John Maxwell
To reach your potential, you must know where you want to go and where you currently are. Without both of these pieces of information, you’re liable to get lost.
John Bunyan
If thou wouldest be a good neighbour, take heed of thy tongue...That thou with it give no offensive language to thy neighbour, to the provoking of him to anger. Bear much, put up wrongs, and say little...And as thou shouldest take heed that thou be not the original of contention and anger, so also take heed that thou be not an instrument to beget it between parties, by tale-bearing and a gossiping spirit: "He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears."
Bill Johnson
Grace that does not lead us to becoming like Jesus is not grace. It's something else and definitely not Biblical grace.
Lysa TerKeurst
I would rev up my Christian to do list with all manner of serving, blessing and giving others that kind of love I was so desperate to have boomerang back on me. Those are all good things. Fabulous activities. Biblical instructions. But when given from a heart whose real motivation is what I'm hoping I'll get in return is not really love at all. That's not the answer. Giving with strings of secret expectations attached is the greatest invitation to heartbreak. That's not love. That's manipulation, and it's also unrealistic. Only audiences are trained to applaud performances. People in everyday life can sniff out the neediness of a performer trying to earn love. Their instinct isn't to clap, but rather to be repulsed by the fakeness of it all, and walk away. No soul can soar to the place of living loved when it's a performance based endeavour. Living loved is sourced in your quiet daily surrender to the One who made you.
Nick Vujicic
Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I believe that God both wills and is able to bring good out of everything, even the worst. For this He needs people who are prepared to allow everything to be served for the best. I believe that in every crisis God wants to provide us with as much power of resistance as we need. But God never gives it in advance so that we will entrust ourselves. I believe that even our mistakes and wrongdoing are not fruitless and that it is no more difficult for God to cope with them than with our presumed good deeds. I believe that God is no "timeless fate" but, rather, that he waits upon and responds to our sincere prayer and responsible deeds.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In the Red Sea of His own blood, our Redeemer has drowned the Pharaoh of our sins!
Clint Pascal
You can be a "Thermometer" Christian or a "Thermostat" Christian. The thermometer registers and reflects the spiritual status around it - in other words, "He's not acting holy, so I'm not going to". But the thermostat sets the temperature for the spiritual status around it. Thermostats walk into a room and go, "It's a little cold in here, Lord - let's heat it up." Thermostats are change agents and affect others around them. Don't go with the flow - be a thermostat.
Dann Farrelly
Some people need to belong before they believe. Rather than judge people outside the church, we love, serve, and speak life to them, hoping that they will soon embrace the truth of Father’s love.\
Bob Goff
We aren’t just supposed to be observers, listeners, or have a bunch of opinions. We’re not here to let everyone know what we agree and don’t agree with, because, frankly, who cares? Tell me about the God you love; tell me about what He has inspired uniquely in you; tell me about what you’re going to do about it, and a plan for your life will be pretty easy to figure out from there. I guess what I’m saying is that most of us don’t get an audible plan for our lives. It’s way better than that. We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.