Sandcastle Kings Quotes

“Quit focusing on what you did in the past. • Quit focusing on what you didn’t do. • Quit allowing yesterday to dictate today. • Quit letting the enemy tell you who you are. The devil brings up your past because he is running out of new material. Every time he brings up your past, you need to remind him of his future. You can’t change your past, but Jesus can change your future.”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“We may think our lives are great the way they are. We may be comfortable and think we have it all under control. We may even think that our lives are beautiful. And then out of nowhere a big black streak gets painted right across our lives, and we panic. “Where are you, Jesus? What are you doing? Why are you letting this happen? You’re ruining my life!” But if we just hang on a little longer, we see that God knew what he was doing all along. That black mark was no accident. God wasn’t asleep at the wheel. He knew just what he was doing. And he did not leave us in our mess. God is into completing things, and when he does that he makes them beautiful. Know”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“In most of life we usually don’t get a position unless we can perform, and if we stop performing we often lose that position. People try hard so that they can keep their positions. But this is not how the kingdom of God works. In the kingdom of God your position does not depend on your performance. Your position was purchased by Christ.”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“Remember it is not about what you are going through, it is about who you are going to. People”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“God knows that I could never meet his standard, his Law, so he sent Jesus to fulfill the Law on my behalf. And Jesus came “full of grace and truth,” not more law. He gives me mercy when I deserve punishment, forgiveness rather than condemnation, freedom instead of bondage, and rest instead of work. This is good news. Great news! This is what the New Testament calls the “gospel,” which means “good news.” When”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash. MATTHEW 7:24–27”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“The Savior is greater than our sin. The Savior is greater than our mistake. The Savior is greater than our guilt. The Savior is greater than our shortcoming. Jesus is our Savior. He is our forgiveness.”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“Without Jesus, our lives are like that, out of order and incapable of giving us what we need, no matter how hard we try to make it work.”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“Jesus wants you to stop building sandcastles and pretending that you are the king. He is the king, and he wants to help you build your life on the only foundation strong enough to withstand the storms of this life: himself.”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World

“We might think well of ourselves or poorly of ourselves, but we don’t stop thinking about ourselves. Our “self ” is the problem, not the solution. Jesus is the solution. As long as I am focused on me, I will have a hard time seeing him. Pride”
― Rich Wilkerson Jr., Sandcastle Kings: Meeting Jesus in a Spiritually Bankrupt World