Quotes about Lives

Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.

The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.

We can feel unworthy that the King of kings attends to such seemingly insignificant details in our lives. Read Matthew 6:25—34. As you think about your last week, thank Jesus for all the needs that He has met.

Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.

We have to break this cycle, back up, regroup, and bring some sanity to our lives so we'll have the perspective, energy, and compassion for the people we see each day, and especially those who live under the same roof with us. Then we can love them like we love ourselves.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

The instinctive preference was to read rather than to act. No wonder our actual lives were more or less a shambles

But there is more to it than that. My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known—not the famous, not saints, but

I had an unconscious, vague sort of understanding that God loved me, but the love of God is meant to be a powerful force in our lives, one that will take us through even the most difficult trials into victory.

Words have a tremendous impact on all our lives. I know people who have lived lives of crippling insecurity because their parents spoke words of judgment, criticism, and failure to them on a regular basis.