The Happy Christian Quotes

“Whatever you will complete or not today, rest in the only work that will never need to be done again. Rest in the fact that Jesus has done the most impossible job in the world, done it perfectly, and made it available. Take it. Enjoy it. Build your life on it. Let it change your whole view of your life and work. Use His work to put your work into perspective. Believe His work is counted as yours. Despite all that you fear and dread about the next ten hours—a critical boss, a vicious competitor, a looming deadline, a complaining customer, an impossible sales target, unrelenting children, monotonous drudge—you have Christ’s perfect work credited to your account.”
― David P. Murray , The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World

“What we think and believe about God, about ourselves, about others, about our problems, and about our world dictates and determines the quality of our whole lives: our happiness, our relationships, our creativity, our productivity, and even our physical health.”
― David P. Murray, The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World

“I long to heal adults who have gotten so used to their own negativity that they have no idea now what healthy joy looks like. I want to grab young people before this demoralizing virus contaminates them and to inoculate them with biblical principles and practices that will enable them to stand up and stand out in their despairing generation. I yearn to attract unbelievers to a faith that has been too often misrepresented by its friends, never mind its enemies. I aim to encourage Christians to be countercultural missionaries in our negative culture by demonstrating the positive power of the gospel in their lives. I aspire to see churches transformed into beacons of bright hope in a world of dark despair. I’m eager to show that where sin and suffering abound, grace can abound much more.3 I dream about Christians being the happiest people in the world.”
― David P. Murray, The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World

“We wash dishes as if He was going to eat from them. We unblock drains as if it was His home. We don’t work primarily for money (that’s a job), for promotions (that’s a career), or for a way to fill the time (that’s an occupation), but for the Lord (that’s a vocation).”
― David P. Murray, The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World

“All things, yes, even your work!
• Your work is of God. • Your work is through God. • Your work is to God. • Your work is for God’s glory.”
― David P. Murray, The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World

“We stop looking backward with rose-tinted spectacles to some imaginary golden age by looking forward with faith-tinted spectacles to the reality of golden streets.”
― David P. Murray, The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World

“When we hope for better days for the church, we serve the church. When we hope for the conversion of our children, we are motivated to share the gospel with them. When we hope for God’s blessing on His Word, we listen to it much more avidly. Hope produces action.”
― David P. Murray , The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World

“It is very hard to hate someone for whom we pray. It is almost impossible to pull someone down when we prayerfully raise him or her up to heaven for God’s blessing. Prayer never changes God. It sometimes changes the person we pray for. It always changes us.”
― David P. Murray , The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World