Top 742 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Pastors - Page 12

If you want to change the direction of your life, change the declaration of your lips

When ordinary people pray, extraordinary things can happen.

You can never rise above the light you look up to.

The whole point is I'm trying to get you to see-to get you out of this malaise of thinking that Jesus and the disciples were poor and then relating that to you thinking that you, as a child of God, have to follow Jesus. The Bible says that He has left us an example that we should follow His steps. That's the reason why I drive a Rolls Royce. I'm following Jesus' steps.

The Spirit is speaking strongly to me for you to place a $50 offering on the altar, when you do, God will do a now miracle.

We do not fail in our evangelism if we faithfully tell the gospel to someone who is not subsequently converted; we fail only if we do not faithfully tell the gospel at all.

People are looking at possibly doing some documentaries and also we have the first four films that will stay out there for the years to come. So, yeah, Sherwood Pictures will be around and my brother and I are certainly supporters of that. We can't wait to see what God does not only locally there at the church but what he has for us down the road as well.

Take a deep breath and take this to heart; God has nothing to do with broken promises. When He says, I promise, mark it down it's going to happen.

Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes from selfishness to service.

Life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

Though prayer doesn't change God's mind or God's purposes, prayer does change something- It changes us.

If you don't have any haters, you're not that gifted.

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

With the same intensity that the Father loves Jesus, He loves you.

There are some times you win, and there are other times you build character.

God is more interested in what we are than in what we do. He looks for fruit; we try to produce works.

Repentance means to have a hearty, thorough, change of mind and it includes the idea of rejecting and renouncing the sinful, filthy lifestyle you've been living. And for the most part, fags cannot repent because they're proud of their sin.

When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.

Salvation has absolutely nothing to do with human merit and absolutely everything to do with divine mercy.

Today's biggest headlines are stories about people who thought they were doing something that was secret: Jesse Jackson's secret girlfriend and child, Monica Lewinski's private meetings with the president and confidential girl talk with Linda Tripp. Just think of the news stories we've watched on television.

How do you view God in a desert? There's two types of birds. There's vultures, and there's hummingbirds. One lives off dead carcasses, rotting meat. The other lives off the beautiful, sweet, nectar in a particular flower, on a particular desert plant, in the same desert. They both find what they're looking for. Do you know - take it all the way back into the Old Testament - and the Muslim and you, we actually serve the same God. Allah, to a Muslim; to us, Abba Father, God.

You have only one life and it will soon be past, and only what's done for Christ will last.

The most miserable man or woman is the one who knows what is right and does not do it.

If you don't let your past die, then it won't let you live. Period.

A magnificent restoration awaits us. Christ comes in judgment; then restoration.

Lord, help me to appreciate this woman/man without elevating her/him above you in my heart. Help me to remember that nobody can ever take your place in my life. You are my strength, my hope, my joy, and my ultimate reward. Bring me back to reality, God. Give me an undivided heart.

Be outrageous enough to trust God. Don't be adjusting your vision downward. Keep believing for radical things in Christ.

Our job is not the harvest, our job is the seed.

Whatever is stealing your peace and rocking your boat, what ever is taking your smile away, reach down, pick it up, and throw it overboard.

The thing about faith is that you have to have it before you need it.

Jesus was short on sermons, long on conversations; short on answers, long on questions; short on abstraction and propositions, long on stories and parables; short on telling you what to think, long on challenging you to think for yourself.

We should be supportive of the president and supportive of rights of all in a pluralistic democracy that we're called to love. And we live our faith; we don't legislate our faith.

Life is too short to spend forty to fifty hours around people who do nothing but stress you out and make you desire to go stick your head in a blender.

You can't undo yesterday, you can work on today, tomorrow, you will wonder how you screwed up 2 days in a row

If you want God to act SUDDENLY then you’re gonna have to pursue him PATIENTLY!

Love says: I've seen the ugly parts of you, and I'm staying. Our culture doesn't love love; It loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without the sacrifice.

The safest place in life is in the hands of God, even when theyre punishing you.

Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in a little immorality but abstaining because of being afraid of getting caught. No, Jesus is coming for a church passionately and utterly devoted to Him-one that is free on the inside.

Every deed has a seed. In other words, the deeds you choose to do in this lifetime create a seed for future generations.

You don’t obey your way into faith (the Pharisees proved that); you believe your way into obedience.

We may be confident in this: that in the pain of our suffering is the presence of a faithful God.

The urge to quit is strongest just before breakthroughs occur. Those are the times when it's most important to stay focused and committed. You will encounter the urge to quit many times. Get over it. Quitting is not an option; always be prepared to give it one more day.

Nothing you can do will benefit you more than prayer.

Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

When we are weak, we can still be strong. When we're under the greatest stress and facing the greatest challenges, it may be the best day of our lives, for God is working to make us into the people he wants us to be.

That it is not same-gender relationships that are destroying marriage. What is actually destroying marriage is high unemployment, incarceration, a lack of education and ministers living in contradiction where they speak about holiness on one side but yet are living in adultery on the other.

The giant in front of you is never bigger than the God who lives in you.

It shouldn't freak you out to realize that God's eyes are on you. Because He doesn't see you through eyes of disapproval or disappointment. His presence is not a sign of condemnation. It's actually an invitation. God is present with you, through His Holy Spirit, because He intends to uproot you from the tyranny of the familiar, shatter the monotonous life you've had. And take you on an adventure.

Prayer does two things. It shows the complete sufficiency of God and the complete helplessness of man. It shows that God is not lacking, that He is in need of no thing, that He is infinitely and gloriously wealthy, that He can give to, He can bless and He can answer without the need of help from anyone or anything else. And it also shows that we are in desperate need of that kind of sufficiency.

As you commit your life to follow the Lord, He begins to plant His desires in your heart, then guides you according to His plan

Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.

The Bible is not considered an accurate, absolute, authoritative, or authoritarian source but a book to be experienced and one experience can be as valid as any other can. Experience, dialogue, feelings, and conversations are equated with Scripture while certitude, authority, and doctrine are to be eschewed! No doctrines are to be absolute and truth or doctrine must be considered only with personal experiences, traditions, historical leaders, etc. The Bible is not an answer book.

God calls each and every star by name. It’s not likely He has forgotten yours.

The importance of the Bible to a church is to keep the church on track. The role of the Constitution in government is to keep the government on track.

Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right that was fought for.

Nothing is impossible for the people of God who trust in the power of God to accomplish the will of God.

During the tribulation there will be a national turning of Israel to the Lord; they will walk in righteousness. ... God established an everlasting covenant with Israel and it will be of everlasting duration.

When a team feels like a family, they will go all out to love and serve one another.

We ask for forgiveness. And we forgive others who ask us. In that way we can experience healing, healing in our souls.

In heaven we will not longer cry, feel sad, or face death. Our bodies will be perfect, locked into eternal youth... ageless.