Quotes

God Himself is not in a sunset or in an act of human compassion any more than an artist is in his painting or a musician is in his music. . . . God is separate from His creation. This means: When something is wrong, He can right it. When something is broken, He can mend it. When something is lost, He can find it. When something is hurt, He can heal it.

~~Anne Graham Lotz
God's Story

Surely we have misunderstood Christianity if we think God wants us to obey Him reluctantly and fearfully------resisting, bucking, hating every step of the way. Jesus came to show us a new way by which God promises to work in us "both to will and to do of His good pleasure." This means that God will bring about such a change in us that His plans and desires for us will be our delight.

~~Catherine Marshall
Moments that Matter

In heaven we won't be encumbered by all the material goods that clutter our lives here on earth. Whatever their size, our heavenly homes will be places of love set in neighborhoods where the peace is never interrupted by police or ambulance sirens, storm warnings, or blaring security alarms. How wonderful it is to picture the happy life we'll know for all eternity. How comforting it is to know we'll share it with our friends and loved ones who are waiting for us there.

~~Barbara Johnson
He's Gonna Toot

Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's Word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences. The object of our faith is God--not our feelings, not faith itself, but almighty God.

~~Warren W. Wiersbe
The 20 Essential Qualities

When God acts, it is because He himself has taken the initiative and made the decision to do so. God took the initiative to create the universe . . . To create the Earth . . . To create man . . . To create woman. . . And God took the initiative to send His own Son to earth to be our Savior.

~~Anne Graham Lotz
God's Story

From Genesis to Revelation, from earth's greatest tragedy to earth's greatest triumph, the dramatic story of humanity's lowest depths and God's highest heights can be couched in twenty-five beautiful words: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).

~~Billy Graham
Unto the Hills

When we have Jesus, we indeed have everything. All that God demands of us is met in Jesus. He is the supremely all-sufficient One, the first and last, the living One. Our greatest need, and God's greatest gift to us, is to awaken us to the sufficiency, supremacy, and destiny of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are called to an undistracted and lifelong preoccupation with Him.

~~Fawn Parish
It's All About You, Jesus

God is kind. He overflows with love toward you, taking your needs and hurts to heart, working all things together for good on your behalf. He is merciful, full of mercy and grace toward you, and not because of anything you have done to earn His acceptance. He is slow to anger. His patience is limitless. His love is limitless.

~~Peter Wallace
What the Psalmist Is Saying

God's gift of love and forgiveness means that we don't have to scrounge for scraps of attention or affection; that we can be mulish and stubborn, and God loves us anyway; that we don't have to sip the bitter tea of revenge until we make ourselves sick; that our unfulfilled desires won't kill us in the end; that we can give our second-rate plans to God, and He will sanctify our lives.

~~Leslie Williams
Seduction of the Lesser Gods

Imagine considering every moment as a potential time of communion with God. By the time your life is over, you will have spent six months at stoplights, eight months opening junk mail, a year and a half looking for lost stuff. . ., and a whopping five years standing in various lines. Why don't you give these moments to God?

--Max Lucado
Just Like Jesus