“Most people think that Christianity is spelled DO: they look at the Bible or the life of Christ, and they simply try hard to live like Jesus. Christianity is really spelled DONE: it is what Christ has done that enables us to live a life of obedience.30” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksHardDoneJesusChristChristianityJesus ChristObedience Author:Darrin Patrick
“I'm certainly an imperfect man. And it's only by the blood of Jesus Christ that I've been redeemed from my sins. So I know that God doesn't call me to do a specific thing, God hasn't given me a list, a Ten Commandments of things to act on the first day. What God calls us to do is follow his will. And ultimately that's what I'm going to try to do.” KnowsMenTryingFirstsJesusGivenChristSinBloodTenJesus ChristListsCall MeImperfectCommandmentsRedeemedTen CommandmentsPerfect ManBlood Of JesusImperfect Man Author:Scott Walker
“I want everybody to worship the God of love instead of worshipping the God of hate and torture. But in the meantime we don't want to force Jesus Christ on anybody and look that we are trying to force our beliefs onto other.” WantTryingLooksHateJesusBeliefForceChristWorshipJesus ChristTorture Author:Mosab Hassan Yousef
“I model my life after my Lord and Master Jesus Christ and his life. He has called me into God's family and I am a representative for him so I just try to be obedient to what He asks me to do.” TryingAsksJesusChristLordMastersModelsJesus ChristAsk MeRepresentativesObedient Author:Ben Zobrist
“The Universal Presence is a fact. God is here. And He is no strange or foreign God, but the familiar Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who love has for thousands of years enfolded the sinful race of men. And always He is trying to get our attention, to reveal Himself to us, to communicate with us. We have within us the ability to know Him if we will but respond to His overtures.” IfsKnowsMenTryingYearsFactsFatherJesusChristAbilityRaceAttentionLordStrangeJesus ChristUniversalCommunicateFamiliarOur LordLord Jesus ChristOur Lord Jesus Christ Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“We are each one on a road going toward home, but we're not trying to get there for Christmas. We're trying to get there for eternity. We want to arrive home safely to our loving Father in Heaven. He wants us to make it safely there, so He has sent a guiding light for us to follow: a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, the perfect example.” WantTryingHomeLightFatherJesusHeavenChristPerfectLordExampleJesus ChristEternitySaviorWant ULord Jesus ChristFather In HeavenGuiding Light Author:Margaret D. Nadauld
“I think it's for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation; I believe in sanctification at the point of salvation. That doesn't mean that we don't continue to mature as believers in Christ. But I believe that we are justified and we are sanctified. But sin resides, the power of sin resides in our flesh. It will always try us and it was always tempt us and therefore we always need to be submitting our mind, will and emotions to the lordship of Jesus Christ.” ThinkingNeedsTryingMindBelieveMeanJesusI BelieveChristSinEmotionIssuesJesus ChristRegardSalvationI Believe InBelieverFleshMatureJustificationJustifiedSanctificationLordship Author:Alan Chambers
“I made it clear that I will consider - this is the important phrase I am trying to say - myself most fortunate if Jesus Christ will accept the sacrifice of my blood to raise the voice for the justice and rights of the persecuted and victimized Christians and other minorities in Pakistan.” IfsTryingMadeImportantChristianJesusVoiceChristJusticeAcceptingClearRightsSacrificeBloodJesus ChristRaisesMade ItFortunatePhrasesMinoritiesPakistanPersecuted Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“Theres a verse thats meant a lot to me ever since I was in my early 20s. 2 Timothy 2:8, Paul told Timothy to remember Jesus Christ, descended from David and raised from the dead. Thats a good principle, that if my theology, my whole life can be focused on remembering Jesus. Just trying to remember who He is, what He did, being strong in what He did and what He accomplished.” IfsTryingWholeRememberJesusStrongChristPrinciplesJesus ChristRaisedFocusedWhole LifeTheologyAccomplishedVersesEarly 20s Author:Max Lucado
“When I say compromise I do not mean capitulation. When I say compromise I definitely do not mean what Jesus Christ meant when he offered us to turn our other cheek to our enemies. Compromise means, try to meet the other somewhere half-way. And, this can only happen if the other is willing to go half-way in order to meet you. That is the very strict line between compromise and capitulation.” IfsWayTryingMeanHappensOrderTurnsJesusChristLinesHalfEnemyWillingJesus ChristCompromiseCheeksStrictHalf WayCapitulation Author:Amos Oz
