A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield. — Watchman Nee
True Christianity is a life of sacrifice. It requires that in everything we live for the Lord and others, not ourselves. — Rick Joyner
Christian life is not realized in developing the personality or in shaping human community and somehow changing the world but in turning away from the world and becoming free of it. — Rudolf Bultmann
Worship is not part of the Christian life, it is the Christian life — Gerald Vann
A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ. — Jonathan Edwards
Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places. — Dallin H. Oaks
The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.' — Billy Graham
The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life — Jonathan Edwards
A successful Christian life will not be based on how much work we have done, but rather, on how close to the Lord we have become and how obedient we have been. — Rick Joyner
Christian worship is the most momentous, most urgent, most glorious action that can take place in human life. — Karl Barth
The Christian life is not about finding safety and comfort; it’s about finding yourself in a dangerous place of vulnerable compassion. — Ed Stetzer
To be in Christ is the source of the Christian life; to be like Christ is the sum of his excellence; to be with Christ is the fullness of his joy. — Charles Hodge
The Christian life is never static. One must either grow in grace, or there will be backsliding and deterioration. — Henry Allen Ironside
Christian ethics is not primarily an individualistic, one-on-one-with-God brand of personal holiness; rather it has to do with living the life of the Spirit in Christian community and in the world. — Gordon Fee
We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within. — Watchman Nee
Short Christian Life Quotes
All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof. — John Wycliffe
Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life. — Francis Schaeffer
If the life we live in this world is wholly for Christ, it is a life of daily surrender. — Ellen G. White
Christianity is not a spectator sport. It's something in which we become totally involved. — Billy Graham
Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living. — Watchman Nee
Top 10 Christian Life Quotes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle
Hell is not a place you go if you're not a Christian, it's the failure of your life's greatest ambition. — Immortal Technique
Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. — Rick Warren
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — Hudson Taylor
Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes. — Billy Graham
You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die. — Cicely Saunders
The Gospel is like water; no man invented it, yet no man can live without it. — Reinhard Bonnke
Life is too short, the world is too big and God's love is too great to live ordinary. — Christine Caine
Don't waste another moment crying over what went wrong! If it wasn't a blessing - it was a lesson. — Paula White
Christian Life Image Quotes
God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. — Hudson Taylor
My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn. — Louis Adamic
How you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God. — Henry Blackaby
My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list. — Leonard Ravenhill
All the resources of the Godhead are at our disposal! — Jonathan Goforth
For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and, if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
Happy Christian Life Quotes
Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose. — C. S. Lewis
O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness! — William Shakespeare
For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born. — Alice Freeman Palmer
Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.
This search for happiness can knock us out of sync with God. As the life of Jesus makes clear, keeping in sync with God is about obedience. Any other pursuit will get in the way. — Franklin Graham
It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. — Friedrich Schiller
I believe God, through His Spirit, grants us love, joy, and peace no matter what is happening in our lives. As Christians, we shouldn't expect our joy to always feel like happiness, but instead recognize joy as inner security -- a safeness in our life with Christ. — Jill Briscoe
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your own.
Let us flee from the deceit of life and its supposed happiness and run to Christ alone, who is the Savior of souls. Him let us endeavor to find Who is present everywhere, and when we have found Him let us hold Him fast and fall at His feet (cf. Mt. 28:9) and embrace them in the fervor of our souls. — Symeon the New Theologian
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. — Janine di Giovanni
There is nothing dreary or doubtful about (the life). It is meant to be continually joyful...We are called to a settled happiness in the Lord whose joy is our strength. — Amy Carmichael
Living The Christian Life Quotes
I don't give a damn what queers do, and don't give a damn what Christians do. Just get the hell out of my way because I want to live my life and I don't want the government sucking 60% of my wages off my ass. — Alex Jones
I've discovered most Christians don't know what to do with difficult situations because they have bought into the lie that God owes us (for our good behaviour). The reality of life is that if you live long enough you are going to bleed, cry and hurt. AND God is still God IN that. — Matt Chandler
But whatever you do, find the God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated passion of your life, and find your way to say it and live for it and die for it. And you will make a difference that lasts. You will not waste your life. — John Piper
Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything, but to feel a few things twice.
Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give. — David Livingstone
For years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone? — Anne Graham Lotz
Awake! thou that sleepest, arise from the dead! The Lord still lives today. His power has never abated. His Word has never changed. The things He did in Bible days, He still lives to do today. Not a burden is there He cannot bear nor a fetter He cannot break. — Aimee Semple McPherson
Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
Remember: In the end, you're not living to impress your friends or your relatives or your coworkers. All of life is for Jesus. — Chris Tomlin
Service is not something we endure on this earth so we can earn the right to live in the celestial kingdom. Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the celestial kingdom is made. — Marion G. Romney
Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life of the world of sin, and to establish His life within us. — John Eudes
A dead Christ I must do everything for; a living Christ does everything for me. — Andrew Murray
Inspirational Christian Life Quotes
It is a lesson we all need - to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways for others to follow Him; all do not go by the same path. It is for each of us to learn the path by which He requires us to follow Him, and to follow Him in that path. — Katharine Drexel
Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best, I put before you what I have found to be the best - one who is worthy of all our devotion - Jesus Christ. He is the Saviour for the young and the old. Lord, here I am — Eric Liddell
When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities. — David Jeremiah
The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness. — Francis Chan
This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth! — Keith Green
Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him. — Joyce Meyer
To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. — William Carey
You cannot stay where you are and go with God. You cannot continue doing things your way and accomplish God's purpose in His ways. Your thinking cannot come close to God's thoughts. For you to do the will of God, you must adjust your life to Him, His purposes, and His ways — Henry Blackaby
God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus. — Jim Elliot
Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist. — Oswald J. Smith
Christian Quotes
Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge. — Charles Schumer
Christians should live in the world, but not be filled with it. A ship lives in the water; but if the water gets into the ship, she goes to the bottom. So Christians may live in the world; but if the world gets into them, they sink. — Dwight L. Moody
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.
A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps. — Saint Augustine
If our children have the background of a godly, happy home and this unshakable faith that the Bible is indeed the Word of God, they will have a foundation that the forces of hell cannot shake. — Ruth Graham
The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.” — Charles Spurgeon
Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.
If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours. — Ray Comfort
As a Christian, when your trial is getting hotter, you are getting closer to your breakthrough! Keep pressing! — T. B. Joshua
The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. — Reinhard Bonnke
Fear of the devil is nonsense. Fear of demons is foolish. The Spirit of God anointing the Christian heart makes the soul impregnable to the powers of darkness. — John G. Lake
Christian Living Quotes
When a Christian tries to live by reason he is moving out of God’s country into the enemy’s land. We belong in the miraculous and the supernatural realm. — John G. Lake
In those early centuries of Christianity,
Christianity did not go into the world apologizing. It went to slay the powers
of darkness and undo the works of the devil, and it lived in holy triumph. — John G. Lake
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives. — Ulysses S. Grant
Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it's their time.
And people who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives... and when the bubble has burst they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted. — Nate Saint
I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming. — George Muller
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace. — Teresa of Avila
Life is like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also makes music.
Speaking in tongues is not enough.If we turn men from unchristian religions to christianity we must produce miracles which convince men that Christ lives and He is real today. — T.L. Osborn
The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love. — Julian of Norwich
Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent. — Anthony of Padua
Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us. — Pope Francis
Christian Faith Quotes
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
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation. — Clare of Assisi
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people. — Martin Luther
Failure are part of life. If you don't fail, you don't learn. If you don't learn you'll never change.
