James > James's Quotes

“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.”
― John R.W. Stott

“Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it.”
― John Stott

“Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.”
― John Stott

“The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making--just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.”
― E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer

“What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use -- men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men -- men of prayer.”
― E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer

“Preaching never edifies a prayerless soul.”
― E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer

“Public prayers of are of little value unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.”
― E.M. Bounds

“When faith ceases to pray, it ceases to live.”
― E.M. Bounds

“Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.”
― E.M. Bounds

“Nothing is well done without prayer for the simple reason that it leaves God out of the account.”
― E.M. Bounds, The Weapon of Prayer

“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.”
― John Piper

“All heroes are shadows of Christ”
― John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life

“It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.”
― John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life

“The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.”
― Tim Keller

“Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.”
― Tim Keller

“Conversation with God leads to an encounter with God. Prayer turns theology into experience.”
― Tim Keller

“Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.”
― J.C. Ryle, A Call to Prayer

“Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.”
― J.C. Ryle

“There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.”
― Martin Luther

“One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many!”
― Martin Luther

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

“It’s not wrong to do what is in our power to make things right. I’m not advocating laziness or irresponsibility. But our lives must start and end with a dependence on God. They must start and end in the love and grace and mercy of God. Everything else will flow from that.”
― Judah Smith, Life Is _____.: God's Illogical Love Will Change Your Existence

“Christian marriage vows are the inception of a lifelong practice of death, of giving over not only all you have, but all you are.”
― R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man

“So the end of the matter is this: Live for God. Obey the Scriptures. Think of others before yourself. Be holy. Love Jesus. And as you do these things, do whatever else you like, with whomever you like, wherever you like, and you’ll be walking in the will of God.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Make doing your habit your win. Obsess over the process instead of the outcome. You don’t get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that get results.”
― Craig Groeschel, The Power to Change: Mastering the Habits That Matter Most