Chuck Smith Quotes & Sayings

I want the real deal whatever that means and whatever it takes to get there so I've been exploring.. — Chuck Smith

I think it rather pathetic that so many people are looking forward to heaven to prove that their doctrinal position was correct. — Chuck Smith

[Satan] has been thoroughly defeated and only holds people by usurped authority and power. — Chuck Smith

Where God guides, God provides. — Chuck Smith

Prayer is not an agency by which my will is to be accomplished upon the earth. The purpose of prayer is to get God's will to be accomplished upon the earth, and so many times we ask and receive not because the motive behind our asking is really that of accomplishing my will rather than God's will. — Chuck Smith

There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means. — Chuck Smith

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

Prayer does not change the purpose of God. But prayer does change the action of God. — Chuck Smith

God often goes to the gutter to find the recipient for His grace. He lifts him out, washes him and transforms him - making him into a child of God fit for His kingdom. That is God's grace. — Chuck Smith

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 — Chuck Smith

Our heart is like a reservoir from which our lives flow. — Chuck Smith

Paul points out that some say, 'I'm of Paul,' while others say, 'I'm of Apollos.' He asked, 'Isn't that carnal?' But what's the difference between saying that or saying, 'I'm a Baptist,' 'I'm a Presbyterian,' 'I'm a Methodist,' 'I'm a Catholic'? I have found that the more spiritual a person becomes, the less denominational he is. We should realize that we're all part of the Body of Christ and that there aren't any real divisions in the Body. We're all one. — Chuck Smith

We should not take the blessings of God for granted. We should always be careful to give God praise and thanksgiving for the work that he does in our lives. — Chuck Smith

I would rather have the wrong facts and a right attitude, than right facts and a wrong attitude. — Chuck Smith

If through faith you have placed your eternal destiny in the loving hands of Jesus Christ, you can be sure that God is at work, shaping the events and circumstances of your life into a beautiful mosaic that will reveal His Son to the men and women around you. His hand is on you, as it has been since before you were born. — Chuck Smith

What we are really lacking today is a real hatred of evil. — Chuck Smith

Prayer is the most important activity a born-again Christian can perform. It should head your list of priorities, for certainly the world around us desperately needs prayer. Prayer will open the door for God to do a glorious work in these last days. Prayer will stem the tide of evil. — Chuck Smith

So live for the kingdom of God. Seek to bring glory to Jesus Christ and the Lord will use you. It is my prayer, my constant and daily prayer, that God would keep me useable. — Chuck Smith

Ritualism is nothing more than a rut and the only difference between a rut and a grave is the length and the depth. — Chuck Smith

God's Word is the only reliable guideline for living. Following your
heart, without the leading of His Word and His Spirit, will lead you to His judgement. — Chuck Smith

Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know. — Chuck Smith

Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking God uses only 'special' people the strong, the intelligent, the beautiful. We don't think He has a place for the rest of us. We are so wrong! — Chuck Smith

The most important thing a born again Christian can do is to pray. — Chuck Smith

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

The purpose is not that you might get more of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit might get more of you. — Chuck Smith

Look, don't judge Christianity by the imperfect examples that we have seen in history. Judge it by Jesus Christ. — Chuck Smith