Top 117 Quotes & Sayings by Mark Hart

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

The amount of "followers" you have does not make you better than anyone else. Hitler had millions. Jesus had twelve.

The Church needs more people willing to wash feet, not just point out they're dirty or complain that they smell.

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.

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

God will put someone in your path today who doesn't necessarily need you... but who desperately needs Christ in you.

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

God made saints out of far worse people than you.

If the heart is hardened, the intellect is darkened.

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

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

God has great plans for you today... creative and unexpected means by which He will make you a saint. He needs only your joyful submission to His plan.

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.

It is in our darkest cultures that the greatest saints rise, stand, and lead.

It's one of the greatest comforts of working in ministry: the unspoken certitude that your spouse did not marry you for your money.

Consider God's love for you. Now double it. Now multiply that by 900 trillion. You're still not even close.

Don't make Christ ride shotgun.

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

A homeless man standing at the off-ramp: the question in these moments isn't whether Jesus is in Him, but in me.

Authentic Christianity is a roller-coaster ride, not a merry-go-round.

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

It's funny how the closer you get to God, the more you realize how far you are from Him.

If you really want to change someone's life today, don't just pray for them... pray with them.

We can't understand our calling and our vocation until we listen to the Lord... until we look upon the Lord... until we realize who it is that we're really serving. Are we serving God? Or the world?

The man who built the manger had a purpose in mind... God had another. You'll never know how far reaching God's plan is for your work.

To love someone properly probably means that you won’t be very popular. Pure love, loving the way it was intended, is unfortunately a foreign concept to many. Love is messy. Love will involve hardship, demand patience, require forgiveness, test maturity, strain friendship, challenge priorities, refine character, ignite the heart and unleash the soul. Love is not something you sing about, it’s the reason you sing. Love is not something you write about, it’s the reason you write. Love is not something you live to find, it’s the reason that you are alive.

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

You can usually tell by the look on someone's face if they woke up counting their problems or their blessings.

God didn't give Adam and Eve the right to decide what was good and evil. He gave them the right to choose between good and evil.

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

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.

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

If you want to love God better, hate sin more.

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.

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.

We must not become so preoccupied looking for "major" miracles that we miss all the daily ones.

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

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

Pentecost is a celebration of God... a celebration of God's power... a celebration of God's desire to empower us and to dwell within us.

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

It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.

Never complain about growing old... Some never have the privilege.

As I get older I've come to realize that the best way to "get even" with someone is to forgive - and then forget.

Stress will either drive you crazy or drive you to your knees. It depends on who is in control of your life.

Your faith is measured by how well you love those who can't stand you.

It's easier not to love. Beware of the easy path this day.

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.

Laziness in prayer is like handing the devil a key to your house.

Reconciliation is the fastest way to change your life.

Note to self: If you can't hear God when you pray, shut up.

Rules for today: 1) Pray 2) Laugh 3) Repeat. The only reason to take this life too seriously is if it's your only one.

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.

An annoyed and joyless Christian is the devil's greatest billboard.

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

You don't become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.

When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'

Giving God permission to make you a saint will ruin your life.

If true love were only about feelings, Jesus would have been hugged to death for our redemption. Thank God for His cross this and every day.

True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.

Life's too short not to tell the people you love how you feel. Say it... and say it often. Oh, and start with God.