Christian Living Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

God is calling you to relinquish your old habits and beliefs that are holding you back from being all He called you to be. To trust that He has something bigger and better in store for you. — Dana Arcuri

Love keeps my heart warm., — Lailah Gifty Akita

Look for Jesus in others and they will see Him in you! — D.A. McBride

I am not a fairy godmother or anything of that sort, but I hope to give you a happy home and a good education, and to send you out into the world true, brave, generous men, prepared to serve God truly all the days of your life."
~Aunt Persis — Constance Savery

Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, which is most greatly experienced in the heart of those willing to surrender all self-sufficiency: self-promotion, self-reliance, self-protection, and self-absorption: it is a gift given. — Robin M. Bertram

My spirit thirst for the living water. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Satan can't steal your joy unless you let him. — Sarah Beth Lindberg

At my core, I know this: God is God. All that lives and breathes flows from him in both original and ongoing states. — Nicole Nordeman

And then, just as quickly, the clouds returned, leaving us to walk by faith, not by sight. — Sibella Giorello

Every November on National Adoption Day, courts set aside time to finalize adoptions from foster care that might otherwise be delayed for months, and communities celebrate adoption with retreats, proclamations, and other events. National Adoption Day was started in 2000 and has grown each year. In 2004, courts and community organizations finalized the adoptions of more than 3,400 children from foster care as part of 200 National Adoption Day events in 37 states. — Natalie Nichols Gillespie

We are members of God's family. One faith, one hope and one baptism. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A sinner's humanity will cause him to fall from grace again and again, but his human pride, ego, or feeling of unworthiness should not prevent him from seeking God's forgiveness again and again. — Joyce L. Villeneuve

I am glad to see this sacred day. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Many of us suffer because we think that if people don't really love us, then we will have to live forever without love. But it's not true. The greatest sense of love, which is available for us at all times, is God's love. — Stormie O'martian

Here all fear of one another, all timidity about praying freely in one's own words in the presence of others may be put aside where in all simplicity and soberness the common, brotherly prayer is lifted to God by one of the brethren. But likewise all comment and criticism must cease whenever words of prayer howsoever halting are offered in the name of Jesus Christ. It is in fact the most normal thing in the common Christian life to pray together. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The greatest place you can be is in a person's thoughts and prayers. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Your words and deeds are seeds, scattered in the wind ... the seeds are light or darkness ... they'll break apart or mend ... Sow light instead of gloom. Sow faith instead of doubt. Sow truth and love, and hope, and peace. Sow light and darkness rout. — Colleen Luntzel

We Are The Salt Of The Earth, We should Add Godly Flavour to People's Lives via Our Words — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Most of the world around you doesn't read the Bible. So ... God gives the world a living epistle- you. — Kay Arthur

Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we've nothing worth living for. — Francine Rivers

When you make the dream of your heart a treasure of heaven, it holds an eternal value. — Deborah Brodie

Every new morning brings new strength, new hope and new vision. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is a sweet thing that we serve a dissatisfied God who has destinations in mind for us that we would never choose for ourselves. It really is a good thing that he will not be satisfied until he has gotten us exactly where he created us and re-created us to be. Most of us would have been satisfied to stay at home, and many of us would have quit the journey long before it was completed. But our heavenly Father won't give up until each one of his children has completed the journey. — Paul David Tripp

We are God's holy people. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In every endeavour, we need God's grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Predestined to a destiny that only Christ can fulfill, all other leadership assures failure. — Jonah Books

There is revival after rest. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We don't survive to live. We live to survive. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Maintain a persistent focus of what you want — Lailah Gifty Akita

What the world neglects, the Lord accepts. — Deborah Brodie

There can be no substitute for a personal study of the Word of God! Daily devotionals, Bible commentaries, and recorded messages by anointed preachers and teachers are wonderful and useful. However, they cannot take the place of the Word of God. They must not replace a time of personal study of the Word. Every Christian individual must study and meditate upon the Word for him or herself. Nobody can do that for anyone else. — Pedro Okoro

Get right; right now — Okisha Jackson

If you did not live to love, what have you live for? — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is better to be small in flesh but large in spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

