Christian Inspirational Quotes

Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who winks at our transgressions. ~ Vance Havner

Stop focusing on what's wrong with everyone else and start focusing on how blessed you are. ~ Joyce Meyer

Jesus will judge us not only for what we did, but also for what we could have done and didn't. ~ George Otis

Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace without soul peace. ~ Fulton J. Sheen

In Him (God), history and prophecy are one and the same. ~ Aiden Wilson Tozer

God gives us the vision, then he takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience. ~ Oswald Chambers

Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan's landing places, especially the eye and the ear. ~ William Gurnall

To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements. ~ Vance Havner

All of us fail, but this doesn't mean we are failures. ~ Robert McGee

If a man gets drunk and goes out and breaks his leg so that it must be amputated, God will forgive him if he asks it, but he will have to hop around on one leg all his life. ~ Dwight L. Moody

When a person does not know the doctrines of the Christian faith, he can easily be captured by false religions. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

Unforgiveness is a strategic "design," craftily implemented by you enemy to "outwit" you, to cripple your effectiveness in prayer and your power to stand against him victoriously. Which is why, if I were your enemy, I would do everything possible to keep you from forgiving anyone and everyone who's done you any wrong. ~ Priscilla Shirer

Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope. ~ A.J. Cronin

He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest ~ Thomas A Kempis

You can be too big for God to use, but you can never be too small for God to use. ~ Adrian Rogers

God ... Please keep my eyes focused on the only target worth hitting - Christlikeness! ~ Johnny Hunt

As we pour out our bitterness, God pours in his peace. ~ F.B. Meyer

God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us. ~ Pope Benedict XVI

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:4-6 (King James Version) ~ Anonymous

Perish each thought of human pride, let God alone be magnified. ~ Philip Doddridge

God has more for you in your future than you could ever dream of in your present and he's already seen you in it. ~ Rod Parsley

To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good ... ~ Pope John Paul II

Anyone who takes his faith seriously and speaks in behalf of Christ and His kingdom will be accused of fanaticism at some point. ~ R.C. Sproul

Stake a claim on love. Believe in God. ~ Elizabeth B. Knaus

Take courage. We walk in the wilderness today and in the Promised Land tomorrow ~ Dwight L. Moody

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become. ~ John Ortberg

A theology that endangers life rather than "giving life" is one that cannot accept the title of being adequately Christian. ~ Michael Joseph Brown

The Lord speaks to each one of us in different ways. He may use your mother, your sister, your child, or even your boss. He might even use an unbeliever. God never said his messages would come in nicely wrapped packages from your pastor," the pastor could be heard saying from inside the packed church. "God doesn't do things the way WE want them done. He does things the way we NEED them done, so he can get out of us what holds us back, what keeps us from him. He wants to help us reach the next level. He sends us what we need, when we need it, in HIS time. We are on his schedule, not the other way around. ~ Kiexiza Rodriquez

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too. ~ John Calvin

Isn't corn like a meat or something? ~ My Friend, 2015

I don't want to play with marbles, when God told me to move mountains! ~ Reinhard Bonnke

He who rejects the Bible has nothing to live by. Neither does he have anything to die by. ~ Greg Laurie

There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint. ~ Leon Bloy

The righteous shall rejoice. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Freedom, wholeness, and true success can only be found when you are living a praying life. That means walking so close to God that He can keep you away from danger and guide you where you need to go ~ Stormie O'martian

Your life clock is ticking. But you know what? God made the clock. ~ Strength Renewed ~ Shirley Corder

God doesn't help those who help themselves; He helps those who can't help themselves! ~ Joyce Meyer

The Messiah had been cut off; the sacrifice and oblation ceased, and the Temple had been destroyed. The mighty Roman power apparently stood supreme. But from the lowly land of Palestine there went forth Jews whose hearts the Spirit of God had touched, who declared that the Messiah whom death had cut off was alive, having risen from the dead, and who preached faith in His Name. ~ Edward J. Young

Every inch of ground we refuse to take with God, we surrender to the enemy. ~ Beth Moore

In opposition ... to all the suggestions of the devil, the sole, simple, and sufficient answer is the word of God. This puts to flight all the powers of darkness. ~ Charles Hodge

We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder. ~ Kallistos Ware

All of us have areas of weakness. God wants these character flaws to show us how totally dependent we are upon Him. When we handle them properly, they drive us into a deeper, more intimate relationship with the Lord. But uncontrolled weakness wreaks havoc in a person's life. ~ Charles Stanley

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God. ~ Helen Keller

You can be sure that your deepest desires reveal important truths about your spiritual condition. ~ Tullian Tchividjian

Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials. ~ Smith Wigglesworth

One cannot help the evil thoughts that come, but it is the thoughts we cultivate that make the difference between good or evil. We don't have to open the door to the devil and say, "Make yourself at home." ~ Vance Havner

He (God) may sometimes chasten us, it is true, but even this He does with a smile, the proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over an imperfect but promising son who is coming every day to look more and more like the One whose child he is. ~ Aiden Wilson Tozer

