Mike Yaconelli Quotes

The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a 'happy Christian.' Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ had joy, and He prayed 'that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.'

For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day at a time. Any aspirations, visions and dreams died a long time ago and I have absolutely no interest in resurrecting them (they would stink by now anyway). I have finally figured out that I have nothing to lose by living a life of faith. I know more joy every minute of every day than seems appropriate, but I love the wastefulness of my Father's grace and presence. For me, everything in my life that matters, is perfect!

I don't think it's that hard [to lead a Christian life]. To me it's fun. We have joy and happiness.

Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples.

Dear young people, Jesus gives us life, life in abundance. If we are close to him we will have joy in our hearts and a smile on our face.

A child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration.

If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.

May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.

Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.

Health is a great blessing--competence obtained by honorable industry is a great blessing--and a great blessing it is to have kind, faithful, and loving friends and relatives; but, that the greatest of all blessings, as it is the most ennobling of all privileges, is to be indeed a Christian.

Without my Savior, I am nothing.

Let us seek in particular to communicate the deepest joy, that of knowing God in Christ.

When I think upon my God, my heart is full of joy that the notes dance and leap from my pen.

The Lord gives his people perpetual joy when they walk in obedience to him.

Thus in Christianity the alienation had become total, and it was this total alienation that was the biggest obstacle to the progress of self-consciousness.

Christians might say that you can't live a more meaningful life without Jesus. Well, that's absolutely not true. You can. You can enjoy a sunrise whether you know Jesus or not.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

Freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.

I'm so blessed, thank you Jesus!

Following Jesus is not about diligently keeping a set of rules or conjuring up the moral fortitude to lead good lives. It's about loving God and enjoying Him

Real Christians do not carry their religion, their religion carries them. It is not weight, it is wings.

The most important thing in my life is Christ.

Christianity is a strangely cheery religion.

Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.

The religion of Jesus Christ is not ascetic, nor sour, nor gloomy, nor circumscribing. It is full of sweetness in the present and in promise.