True sacrifice is merely self-control. — David W. Stevens

Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop. — Wanda E. Brunstetter

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. — Serena B. Miller

If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. — Wanda E. Brunstetter

Create a trophy room in your heart. Each time you experience a victory, place a memory on the shelf. Before you face a challenge, take a quick tour of God's accomplishments. Look at all the paychecks he has provided, all the blessings he has given, all the prayers he had answered. Imitate the shepherd boy David. Before he fought Goliath, the giant, he remembered how God had helped him kill a lion and a bear (1 Samuel 17:34-36). He faced his future by revisiting the past. — Max Lucado

Gratitude is a joyful act. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Walking through each day without a clear guide, an accurate map, and a consistent light source is hazardous to your well-being. Fortunately, God's Word provides us with the tools and help that we need. — Stormie O'martian

Do not give up on love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Jesus first, others next, and yourself last spells J-O-Y. — Linda Byler

Seeking God first will always put us in the correct position and aim us in the right direction to move into the future God has for us. — Stormie O'martian

To get where you want to go, the first question you always have to answer is Where am I? ... We only find out where we are when we find out where He is. We only find ourselves ... when we find Him. — Ann Voskamp

We can transform our lives by renewal of our mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Exchanging life with Jesus Christ as taught by Jesus and His designated witnesses is not following a set of laws, rules, codes, principles, disciplines, scripts or cookbook formulas in our own power in an attempt to be like Jesus. Exchanging life with Jesus is not us giving imitation performances with our own acting abilities of what we think Jesus would be or do. Exchanging life with Jesus is Jesus giving repeat performances of His life in anyone who allows Jesus to do so. Jesus then lives out the supernatural performance of His Life in and through their lives. — John David Geib

Rationale still remains the greatest impediment to encountering God's mysteries. — Christian Hunt

Our faith institutions have the best product that God can offer; but we have the worst customer service imaginable. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Just as you cannot stop a bird from flying over your head, in the same way you cannot stop the devil from dropping ideas into your mind. However, in the same way that you can stop a bird from building a nest on your head, you can stop the Enemy's suggestions from wandering without restriction and taking root in your mind. — Pedro Okoro

I used to feel so far from God, like I had to work my way back to Him after periods of inconsistency ... it's not about trying harder. it's about turning sooner. It's about confessing sin and turning back to God's gift of grace. Grace is God's "undeserved favor." We don't have to earn it, and we cannot lose it when we act undeserving. — Renee Swope

For many years of my life, I was very fearful. I let fear rule different areas of my life and it caused me to be enslaved by fear. It also caused me to miss out on a lot of opportunities. God has a lot for you. Yes, YOU! There's work to be done. There's doors to be taken. There's a need to stand firm. There's a reason to speak up. Do not let fear rule you. Remember what God promises. Remember Who your God is and remember He is a big God, a faithful God, and that you have no reason to fear. — Tania Goody

May the living have hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Money cannot buy life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The truth is that each of us fall short of loving unconditionally. We don't love others the way God loves us. Yet Jesus extended perfect love by living and dying for all of our sins. In spite of our failures, weaknesses, and selfishness, He sacrificed His own life so we could have eternal life. — Dana Arcuri

God is not afraid of pain. He does not try to keep us from it. He does not avoid it for Himself. — Rachel Phifer

Grace is the gateway to heaven. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be strong. There is hope in any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Nothing is too big for [God] to handle and nothing is so small that it's unworthy of His attention. There is no such thing as a silly prayer. — Teresa Santoski

Truth has a certain sound to it. Your spirit will hear it clearly and leap inside of you and you will feel hope; even if your mind is still wrestling with all the pieces. — Yvette R. Dempster

Remember as you go about your day that you may be the only Jesus some of your friends, neighbors, and family will ever see. — Wanda E. Brunstetter

Denominations divide while the cross unites. — Deborah Brodie

Live each day as if life can end any time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Knowing what we believe and why we believe it is not an option for the Christian, because as believers, OUR BELIEFS ARE THE VERY HEART OF WHO WE ARE. — Patty Houser

In essence, joy is the quiet confidence that everything will work out right. The best part of being filled with joy is that it's contagious. Your joy overflows. You can't keep it to yourself. It spills over to touch other lives in such a marvelous way. People around you want to be in your company. You lift their spirits! — Dana Arcuri

