Steven Furtick Quotes

Seize God's vision. Activate your faith. Make your move.

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

I have nothing to prove, because I am already approved.

When you realize that God is the only One who really has any lasting reward to give, He becomes the only One whose approval you desperately need. You can rest in the fact that you have it - in full measure - because the work of God's perfect Son, Jesus, secured your acceptance the moment you placed your faith in Him. Before you ever win or lose, God has turned His face toward you. He has chosen you. And He is pleased.

God gives people the exact experiences he wants them to have in order to shape the specific destiny he's designed for them.

Audacious faith is the raw material that authentic Christianity is made of. It's the stuff that triggers ordinarily level-headed people like you and me to start living with unusual boldness.

When you discover who God is, you discover who you are. And when you discover who you are, you no longer have to struggle with the insecurity and self-promotion that define much of society. You no longer have to strain to measure up, to qualify. You are free to be yourself.

Audacity isn't the absence of uncertainty and ambiguity. Audacity is believing that God's promise is bigger than my 'perhaps'

Usually, a Page 23 vision will begin when you see God dropping hints, not when you see him shooting stars in your direction. And your vision will probably flow from something you're already doing-relationships you've already established, priorities you're already passionate about.

The kind of vision that makes you bold enough to ask God for the impossible can come from many sources. It can materialize in a million ways. And it will mature over time, not in the blink of an eye.

You can't make God move in your life, but you can make room for God to move in your life.

Love is not words, it's actions, and love isn't feelings, it's a decision.

But Jesus wanted the crowd to know, look, 'John's (the baptist) the one who got this whole thing started.' In verse ten He says, 'This is the one about whom it is written, 'I'll send my messenger ahead of you who will prepare Your way before You.' Jesus says, 'If it wasn't for John, I wouldn't even be here performing these miracles.'

There's no such thing as a part-time Christian, and there's no such thing as part-time ministry.

If God always met our expectations, He'd never be able to exceed them.

You have a personal birthright to believe in a God-given mission for your life.

The only opportunity the chatterbox ever has to download lies into our heads is if we have allowed it first to delete the memory of who we are in Christ.

Before you were born - before any of your defects were apparent to you - they were absolutely apparent to God. That didn't stop Him from calling your name and setting you apart. He placed you on the earth at a certain time for a pre-decided purpose.

Failure isn't final until you quit!!

Most of the time, it's not until we embrace our limitations that God can start to use us beyond our limitations.

And even when you can't get seem to get your act together, your identity is secure and completely intact. Because in Christ, who you are matters infinitely more than anything you do or cannot do.

Extraordinary moves of God begin with ordinary acts of obedience.

God sets boundaries before He gives blessing.

We're comparing our behind-the-scenes with everybody else's highlight reel.

You can't fulfill your calling in your comfort zone!

Obedience is your responsibility, the outcome is God's!

God gives the exact experiences he wants them to have in order to shape the specific destiny he designed for them.

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.

It's hard to differentiate between a vision and a delusion - both cause you to see things that no one else sees.

Audacious faith is not passive. Neither is audacious prayer. Every aspiration you have in prayer needs an accompanying action. Otherwise you're not really praying. You're just pontificating.
You do the natural. Trust God for the super.

When it comes to our integrity: one moment in a dark place can cast a shadow for a lifetime.

If we have the audacity to ask, God has the ability to perform.

Living your problems and loving them like locked rooms is much different from denying them or capitulating to them. It is believing that God is with you in the imperfect, even disappointing circumstances of your life. It is saying to Him with faith in your heart.

The only thing harder than waiting on God, is wishing that you had!

Since God authored this day and He knows the end from the beginning, you might as well relax and enjoy the plot twists.

I choose to believe that the same God who intervened to bring his Son back to life intervened on this day in history to help his people.

Many people never reach greater because they don't leave good enough behind.

Most believers aren't in imminent danger of ruining their lives. They're facing a danger that's far greater: wasting them.

If you're going to ask God to do something impossible in your life, you've got to have some clarity about what you're asking for.

Prayer is the arena where our faith meets God's abilities.

Audacious vision never cowers in the darkness.

Seizing God's vision means deciding that you will not spend another day surviving your work environment, family dynamic, or dysfunctional situation.

The One who lives outside of time invites you into a reality that is informed by His perfect plans to give you hope and a future. God speaks in the past tense about battles you're currently fighting. And He buries the shame of yesterday in order to resurrect the moment you are in and sustain you in the season He is calling you to embrace.

The Enemy's lies are often powered by truth.

We thank Him for everything before we ask Him for anything!

If you'll do the believing, he'll do the achieving.

When you give all you've got for the cause of the One who gave it all to you in the first place, the effects of your investment will literally reach the heavens.

Could it be that God intends for us to have the same kind of audacious faith-the kind of faith that dares to believe God for the impossible-as a normal way of life?

God cannot bless who you pretend to be

Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends.

You cannot endure what you never enjoy!

The difference between a vision and a daydream is the audacity to act.

The standard God has for you has nothing to do with approval, and everything to do with purpose.

I can't expect God's blessing on my work unless I do it God's way.

True creativity is fresh, but not always original.

One of the Enemy's most effective strategies is to get you to focus on what you don't have, what you used to have, or what someone else has that you wish you had. He does this to keep you from looking around and asking, God, what can You do through what I have?

Most people go through life thinking God never speaks to them when in fact He's always speaking. To everyone. Always directing. Sometimes warning. Sometimes affirming. But we hear so little of what He says because our consciousness of His voice is obscured by our mental static.

The faith to step out is worthless without the faithfulness to stick it out.

The voice you believe will determine the future you experience

Opposition doesn't prevent the presence of God, it provides an opportunity to prove the presence of God.

True ministry isn't just 'cut and paste,' it has to be birthed from the inside out.

If your problem is too big for you, it's just the right size for God.

The same power that stopped the sun and raised Christ from the grave lives in every believer!

The people who accomplish the most astounding things for God's glory aren't the people who feel the least fear. Often they're the ones who deal with the most intense fear. But instead of letting that fear disable their dreams, they start increasing their capacity for faith. They act on the part of God's direction they do understand. And they leave the rest up to him.

Nothing gets stronger without resistance.

God performs the most impressive feats through the most unimpressive people.

Resolution without routine is like a Ferrari without gas ... it might look real good but it will get you no where.

Every heart has an atmosphere. What is the atmosphere of your heart? Nothing good develops in an atmosphere of anxiety

The next time you lose your momentum in daily life as you're chasing after God's best for you, don't give up and conclude that it's over. The greater life hasn't ended for you. It's only out of sight under the waters of the ordinary. And God can resurface it, supernaturally, as many times as it takes. As many times as you're willing.

Faith is knowing who God is and acting accordingly ... God fights when we move.

When God demands more of you, it's because He sees more IN you

When you have a dream in your heart, but no earthly idea how to make it happen, keeping your faith intact is a full-time job.

If your not daring to believe God for the impossible, your sleeping through some of the best parts of your Christian life.

Enjoy the journey, because the destination is a mirage.

We don't teach from Books of the Bible because it gets in the way of evangelism. We don't offer different kinds of Bible studies because it gets in the way of evangelism. We don't teach doctrine because it gets in the way of evangelism. If you want to be fed God's word or have the Bible explained to you then you are a fat lazy Christian and you need to shut up and get to work or you need to leave this church because we ONLY do evangelism.

My joy is not determined by what happens to me, but what Christ is doing in me and through me.

Today's excuses are tomorrow's regrets dressed in disguise.

Would have. Could have. Should have. This is the language of condemnation underscored by the passivity of regret. It's a dead language. The thing is, you can't un-sin. You can only repent.