Lionel Blue Quotes

I cannot express to you how grateful I am that I am a Christian. Before I was a Christian, I went through a time in my life where I just didn't know why I was alive.

I came to Christ when I was thirty-eight. That transformed my life.

It just took all of that to come to a screeching halt, to get to the point of having nothing, for me to finally realize, Hey, what are you fighting with this for? Until then, I hadn't claimed my faith as my own; I had just grown up with it.

I gave my life to Christ about 1991.

My life was changed in one breath from God.

I can remember the night I became a Christian. And man, this weight came off of me and all that kind of stuff. What I didn't realize was, that was just the beginning - of a huge journey.

All the muddy waters of my life cleared up when I gave myself to Christ.

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

He has turned my life around by 180 degrees, I still don't understand why Shiva has blessed me so much. I believe he'll bless the worst of us first because we need it the most.

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.

I believe in walking in the Spirit.

I am never bored in my ministry because I continually see the impact of God in people's lives.

Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer

I think one of the most rewarding experiences in life is to see people come to Christ and make lifestyle changes. When that happens, you definitely see God behind it. This year we've seen eight students make first-time decisions for Christ and when I see that, it's a great feeling. I'm really thankful that God is changing somebody, or sometimes he's changing me.

Jesus is knocking at your door. Take hold of the better life by letting him into your life. Make him the boss of your life. It'll change everything.

I've received a lot of positive feedback from both the secular and Christian markets. People seem to be receiving it with open arms and hearts, and are interested in the stories I want to share about my relationship with God and my faith.

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.

My views of the missionary object are, indeed, different from what they were when I was first set on fire by Buchanan's 'Star in the East' six years ago. But it does not always happen that a closer acquaintance with an object diminishes our attachment and preference.

My hope is that 'Beyond the Heavens' will encourage people to explore faith, open their mind and go beyond what they think they know. That is what my mother encouraged me to do. I hope to encourage others to do the same through this story.

The Lord has a way of working in our lives, and sometimes he brings us down low to bring new values back to our life.

When I gave my life to the Lord, I thought I'd be a preacher.

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'

I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn't mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.

Often we talk about God's ability to change lives without fully understanding how to access that power.

I'm walking this walk, and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?