full-time pastor and a part-time follower of Christ.

Personally, I hate flossing. So this is the first discipline I quit when I am stressed. But if I stop this one important habit, then I might be tempted to cheat on my eating plan, stay up too late, or skip my Bible reading. If I stay faithful in doing something that I don't enjoy, I tend to believe that I'm disciplined. Therefore, I eat better, go to bed on time, and stay in God's Word.

God could have programmed us as robots to do whatever he tells us, but then we'd never have the freedom to love and worship him.

Tragically, many people have this faithless, wishy-washy mindset, which causes them to lose the battle in their minds before they ever fight it in the world.

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

When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving.

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.

The more I looked, the more I found Christian Atheists everywhere.

Twenty-nine years ago, I came to faith in Christ after a gentleman from the Gideon's International gave me a free copy of the New Testament Bible. I started in Matthew and read all the way to Ephesians 2 when it finally clicked for me. After reading about salvation by grace through faith, I cried out to Jesus for his forgiveness and surrendered my whole life to Him. At that moment, I became a new person.

If you are not dead, you are not done.

Those who have it stick with what brings it.

Some decisions are obviously much more inconsequential than others. For example, let's say you choose the blue shirt over the red one; not much is likely to change. Red meat over white meat once a week won't likely make a huge difference in your health. But if you believe that grilled chicken is healthier than a cheeseburger, your lunch choice might cause you to pause; especially if you know that the cheeseburger also comes with fries and a large chocolate shake.

Honor, publicly, results in influence, privately.

Not taking risks ultimately leads to failure.

Because my life was changed by God's Word, I love every organization that helps people know him through his Word.

I'd argue that people today aren't rejecting Christ so much as they're rejecting the church.