I Never Knew You Quotes

“if we don’t preach about sin and God’s judgment on it, how can we possibly present Christ as a Savior from sin and the wrath of God? Do you agree with this, Pastors?”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Imagine that, the Creator of the universe doing all that for sinful old me. You see, Charmaine, what happened at Calvary was the truest manifestation of God’s love for all His redeemed children. As one of them, I can’t help but reflect on how His grace was at work in my life long before I was even aware of it.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“The disciple John recorded in his first epistle, ‘If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.’  “The next verse declares, ‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.’ “The verse after that states, ‘If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Luke 22:60-62. “This was after his third denial. ‘Peter replied, ‘Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!’ Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him, ‘Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times. And he went outside and wept bitterly.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“In closing out this session, forgive me for saying this, but are you even aware that the things you pray for, and your pastor encourages, are the very things Satan offered to Jesus in the wilderness for forty days? The Bible’s crystal clear that He rejected every last one of them!”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Anyone who isn’t rooted in God’s Word can easily be fooled and fall prey to their different gospels…”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Satan is the one behind it all. And believe me when I say, he isn’t fighting religion. He’s too crafty for that. And busy producing a counterfeit Christianity that’s so much like the real one, so many are fooled by it. No wonder he’s called the Master Deceiver.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“The prosperity Gospel has no concept of the sovereignty of God. I’ll even go so far to say the god of the prosperity gospel is not the God of the Bible.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“God’s salvation isn’t about miracles or financial gain; it’s all about the shed blood of Jesus Christ, who alone has the power to cleanse repentant sinners and rescue their souls from eternal damnation. That’s the whole premise of the Gospel message, not worldly possessions!”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“One thing we’ve learned in our struggles is that God is never more present than when His children are suffering. It took a while, but we finally realized the circumstances we kept asking God to change, are the very circumstances God was using to change us.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Christians are not so much in danger when they are being persecuted as when they are being admired.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“are the things you’re living for worth Christ dying for?”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“1 Corinthians 3:15, “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“A joyless life isn’t a Christian life, even when enduring persecution!”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Well, some translations say ‘mansions’ while other translations say ‘rooms’. Personally, I never think about the size of the place Jesus is preparing for me. All I know is it will be perfectly suited just for me in every way, which means I’ll be perfectly satisfied with every last detail. “First Corinthians two, verse nine declares, ‘...No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“But here’s something I do know—the gifts God placed in us for His glory and for the furthering of His Kingdom here on earth are the very things we will bring into eternity with us. Imagine looking and feeling our very best in a place where we will never grow tired of worshipping God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit… “Not only that, we will have the ability to think in Heaven, feel and emote, but without ever shedding tears, getting sick or battling boredom. The instant you step into eternity, you will still be you; but not the sinless version of yourself, the redeemed version, personality and all!”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Good question, and an easy one to answer. By focusing on the life to come. If the earth is God’s footstool, how indescribably majestic will Heaven be for all who end up there? “Not even the most beautiful house on the planet on the most beautiful beach can compare to what awaits us on the other side. “Mostly because the church has all but abandoned teaching about a final destination from our pulpits, we are perhaps the first generation of Christians who have lost sight of our long term goal, which is to finally go Home and be with our Creator. “How tragic! So many Christians are so comfortable and have become so deeply entrenched in this fallen world that they rarely give eternity or Heaven a passing thought. Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but they live as if they never want to die. Last time I checked, the only way anyone can go to Heaven is by dying in the flesh.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“First, let me say that I believe one of the hardest people to convert are those who think they’re saved but really aren’t. But I also believe there isn’t a heart anywhere on the planet that God cannot conquer. “There’s no life He cannot change. No past He cannot forgive. And Christ would never reject anyone who came to Him sincerely and repentantly broken. After all, he saved us, right?”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“From now on, I’ll be sure to test the spirits and compare everything I hear to what the Word says. If it lines up, I’ll receive it gladly. If not, I’ll wholeheartedly reject it.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“John 15:18-25, where Jesus warned His disciples that no servant was greater than his Master. He also warned them that the world would hate and persecute them because they hated and persecuted Him first.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Fifty years from now, the many things I’ve stored up for myself here on earth won’t mean a thing. “Yet, the many rewards I’ve lost, that I would have rightly stored up in Paradise had I only kept my big mouth shut, are forever gone. It’s like the waves of my foolish pride swept them all away.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“By letting the Word of God say what it says without asking it to do or say what I want it to say. It means fully submitting to God’s authority, regardless of the consequences.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Delight yourself in the Lord,’ is the key to understanding the passage. “If we’ll only do that, God will give us the desires of our heart, because our desires will be in line with what He wants for us. In other words, instead of focusing on self-centered passions and desires, the things we want will be the very things God wants for us. I had it all backwards... “Jeremiah seventeen, nine, another verse I never heard you preach on, says the human heart is wickedly evil, which means our desires apart from God are worldly, temporal, and definitely not from above?”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“I want you both to know the days of filling God’s ears only with temporal things are over for me. All I want from this point forward is to know God more and what He wants from me, not what I want from Him.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Now I can state with absolute certainty that I have the eternal assurance the Bible speaks about, something else you never taught. This means, even when I’m on my deathbed, I’ll never have to second guess, ‘Did I do enough?’ or ‘Did I give enough?’ to please God enough to save me from hell. “The reason? Because God’s salvation is all about what He did for me, not the other way around!” A smile curled onto her lips. “There’s nothing greater than knowing I’m saved for real…”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“that the greatest miracle in a believer’s life has nothing to do with the things both of you teach. It’s when we cross over from spiritual death to life, as if coming out of the grave.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“If the chief goal for Christians is intimacy with God, the fact that Pastor Lau doesn’t have material anchors constantly weighing him down, gives him a significant advantage over us.”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“He said the sweetest part of his day was spending intimate time communicating with the One who loved him more than anyone else could, and learning everything he could about Him…”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You

“Pastor Lau quoted Charles Spurgeon the other day. He said, ‘If God has called me to be His servant, why stoop to being a king or president?’ Blew my mind! A week ago I would have rolled my eyes...”
― Patrick Higgins, I Never Knew You