Top 192 Quotes & Sayings by Tony Evans - Page 3

When it comes to politics and elections, far too many Christians spend more time appealing to family, history and tradition, culture, racial expediency, and personal preference than they do to what the Bible teaches.

God can take the good, bad and the bitter and create a masterpiece called your destiny.

Because Jesus Christ is a man, He feels what we feel. Because He is God, He can do something about it.

People wonder why they have so little of God when God has so little of them.

Nobody is born a drug addict or a homosexual. Christians may be performing in these unacceptable ways, but that's not who they are. It's an identity issue.

Men, you are in a battle. You are in a war. The stakes of this war and its casualties are higher than a checkmark in the win or loss column. Lives will be lost. Eternities will be shaped. Destinies will either be discovered or dismissed. Dreams will be attained or relinquished.

A kingdom man understands that God never said a godly life would be easy; He just said it would be worth it.

His enemies had counted on the lions taking care of Daniel. What they hadn't counted on was his God taking care of Daniel.

Thanksgiving is not just a warm, cozy holiday. It's not merely a time of recreation and relaxation and watching football all day. As we give thanks, we need to put our mind, soul and spirit into our thanks and into our praise.

A kingdom man is a man who visibly demonstrates the comprehensive rule of God underneath the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of his life.

God can take your most monstrous failures and turn them into triumphs such as you never could imagine.

Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself but the kingdom.

One of the reasons so many singles are dissatisfied is that they're looking for a change in status to define their significance, rather than finding a purpose in life, granted by God, that gives them significance regardless of the status they're in.

Brokenness is often the road to breakthrough. Be encouraged.

Never has our nation , or our world, stood on the precipice of adversity in such dire need of men answering the cry to rule well.

Prayer is the means by which God has established for God's people to invite the spiritual into the physical, and the invisible realm into the visible realm.

A man who brags about satisfying 30 women is immature. A real man is one who can satisfy the same woman for 30 years.

Faith is acting like God is telling the truth.

Insisting on living in your past will kill your future. Let it go.

If the Lord is your shepherd, He is sufficient for all your needs.

Many of us are being held hostage by bitterness because we are not willing to give to others what we have been given.

Revival is the return of God's manifest presence to His people for the purpose of them renewing their relationship with Him, with each other and for the good of the broader society. It is necessary because much of what God determines to do, or not do, in the world is determined by His relationship to His people.

You entrust your money to banks, God entrusts His money to you. How would you feel if the bank took your money and used it to play the lottery or gamble with it? So, how does God feel?

The single greatest reason why we are losing a generation is because the home is no longer the place of the transference of the faith. We live in a day of ‘outsourcing’…Today, we have a generation of people that outsource their kids.

My fellow believers, it is time to return to the Book. It is time to look to the one source that holds the answers for how our country should operate, the Bible.

One of the major failures of the church is not a focus on building disciples but a focus on building members.

Disciples are people who operate under the rule of God, and if we're not operating under the rule of God, we can't expect the broader society to take God seriously.

One day I was in an airport rushing to catch a plane. I was sweating and puffing when I looked to my right and saw a man walking half as fast as I was, but going faster. He was walking on a moving sidewalk. When we walk in the Spirit, eh comes underneath us and bears us along. We're still walking, but we walk dependent on him.

If God can't get the attention of the church house, He's certainly not going to stop by the White House.

It's easier to shape a child than to repair an adult.

Keep in mind that God's sovereignty allows Him to even use that which is not cooperating with Him (the bad) in order to move things to where He wants them to go.

The first thing you do is sit down with your wife and say something like this, Honey, I've made a terrible mistake. I've given you my role. I gave up leading this family. ... I'm not suggesting that you ask for your role back, I'm urging you to take it back ... Be sensitive. Listen. Treat the lady gently and lovingly. But lead!

The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible the more chaotic things become.

Faith doesn't make sense. It makes miracles.

God only promises to bless the nation that recognizes His authority.

If you limit worship to where you are, the minute you leave that place of worship you will leave your attitude of worship behind like a crumpled-up church bulletin.

Paul, we are going to kill you. That is cool, then I will go to Christ. Ok Paul, we are going to let you live. That is great, then I can witness Christ. Ok, then we will torture you. That is fine, then I will receive a reward in Heaven one day.

Every voting choice you exercise ought to be for the candidate, platform, party, or policy that will best represent the values of the kingdom of God.

Many, if not most, Christians begin with the wrong question of who they should vote for rather than the more important question of how they should vote.

The primary role of the church is to reflect God's value system in society and to train people in that value system. It's not the government's responsibility, nor are they equipped to do that on the most local level where the need exists.

As created beings, angels are not to be worshipped, glorified, or adored in and of themselves. The angels were created to worship, glorify, adore, and obey God.

God established the family as the foundation of civilization.

Churches must extend their influence beyond the lives of church members to impact the broader community that they serve.

Young men need a positive influence, especially when they don't have a strong male figure in their lives. They can be influenced by a great, godly man in the church, which gives men a great mission in the church to influence these kids.

When you understand the values of God's kingdom, you will best understand His agenda.4 However, it is my conviction that the message of the kingdom, and the values therein, are sorely lacking in understanding today.

Same-sex marriage confuses the balance that God created when he created male and female. He created a balance, where both sides would bring something to the table that would reflect the uniqueness of the creation. There is no reflection of the uniqueness of creation in same-sex marriage.

I try to explain the difference to a client between cleaning and restoration.Cleaning is simply removing some light to moderate soils. Restoration is removing those hardened deposits and stains that require heavier cleaners and much more time. Or on a building that has just been built or renovated it's removing all the construction debris. Setting expectations can go a long way to having and keeping satisfied customers.

You cannot read the Bible and ignore the political realm.

Unless God and His revealed Word is the overarching influencer and rationale over how our electoral decisions are made as believers, then we cannot expect God to be the overarching influencer in our nation.

The real issue at hand is how God is going to respond to a culture when the majority of the people seek to veto Him.

Don't you understand, mister, you are royalty and God has chosen you to be priest of your home?

Even though Eve ate the fruit first, God went looking for Adam. It had been Adam whom God had revealed himself to as LORD God in the context of giving Adam divine instruction.

Men, God is not opposed to greatness. God is opposed to pride. Big difference. Unfortunately, it is a difference not widely understood or embraced.

When the governing representatives of the people legalize the shedding of innocent blood (as a for-profit business, nonetheless) then they have placed themselves, and those they represent, in the direct line of God's judgment.

These systems attempt to box God into a government confined within the perspective of man. Yet when humanity is used as the starting point for interpreting and interacting with God's creation, faulty theology and sociology emerge as mankind attempts to fashion God into the image of man.

God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule.

Scripture would not only solve the individual and family divisions, but it would also solve the ecclesiastical confusion.

Jesus wants men who will rule well.

In fact, it is precisely because we have changed books that the chaos in our country has gotten worse than ever before.

Don't wait until you are a big shot to do big shot things.