Who should we be trying to make the most proud? Our family? Our friends? Our teachers or bosses? What about the one who molded us out of the earth itself, who formed us like clay, and instilled within us the very breath of life that shaped the universe? — James D. Maxon

Pride is often used as a way to protect our hearts and to hide the truth. Pride causes us to shut down and build walls. — Heather Bixler

Holy solitude, Holy peace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you can see it, you can achieve it. God helps those who helps themselves. Power is in the act of humility. — Patricia Amis

Positive thoughts, positive life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You will breathe throughout your life, every moment of it, but an opportunity like this comes once in a lifetime, and not even to everyone. Go for it! — K. Hari Kumar

It is better to live life with a daring hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Live daring life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You can graciously live through every struggle. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If fear appears at your door you have two options, either you choose to let it in or you choose to grab onto the Lord and the promise of His presence no matter what. — Yilda B. Rivera

Make no mistake, sin has been dealt with once for all, and we are as close to Him as we will ever be. — D.R. Silva

Sometimes the right thing to do will cost us our greatest sacrifices, but the rewards will always outweigh our losses — Robin M. Bertram

May God grant your a great grace to live the fullness of life in the coming year. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May our hearts be filled with great love for one another. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A grateful heart is good medicine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The bond of love is supernatural. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God doesn't want meaningless gifts. In fact, God doesn't need your gifts. He doesn't need your weekly tithe. He doesn't need you to help your neighbor shovel. He doesn't need anything from you. But He wants your heart. He loves you. He doesn't want you to feel obligated to do something for Him, but if you love Him, you will want to do things for Him. You'll want to serve, to help, to live your life with open hands. The gifts you present won't be meaningless - they will be out of love. It will be a sweet aroma to God and He will be pleased. Not because you're following a routine but because you're pouring out love. — Tania Goody

When it comes to loving people, let's not allow it to be something we do on the side. Let's make it a lifestyle. Whether we are at the gas station, picking up groceries, even waiting to get our car repaired, there is always an open opportunity to love someone in need. — Jarrid Wilson

When God calls us to do something, its rarely safe but its always right. — Jayce O'Neal

If you want a happy Christ-centered marriage, you must be centered in Christ! — Ngina Otiende

Let none think, when God is said to harden or work evil in us (for hardening is working evil) that he does it by, as it were, creating fresh evil in us, as you might imagine an ill-disposed innkeeper, a bad man himself, pouring and mixing poison into a vessel that was not bad, while the vessel itself does nothing, but is merely the recipient, or passive vehicle, of the mixer's own ill-will. — Martin Luther

How can God allow such abominations to flourish unchecked in this world?
The answer came in a question, Ruby.
God, in reply, asked, "How can you? — Lisa Wingate

We ought to compliment and not to compete with one another. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Start a revolution. Love thy neighbor. — Christian Hunt

Most of the time we are so busy letting our actions speak for us that nobody can hear our words. — Steve C. Roberts

Your heart of devotion and obedience is not in vain. Who knows but God how many people have come near to you and were forever changed simply by the fragrance of his love in you? Who knows but God if he will put you before kings and leaders to speak the truth, redirecting the future of nations? Who knows when that small crack in the dam of our enemy's plans will give way and God's glory will truly cover the earth as the sea? Do not become distracted or discouraged by the death around you. Death must always give way when the life of Christ enters the picture. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Godly character is what you are when you've been tried and proven. It is not what you say you are, or what people think you are but, instead, it is what shines through after you have suffered and have endured. It is the proof of your genuineness. — Robin Bertram

Great things seem complex and cause the nations to rush towards the minor things that seem easy to reach, hence, they perish. And again my memory echoes ... my people die for lack of knowledge. — Blaise Tshibwabwa

Worry about tomorrow steals the joy from today. — Barbara Cameron

One's vanity makes one vain. — Christian Hunt

Doesn't the expansiveness of this make you think of the good Lord? Except we know the ocean ends while He goes on forever. — Mindy Starns Clark

I live happy in the holy moment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Amazing grace, amazing love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Naomi knew she should pray... Instead, she put her face in her hands and wept with all the force of a bursting dam. — Heather Blanton

Your sacred time is now! Begin to live passionately. — Lailah Gifty Akita