Quotes about Growth

Seventy-five thousand people a day become Christians, two-thirds of whom live in Africa.

Why are we here? God wants us to flourish, and paradoxically we flourish best by obeying rather than rebelling, by giving more than receiving, by serving rather than being served.

Over time Christians learned that the faith grows best from the bottom up rather than being imposed from the top down.

I can only advance in the kingdom if I become like that woman: trembling, humbled, without excuse, my palms open to receive God's grace.

From such experiments Christians have learned that the gospel grows best from the bottom up rather than being imposed from the top down.

Without you, without your onslaughts, without your uprootings of us, we should remain all our lives inert, stagnant, puerile, ignorant both of ourselves and of God. You who batter us and then dress our wounds, you who resist us and yield to us, you who wreck and build, you who shackle and liberate, the sap of our souls, the hand of God, the flesh of Christ: it is you, matter, that I bless.

Now if you want a book about prayer, this one's probably not for you. You can find some wonderful books on prayer by some scholarly writers, books that are well worth the time spent reading them. In fact, I highly suggest you do. Can't really learn too much about prayer, can you? But here, in these pages, we aren't going to merely talk about prayer or think about praying. No. Get ready.

If you have faith the size of the smallest seed, nothing will be impossible for you.

Humility is always the hardest lesson for a Prince Warrior to learn

Quiet time is not an excuse for the lazy but a wise investment for the diligent.

What might God be trying to grow in your character or cement in your relationship with Him by keeping you separated from some of the things you want but don't yet have?

No manliness no maturity! No discipline no discipleship! No sweat no sainthood!