Seeing the Unseen Quotes

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above” (James 1:17).”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Life on earth matters not because it’s the only life we have, but precisely because it isn’t—it’s the beginning of a life that will continue without end.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“We don’t believe ‘in the power of prayer,’ but in our all-powerful God who empowers our inherently powerless prayers.” —Burk Parsons “The”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“The only proper foundation for optimism is the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. Any other foundation is sand, not rock. It will not bear the weight of our eternity.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“When we fail to acknowledge God as the Source of all good things, we fail to give Him the recognition and glory He deserves. We separate God from joy, which is like trying to separate heat from fire or wetness from rain.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“The circumstances surrounding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“As you go through life, don’t let your feelings—real as they are—invalidate your need to let the truth of God’s words guide your thinking. Remember that the path to your heart travels through your mind. Truth matters.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.” —David Brainerd”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Now think, my brother, you will be in Heaven very soon. Since last year a great number have gone home: before next year many more will have ascended to glory. Sitting up in those celestial seats, how shall we wish that we had lived below?” —Charles Spurgeon”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it.” —Charles Spurgeon”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.” —Louis Pasteur”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’” —C. S. Lewis”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!” —John Bunyan”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us.” —Sinclair Ferguson”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“The thing that awakens the deepest well of gratitude in a human being is that God has forgiven sin.” —Oswald Chambers”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“We are more concerned about looking stupid (fear of people) than we are about acting sinfully (fear of the Lord).” —Edward T. Welch”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“If I promised you a new car, would you say, “If it’s new, it probably won’t have an engine, a transmission, doors, wheels, or windows”? No, you’d never make such assumptions. Why? Because if a new car didn’t have these things, it wouldn’t be a car. Likewise, when Scripture speaks of a new Earth (2 Peter 3, and Revelation 21), we can expect that it will be a far better version of the old Earth, but it will truly be Earth.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“We don’t believe ‘in the power of prayer,’ but in our all-powerful God who empowers our inherently powerless prayers.” —Burk Parsons”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” —C. S. Lewis”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Life on earth matters not because it’s the only life we have, but precisely because it isn’t—it’s the beginning of a life that will continue without end. It’s the precursor of life on the New Earth. Eternal life doesn’t begin when we die; it has already begun. With eternity in view, nearly any honest activity—whether building a shed, driving a bus, pruning trees, changing diapers or caring for a patient—can be an investment in God’s kingdom.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Many people conclude that God can’t be real, because we can’t see Him. And Heaven can’t be real, because we can’t see it. But we must recognize our blindness. The blind must take by faith that there are stars in the sky. If they depend on their ability to see, they will conclude there are no stars.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“C. S. Lewis wrote, “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” Jesus said if your brother “sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him” (Luke 17:4).”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling. The circumstances surrounding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign God.” —Margaret Clarkson”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Many come short, being satisfied with the works of God rather than hungering for and reaching on to God Himself.” —A. W. Tozer”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Our society holds to youthfulness with a white-knuckled grip. Ultimately it’s all in vain. But the gospel promises us eternal youthfulness in God’s presence.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Sinclair Ferguson writes, “Christian contentment is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“Being disconnected from the local church, for whatever reason, is a dangerous way to live...like lone sheep away from the safety of the flock and the watchful care of the shepherd, [these lone rangers] are vulnerable to predators of every sort.” —Nancy Leigh DeMoss”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“When we offend everybody, we’ve declared truth without grace. When we offend nobody, we’ve watered down truth in the name of grace. John 1:14 tells us Jesus came full of grace AND truth. Let’s not choose between them, but be characterized by both.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“God isn’t just preparing a place for us. He is preparing us for that place.”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” —A. W. Tozer”
― Randy Alcorn, Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective