Inspirational Quotes by Randy Alcorn
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” —C. S. Lewis”
“• In spending this money, am I acting as if I owned it, or am I acting as the Lord’s trustee? • What Scripture requires me to spend this money in this way? • Can I offer up this purchase as a sacrifice to the Lord? • Will God reward me for this expenditure at the resurrection of the just?”
“Even if materialism brought happiness in this life (which it certainly does not), it would leave us woefully unprepared for the next. Materialism blinds us to our spiritual poverty. It’s a fruitless attempt to find meaning outside of God, the Source of all life and the Giver of all good gifts.”
“God provides not only in what he gives us, but at times in what he keeps from us. Have you ever noticed that excess money just seems to dissipate in a multitude of directions?”
“The people who change lives are the ones who point us away from the world’s short-term perspective to God’s long-term perspective. Life on earth is a dot, a brief window of opportunity; life in Heaven (and ultimately on the New Earth) is a line going out from that dot for eternity. If we’re smart, we’ll live not for the dot, but for the line.”
“Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him” (Hebrews 11:6, emphasis added). Call that payoff contentment, satisfaction, peace, or excitement—it all adds up to one word: happiness”
― Randy Alcorn ,
from Happiness
“G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) has been widely credited with saying, “Jesus promised His disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.”
― Randy Alcorn ,
from Happiness
“No amount of regret changes the past. No amount of anxiety changes the future. Any amount of grateful joy changes the present.”
― Randy Alcorn ,
from Happiness
“You may not be accustomed to thinking that God commands us to be happy. But it’s a fact. And I’m betting it’s a command most of us would like to obey!”
― Randy Alcorn ,
from Happiness
“If we believe Scripture, we can reverently seek to enjoy happiness and laughter with God himself. I often remind myself that God is always with me. He wants us to know we can be happy both in him and with him—not only after we die, but as we live today. When I’m alone, whether I’m meditating or reading or looking at photos or watching a movie, any happiness or laughter I experience is a laugh I share with God because, in fact, I am not alone!”
― Randy Alcorn ,
from Happiness
“Holiness is pleasing to God, beneficial to men, and essential to the promotion of our own happiness”
― Randy Alcorn ,
from Happiness
“Psychologist David Powlison says, “Don’t ever degenerate into giving good advice unconnected with the good news of Jesus crucified, alive, present, at work, and returning.”
― Randy Alcorn ,
from Happiness
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.” —John Wesley”
“Our society holds to youthfulness with a white-knuckled grip. Ultimately it’s all in vain. But the gospel promises us eternal youthfulness in God’s presence.”
“Many come short, being satisfied with the works of God rather than hungering for and reaching on to God Himself.” —A. W. Tozer”
“Sinclair Ferguson writes, “Christian contentment is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make.”
“You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion” (2 Corinthians 9:11).”
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:12).”
“Many people conclude that God can’t be real, because we can’t see Him. And Heaven can’t be real, because we can’t see it. But we must recognize our blindness. The blind must take by faith that there are stars in the sky. If they depend on their ability to see, they will conclude there are no stars.”
“What an encouragement to know that even if no one else knows our needs and is praying for us, Christ does and is.”
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Randy Alcorn is an author and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit ministry dedicated to teaching principles of God’s Word and assisting the church in ministering to the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled, and unsupported people around the world. His ministry focus is communicating the strategic importance of using our earthly time, money, possessions and opportunities to invest in need-meeting ministries that count for eternity. He accomplishes this by analyzing, teaching, and applying the biblical truth.A New York Times bestselling author, Randy has written more than forty books, including Courageous, Heaven, The Treasure Principle, and the Gold Medallion winner Safely Home. His books sold exceed eight million copies and have been translated into over sixty languages. Randy has written for many magazines including EPM’s issues-oriented magazine Eternal Perspectives. He is active daily on Facebook and Twitter, has been a guest on more than 700 radio, television and online programs including Focus on the Family, FamilyLife Today, Revive Our Hearts, The Bible Answer Man, and The Resurgence.