El DeBarge Quotes

First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.

I believe the favor of God on my life is not for me to keep to myself and become proud of, but to be used for others... I believe God has a plan for me in the entertainment world.

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

I'm afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. And yet we find it, as I have, from others.

Sometimes I think God loves the ones who most desperately ache and are most desperately lost - his or her wildest, most messed-up children - the way you'd ache and love a screwed-up rebel daughter in juvenile hall.

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.

God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.

I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God - and that makes the difference.

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

I believe that miracles happen every day. Every person is a miracle. Every moment is a miracle. If only we can open our eyes, we'll see God's love everywhere.

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in these books that comes from Him and goes out to my reading audience. I'm forever grateful for that. It's a privilege.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

I have loved Jesus my whole life, and it has been such a privilege for me. To be able to marry my work and God together has been such a blessing.

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.

You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.

I feel that God has given me a very special opportunity that I should not let go to waste. I use the gift he has given me.

To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response.

In this one book are the two most interesting personalities in the whole world - God and yourself. The Bible is the story of God and man, a love story in which you and I must write our own ending, our unfinished autobiography of the creature and the Creator.

For me, music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it.

There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

I believe God wants me to be President.