“I'm a Christian. I'm committed to Jesus Christ and I want people to know about Christ, because it's the most wonderful thing. People can say, 'I'll try and give up drugs,' or 'I'll try and live a better life,' but actually, if you're trapped in that lifestyle, you need, I think, some supernatural power to get you out of it. It's not easy to get out of the kind of lifestyles those people are in where all your family are criminals and all your friends are criminals - that is not an easy break to make, and it is a hard thing for a lot of these people.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsGivingTryingKindHardChristianJesusEasyChristBreakWonderfulDrugGiving UpJesus ChristCommittedCriminalsLifestyleOur FamilyTrappedWonderful ThingsBetter LifeHard ThingsEasy To GetSupernatural Powers Author:Nicky Gumbel
“Let me make it very clear: when I say compromise I do not mean capitulation. When I say compromise I definitely do not mean what Jesus Christ meant when he offered us to turn our other cheek to our enemies. Compromise means, try to meet the other somewhere half-way. And, this can only happen if the other is willing to go half-way in order to meet you. That is the very strict line between compromise and capitulation. I'm a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation.” TryingBelieveMeanJesusChristEnemyJesus ChristLet MeBelieverCompromise Author:Amos Oz
“Parenting changed for me when I finally realized it's not about being a perfect parent trying to raise perfect kids, but rather, family life is a collection of sinners slowly growing together toward Jesus Christ as we rub shoulders, yield to his grace, ask for forgiveness and offer forgiveness, and are shaped accordingly.” TryingKidsTogetherJesusParentChristPerfectGraceChangedJesus ChristSinnerFamily LifeAsking For Forgiveness Author:Gary L. Thomas
“I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.” KnowsWorldWayTryingMightValuesJesusChristSimpleRolesStandardsJesus ChristCrossesHarmDaily LifeLive ByWorld HistoryIndicationRecreationOstentatious Author:Keith O'Brien
“Of course we're Christian. The very name of the church declares that. The more people see us and come to know us, the more I believe they will come to realize that we are trying to exemplify in our lives and in our living the great ideals which (Jesus Christ) taught.” PeopleKnowsTryingBelieveChristianCoursesJesusNamesI BelieveChristRealizingChurchOur LivesTaughtJesus ChristIdeals Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“Don't you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late. Some don't come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in Good Things to Come.” TryingBelieveEndsHelpingJesusHeavenChristWalkingBlessingLateJesus ChristEmbraceGood ThingsQuittingTrust In GodKeep TryingAlright Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“We are children, perhaps, at the very moment when we know that it is as children that God loves us - not because we have deserved his love and not in spite of our undeserving; not because we try and not because we recognize the futility of our trying; but simply because he has chosen to love us. We are children because he is our father; and all of our efforts, fruitful and fruitless, to do good, to speak truth, to understand, are the efforts of children who, for all their precocity, are children still in that before we loved him, he loved us, as children, through Jesus Christ our lord.” KnowsTryingChildrenStillsMomentsFatherJesusSpeakChristEffortLordJesus ChristChosenGod LoveSpiteHis LoveOur LordOur FatherSpeak The TruthFutilityGod Loves UsUndeserving Author:Frederick Buechner
“With just a little love and a little caring, I have seen kids totally turn around. Where you can't find any cancer at all anymore in their body. I've done it a lot of times. I'm not trying to say I'm Jesus Christ. We should just give a little more attention to the power of love and caring and faith and prayer.” GivingShouldTryingLittlesDoneBodyKidsTurnsJesusChristPrayerAttentionJesus ChristCancerCaringPower Of LoveLittle Love Author:Michael Jackson
“The immense wealth of doctrine and institutions can become a handicap if we are trying to present all of that to a person who has lost all contact with the Church and no longer knows who Jesus is. That would be like clothing a baby with one of those enormous, heavy brocaded copes that priests and bishops used to wear. Instead, it is necessary to help this person establish a relationship with Jesus.” IfsKnowsTryingPersonsHelpingWould BeChristianUsedJesusLostChurchWealthBabyJesus ChristInstitutionsHeavyChristian InspirationalEnormousDoctrineContactPriestsClothingsImmenseBishopsHandicapsWho Jesus Is Author:Raniero Cantalamessa
