Topic: FAVORITE QUOTES (Read 9392 times)

nessalynn77 · « **Reply #80 on:** May 09, 2011, 01:55:58 PM »

Quote from: ferrente on May 08, 2011, 07:09:31 PM

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right....
Martin Luther

I was literally looking for the "like" button on this one.

Quote from: ReddGirl on May 08, 2011, 11:30:14 PM

"Women are like tea bags, you never know how strong they are until they are in hot water"-Eleanor Roosevelt

"Want peace then let go"-Loretta Stubbs

"Stop shooting bullets and watch them stop coming back at you"-Loretta Stubbs

Very wise words, Lady Redd!

blyempowered · « **Reply #81 on:** May 11, 2011, 07:22:23 PM »

"The flesh wines against service but screams against hidden service." - Richard Foster

blyempowered · « **Reply #82 on:** May 12, 2011, 07:00:19 PM »

"The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates

phbrown · « **Reply #83 on:** May 27, 2011, 09:39:19 AM »

“My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Clarence B. Kelland (American Writer, 1881-1964)

blyempowered · « **Reply #84 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:11:44 PM »

“Is God ruling your wealth or is the wealth being the god that rules you?”-Bennett L. Yancey

“We buy things we do not want to impress people we do not like.”-Arthur Gish

“I am learning…..that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.”-Richard E. Byrd

“Simplicity sets us free to receive the provision of God as a gift that is not ours to keep and can be freely shared with others.”-Richard J. Foster

"Good feelings will not free us. Ecstatic experiences will not free us. Getting 'high on Jesus' will not free us. Without a knowledge of the truth, we will not be free."-Richard J. Foster

"Many Christians remain in bondage to fears and anxieties simply because they do not avail themselves of the Discipline of study. They may be faithful in church attendance and earnest in fulfilling their religious duties, and still they are not changed."-Richard J. Foster

T-Block · « **Reply #85 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:29:05 PM »

"You're a non-m*****f****n factor b****!" - Evelyn from Basketball Wives

I like this quote for the comedic value.

phbrown · « **Reply #86 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:43:26 PM »

got this one from an email

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible

- George Burns

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phbrown · « **Reply #87 on:** July 12, 2011, 10:43:51 AM »

blyempowered · « **Reply #88 on:** September 05, 2011, 08:52:46 AM »

“Lukewarm people tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives.”

Francis Chan

phbrown · « **Reply #89 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:29:31 AM »

Quote from: blyempowered on September 05, 2011, 08:52:46 AM

“Lukewarm people tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives.”

Francis Chan

hmmm .... does that mean big/mega churches have a higher percentage of lukewarm people?

blyempowered · « **Reply #90 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:30:51 AM »

That's a good question.

phbrown · « **Reply #91 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:32:52 AM »

Quote from: blyempowered on September 08, 2011, 11:30:51 AM

That's a good question.

oh well there is no really good way to provide a definitive answer guess it will be one of those good questions that got away

sjonathan02 · « **Reply #92 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:32:53 AM »

Quote from: phbrown on September 08, 2011, 11:29:31 AM

hmmm .... does that mean big/mega churches have a higher percentage of lukewarm people?

I have no problem buying that logic.

blyempowered · « **Reply #93 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:34:50 AM »

I think I'm with Sjon as well...to a certain extent.

nessalynn77 · « **Reply #94 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:28:19 PM »

My brother's pastor told the congregation that there was an upside to being lukewarm, because someone will have to run the church when he and the real saints are raptured, LOL!!!

Hasmonean1 · « **Reply #95 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:54:59 PM »

Quote from: nessalynn77 on September 08, 2011, 11:28:19 PM

My brother's pastor told the congregation that there was an upside to being lukewarm, because someone will have to run the church when he and the real saints are raptured, LOL!!!

Well alright

blyempowered · « **Reply #96 on:** September 10, 2011, 02:04:02 PM »

“It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.”-A.W. Tozer

“An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly.”-A.W. Tozer

“We will never impact the world for Jesus with a relativized, wimpy, fear-driven, people-pleasing ‘gospel.’”-Richard Ganz

“We need to stop shaping Jesus in some misguided effort to make Him appealing. Jesus doesn’t need to be like us; we need to be like Him.”-James MacDonald

“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”-Saint Augustine

“Wouldn’t you love for God to write a “nevertheless” in your biography? Born to alcoholics, nevertheless she led a sober life. Never went to college, nevertheless he mastered a trade. Didn’t read the Bible until retirement age, nevertheless he came to a deep and abiding faith.”-Max Lucado

blyempowered · « **Reply #97 on:** September 17, 2011, 10:29:22 AM »

"True love requires sacrifice."-Francis Chan

bassthumpa · « **Reply #98 on:** September 17, 2011, 10:32:07 AM »

Today is the tomorrow that you wondered about yesterday.

Hasmonean1 · « **Reply #99 on:** September 17, 2011, 11:56:46 AM »

Every man has a plan until he gets hit in the mouth. - Mike Tyson

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