Bart Millard Quotes

It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.

I have to believe that people can change, otherwise I deny the Gospel, and I will not do that.

I think everybody's got someone in their life that they think is out of the reach of God, or unchangeable, unreachable, if you will, and maybe we think that way of ourselves sometimes.

It's true my father abused me and didn't love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

No one is beyond the power of conversion, because no one is beyond the power of truth.

God will make right all that is wrong, He will take away the lingering effect of sin and what's not right in our lives. He knows how painful life in this world can be.

The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.

You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.

The Gospel offers forgiveness for the past, new life for the present, and hope for the future.

There's still time for redemption if I live long enough, don't you think?

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

I see so many people. They just seem to be hopeless. Being a Christian and being a pastor, the ultimate hope is in Jesus.

The evil influence of Satan would destroy any hope we have in overcoming our mistakes. He would have us feel that we are lost and that there is no hope. In contrast, Jesus reaches down to us to lift us up.

I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.

What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to do it again sometime.

I don't believe the world's a particularly beautiful place, but I do believe in redemption.

I cannot imagine a more realistic faith than the Christian faith. At every turn, we are told we are death-determined creatures and that our lives, our all too brief lives, at the very least will be complex if not difficult.

The message of Jesus is summed up partly in the Sermon on the Mount, and partly when he begins his ministry and quotes the passage from Isaiah: 'I have come to set free the prisoners and restore sight to the blind.' And certainly, his mission is also to bring hope. It was to heal people, to befriend the outcast.

God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world.

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Restored' has been about how God has restored my life.

Sometimes I think Jesus can't wait until we preachers finish our boring sermons. He can't wait to heal people.

I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.

If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.

I know that all things are possible through Jesus Christ.