Faith is your anchor and sustainer in the new season. Faith that the one who called us is faithful. Faith helps you see in the dark. And when you feel like you can't see, Faith steadies your heart to trust what you know. What is true. ~ T.D. Jakes

If we are not full of Him we have nothing to offer to anyone else. ~ Heidi Baker

To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement. ~ George W Truett

Walking by faith will cause all of us to recognize that as children of God we are just pilgrims and strangers down here on this earth. ~ J. Vernon McGee

The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith. ~ John Calvin

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes. ~ Corrie Ten Boom

Never underestimate what God can do with what you've been through! ~ Shelli Littleton

Before I can preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment. Preach 90% Law and 10% grace. ~ John Wesley

Self-control is spiritual. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

People often ask me how I keep my priorities straight in life and I tell them that it is done by constantly straightening them out! ~ Joyce Meyer

Grace, lavished upon us by God and communicated through the Mystery of the Incarnate Word, is an absolutely free gift with which nature is healed, strengthened and assisted in pursuing the innate desire for happiness in the heart of every man and of every woman. ~ Pope Benedict XVI

God has to work in a man before He can work through a man. ~ Leonard Ravenhill

Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. ~ Aiden Wilson Tozer

If I had my ministry over again, I would devote far more time to the ministry of comfort and encouragement. ~ F.B. Meyer

God doesn't always change the circumstances, but He can change us to meet the circumstances. That's what it means to live by faith. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

Don't get tied up in something merely religious in search of something that is is Christian ~ Charles Lyons

If we are Christians, we must look like Christ - this is my deep conviction. ~ Mother Teresa

If you are going to live by faith, then expect your faith to be tested. A faith that can't be tested can't be trusted. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

Spot the first risings of your besetting sin and kill it, till it is no more. ~ John Piper

Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness. ~ Charles Spurgeon

We break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us. ~ R.C. Sproul

Men are not revived because they sing; they sing because they are revived. ~ Aiden Wilson Tozer

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ~ John Bunyan

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy. ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

We can never know who or what we are till we know at least something of what God is. ~ A.W. Tozer

God will help us become the people we are meant to be, if only we will ask Him ~ Hannah Whitall Smith

Hebrews 12:1- Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. ~ Anonymous

We must open our eyes to admire God who hides and at the same time reveals himself in things and introduces us into the realms of mystery ... we must be pure and simple like children, capable of admiring, being astonished, of marveling, and being enchanted by the divine gestures of love and closeness we witness. ~ Pope John Paul II

You can look forward with hope, because one day there will be no more separation, no more scars, and no more suffering in My Fathers House. It's the home of your dreams! ~ Anne Graham Lotz

The way to begin healing the wounds of the world is to treasure the Infant Christ in us; to be not the castle but the cradle of Christ; and, in rocking that cradle to the rhythm of love, to swing the whole world back into the beat of the Music of Eternal Life. ~ Caryll Houselander

One would think that [persecution] would be an obstacle to church growth when joining the church meant a death sentence. And yet, the age of persecution was the greatest period of church growth in history. ~ Gene Veith

How will the Tower of Babel be undone? How will we understand each other in Heaven? Will we all speak English or Dutch or Latin? No, we will speak music. ~ Peter Kreeft

The time for universal praise is sure to come some day. Let us begin to do our part now. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith

What, at Peace with the Father, and at War with the (His) Children! It cannot be. ~ John Flavel

The Nation doesn't simple need what we have, It needs what we are. ~ Bharath Mamidoju

We simply can't trust God's power fully until we experience it in the midst of our crisis. ~ David Wilkerson

When Christ returns, and only then, will the angel's message to the shepherds be totally fulfilled: Peace on earth, goodwill toward men. ~ David Jeremiah

The devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but the Father tests us to bring out the best in us. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will. ~ Venerable Bede

Consider six or eight hours a day sacred to the Lord and His work, and let nothing hinder your giving this time (to language study and practice) till you can preach fluently and intelligibly. ~ Hudson Taylor

Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. ~ Watchman Nee

Miracles are not about praying the perfect prayer; miracles are about what happens when we welcome God's presence and power into our situations and our lives. ~ Linda Evans Shepherd

Study the scriptures. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Sometimes we have to find the courage to take off our shoes and feel it all. Even the bad stuff. ~ Denise Hunter

Every life is a story. Every story has mistakes. If you focus too much on the mistakes, you will miss the story. In doing that, you are making a dreadful mistake yourself. Sometimes, it is the mistakes that enrich and give the story so much more meaning than it would have had otherwise. ~ Beverly S. Harless

Ask God to fill your mouth with the words you need to say today. No issue is so small that it doesn't require God's wisdom. ~ Joyce Meyer

The sweetness of taste of the truth. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth. ~ Joyce Meyer

The early church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity. ~ Leonard Ravenhill

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise. ~ Thomas Watson

The true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build up other people. Raise up other leaders! ~ Charles Colson

We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest. ~ Oscar Romero