The voice you believe will determine the future you experience — Steven Furtick
To the servant of God... every place is the right place, and every time is the right time. — St. Catherine of Siena
Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience. — Steven Furtick
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. — Saint Augustine
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. — Max Lucado
My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks, And the pilgrim's Ka'ba, And the tablets of the Torah, And the book of the Koran. I follow the religion of Love: Whatever way love's camel takes, That is my religion, my faith. — Ibn Arabi
When your will is God's will, you will have your will. — Charles Spurgeon
Christian Work Quotes
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart. — Paul the Apostle
Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you. — Corrie Ten Boom
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment. — George Carlin
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
The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist. — Pope Gregory I
You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you — Andy Stanley
A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things. — John of the Cross
This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness — David Platt
I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me. — Hudson Taylor
Even if people have disappointed you or circumstances have not turned out as you had hoped or prayed, know that God is with you, cares for you, and loves you. He is working all these things together for your good right at this very moment. — Christine Caine
Christian Theology Quotes
Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology. — James H. Cone
A missional theology...appl ies to the whole of life of every believer. Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God, and every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture. — Alan Hirsch
What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour. — Walter Martin
To be a Christian is to be a theologian-a student of God and his will. The contemporary disdain for theological content and emphasis on self-image and emotions were not shared by the apostolic church. — R. C. Sproul
To understand a Bible text it takes an act of the Holy Spirit equal to the act that inspired the text in the first place. A revelation of the Holy Spirit in one glorious flash of inward illumination would teach you more of Jesus than five years in a theological seminary. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
No Christian can avoid theology. Every Christian has a theology. The issue, then, is not, dowe want to have a theology? That's a given. The real issue is, do we have a sound theology.? Do we embrace true or false doctrine? — R. C. Sproul
The greatest tragedy in the history of Christianity was neither the Crusades nor the Reformation nor the Inquisition, but rather the split that opened up between theology and spirituality at the end of the Middle Ages. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion. — Thomas Paine
In fact, most of the changes found in early Christian manuscripts have nothing to do with theology or ideology. Far and away the most changes are the result of mistakes pure and simple slips of the pen, accidental omissions, inadvertent additions, misspelled words, blunders of one sort or another. — Bart D. Ehrman
Christian theology is the grandmother of Bolshevism. — Oswald Spengler
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God. — John Calvin
Loving one another with the charity of Christ, let the love you have in your hearts be shown outwardly in your deeds so that compelled by such an example, the sisters may also grow in the love of God and charity for one another. — Clare of Assisi
God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves. — Saint John Chrysostom
Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world. Let us not tire of preaching love. Though we see that waves of violence succeed in drowning the fire of Christian love, love must win out; it is the only thing that can. — Oscar Romero
Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other's hearts in prayer. — Charles Grandison Finney
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God. — John of the Cross
I am convinced the greatest act of love we can ever perform for people is to tell them about God's love for them in Christ. — Billy Graham
The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host. — Fulton J. Sheen
God does not change - and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born... He loves you now... and He will love you forever. — Billy Graham
Christian Worldview Quotes
The early church didn’t say, ‘Look what the world is coming to!’ They said, ‘Look what has come into the world’! — Carl F. H. Henry
God's people need to unashamedly and uncompromisingly stand on the Bible. We need to unashamedly proclaim a Christian worldview and the gospel, all the while giving answers for the hope we have. — Ken Ham
Most Christians are not convinced of their own faith. I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in other words a view of the world, based on the Scripture and a relationship with God. And so they cannot discern between the truth and falsehood. — Josh Mcdowell
When you get a new worldview you get a new world. It's like the shift from medieval Christianity to the Renaissance and enlightenment. — Barbara Marx Hubbard
As Christians, we must see that just because an artist-even a great artist-portrays a worldview in writing or on canvas, it does not mean that we should automatically accept that worldview. Good art heightens the impact of that worldview, but it does not make it true. — Francis Schaeffer
Having a Christian worldview means being utterly convinced that biblical principles are not only true but also work better in the grit and grime of the real world. — Nancy Pearcey
We must be the same person in private and in public. Only the Christian worldview gives us the basis for this kind of integrity. — Charles Colson
In Christian engagement, the goal is to win the person
who is of the other worldview - not to destroy the person. — Ravi Zacharias
I discovered that Christianity does have the resources to meet the challenges posed by competing worldviews after all. — Nancy Pearcey
When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade. — Huston Smith
Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world. — John Piper
The Christian should never worry about tomorrow or give sparingly because of a possible future need. Only the present moment is ours to serve the Lord, and tomorrow may never come...Life is worth as much as it is spent for the Lord's service. — George Muller
When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good. — John Knox
Wherever you go, God is with you - watching over you, protecting you, and providing the truth you need for every situation. The question is, will you open your heart to His Word, apply it to your life, and allow God to change you so that He can use you in ways far greater than you can imagine? — Charles Stanley
The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God's presence stamped deep on his soul, who trembles at God's word, who lets it dwell in him richly by constant meditation upon it, and who tests and reforms his life daily in response to it. — J. I. Packer
When I hear Christians say, "I don't do this, and I don't do that, and I am following a set of rules," I immediately recognize that they know very little about the grace of God. They are trying to live the Christian life in their own strength. But Paul says, "Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." — J. Vernon McGee
How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended. — George Whitefield
The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do. — Bill Hybels
Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death. — Soren Kierkegaard
A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him. — Jonathan Edwards
Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God. — David Jeremiah
Take the very hardest thing in your life - the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom. — Lilias Trotter
Everyone we meet is a hero waiting to happen. When Jesus saw people, He envisioned their potential. No respecter of persons, He associated with people from all walks of life. — David Jeremiah
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