Quotes about Attitude

The true test of a person's spiritual life and character is not what he does in the extraordinary moments of life, but what he does during the ordinary times when there is nothing tremendous or exciting happening. A person's worth is revealed in his attitude toward the ordinary things of life when he is not under the spotlight (see John 1:35—37 and 3:30).

God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, ". . . who will go for Us?" The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God's call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude.

True intercession involves bringing the person, or the circumstance that seems to be crashing in on you, before God, until you are changed by His attitude toward that person or circumstance. People describe intercession by saying, "It is putting yourself in someone else's place." That is not true! Intercession is putting yourself in God's place; it is having His mind and His perspective.

We cannot control our circumstances, but we can control our character.

The minute you hear a sermon on materialism, you're glad somebody else is there to hear it.

If praise is celebrating God's awesome glory, then complaint is antipraise.

you never just suffer the thing that you're suffering, but you always also suffer the way that you're suffering that thing.

If you put yourself in the center of your world, you will find plenty of things to complain about.

When you forget mercy, you name yourself as righteous and deserving, and you live an entitled and demanding life.

Whatever functionally rules your heart will then shape the way you see life and your desires, and it will control your words and behavior.

when you forget the grace that you've been given, it becomes very easy to respond to the people around you with nongrace.

Sadly, prayer for many of us has been shrunk to an agenda that is little bigger than asking God for stuff.