Inspirational Christian Quotes

“God’s Word is not a book of human ideas . . . it is given to us by [God] to teach us how to live.”

“[As a young man] I sought thrills! I found them in Christ. I looked for something that would bring perfect joy! I found it in Christ. I looked for something that would bring pleasure and that would satisfy the deepest longing of my heart! I found it in Christ. And my life has never been the same.”

“In the struggle for righteousness, there is nothing more helpful than being passionately in tune with Christ through His Spirit and being passionately committed to doing His will. It has been said that in order to tune in to God’s voice, we must tune out this world’s noise.”

“A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.”

“The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. PSALM 34:7”

“All over the world God is opening doors of opportunity, making it possible for us to take the Gospel to millions who have never heard of Christ.”

“We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.”

“Death is not the end of the road—it is merely a gateway to eternal life beyond the grave.”

“God’s goal isn’t just to remove the bad things in our lives; He wants to replace them with good things. His plan is to remake us from within, by His Holy Spirit.”

“For Satan’s deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles.”

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

“Don’t rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.”

“The fiercest storm is taking place in some of our churches—the unbelief and disobedience of God’s Word.”

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”

“The mourning of inadequacy is a weeping that catches the attention of God . . .The happiest day of my life was when I realized that my own ability, my own goodness, my own morality was insufficient in the sight of God; and I publicly and openly acknowledged my need of Christ.”

“To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. Not doing these things in order to be saved, but because He has begun to save you already. Not hoping to get to Heaven as a reward for your actions, but inevitably wanting to act in a certain way because a first faint gleam of Heaven is already inside you.”

“Anyone who has genuinely seen God is deeply convicted of his or her own sin.”

“In the last essay he wrote before he died, the great Christian writer C. S. Lewis said, “We have no right to happiness; only an obligation to do our duty.” Sometimes our God-given duty will include suffering. When it does, ask God to teach you through it. Remember the psalmist’s words I quoted above: “Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD.”

“The great crowds themselves are meaningless. The thing that counts is what happens in the hearts of the people. The evangelist sows the seed, and much inevitably falls upon stony ground and bears no fruit. But if only a few seeds flourish, the results are manifold.”

“Make use of this tool of communication by which God speaks to us—namely, the Bible! Read it, study it, memorize it. It will change your entire life. It is not like any other book. It is a “living” book that works its way into your heart, mind, and soul.”