“Faith in Jesus Christ and a testimony of Him and His universal Atonement is not just a doctrine with great theological value. Such faith is a universal gift, glorious for all cultural regions of this earth, irrespective of language, race, color, nationality, or socioeconomic circumstance. The powers of reason may be used to try to understand this gift, but those who feel its effects most deeply are those who are willing to accept its blessings, which come from a pure and clean life of following the path of true repentance and living the commandments of God.” FeelsTryingMayReasonEarthUsedValuesJesusLanguageChristRaceAcceptingPathEffectsColorWillingCircumstancesBlessingPureJesus ChristUniversalCleanFollowingDoctrineGloriousRegionsRepentanceCommandmentsTestimonyNationalityTheologicalAtonementFaith In JesusCommandments Of GodTrue Repentance Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“We often try to put God in a box. The God who fits in our boxes isn't the God & Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” TryingFatherJesusChristLordFitJesus ChristBoxesOur LordLord Jesus ChristOur Lord Jesus ChristGod Father Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Be there for your children. Sit on the bed and enjoy the late-night talks—try to stay awake! Pray for the Lord to inspire you. Forgive often. Choose your battles. Testify frequently of Jesus Christ and His goodness and of the Restoration. And most of all, let them know of your trust in the Lord.” KnowsTryingChildrenNightJesusEnjoyChristLordInspirePrayingBattleBedGoodnessLateJesus ChristOur ChildrenForgivingYour ChildrenAwakeRestorationLate NightTrust In The Lord Author:Bonnie D. Parkin
“We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply, trying to gaze upon the wonder of Jesus Christ and have that transform our affections to the point where our love and hope are steadfastly on Christ.” KnowsTryingEnoughJesusChristWonderJesus ChristStriveAffectionOur LoveKnowing GodEnough TimeHope And Love Author:Matt Chandler
“I have seen miracles in my time, my brothers and sisters. The greatest miracle of all, I believe, is the transformation that comes into the life of a man or a woman who accepts the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and tries to live it in his or her life.” MenTryingBelieveJesusI BelieveChristAcceptingBrotherJesus ChristMiracleTransformationMy BrotherMy TimeMissionaryBrothers And Sisters Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“The path I am trying so hard to follow is in fact the one that God my Father and His Son Jesus Christ want me to pursue. It has brought me deep happiness.” WantTryingHardFactsFatherJesusChristPathSonJesus ChristPursueWant MeTrying HardTrying So HardDeep Happiness Author:Clayton Christensen
“Every way that we try to make our kids good that isn’t rooted in the good news of the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ is a damnable, crushing, despair-breedin g, Pharisee-produc ing law.” WayTryingKidsLawJesusChristDespairNewsJesus ChristCrushResurrectionRootedGood NewsLife DeathAscensionPharisees Author:Elyse Fitzpatrick
“I have talked with people that have no assurance of sins forgiven. They want to feel saved before they're willing to commit themselves to Christ. But I believe that the only ones whom God actually witnesses by His Spirit are born of Him, are the people whether they say it or not, that come to Jesus Christ and say something like this: 'Lord Jesus, I'm gonna obey You and love You and serve You and do what You want me to do as long as I live even if I go to hell at the end of the road simply because You are worthy to be loved, obeyed and served. And I'm not trying to make a deal with You.'” PeopleIfsWantFeelsTryingBelieveLongEndsGodChristianSpiritJesusI BelieveChristBornReligiousSinDealsLordHellLove YouWillingForgivenessJesus ChristAnd LoveWorthyWhat You WantSavedCommitWitnessMissionaryWant MeForgivenAssuranceCommitment To GodYou Want MeGo To HellEnd Of The Road Author:Paris Reidhead
“Where we go wrong is that we bring along some ready-made idea of God, wherever we may have learned it, and then try to make Jesus Christ fit in with that idea of God. But if we take the idea of a revelation of God in Christ seriously, then we must be willing to have our understanding of God corrected and even revolutionized by what we learn in Jesus Christ.” IfsTryingMayMadeIdeasJesusUnderstandingChristWillingReadyFitJesus ChristRevelations Author:John Macquarrie