Anne Graham Lotz Quotes

We no longer have the luxury of spending our energy on anything that does not lead us and our families to Christ.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

Whatever happens at the end of the day, as long as I glorify His name, that's what it's all about.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Everything is a trifle to a man who is a Christian except the glorifying of Christ

When we want to be something other than the thing God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy.

All these toys were never intended to possess my heart. My true good is in another world, and my only real treasure is Christ.

Our dreams, like the disciples’, are always too small. We are here to fulfill God’s dream—that we will bring Him glory through a remarkably abundant life. That’s how we find our greatest personal fulfillment, now and for eternity.

One of the most wonderful things about being a Christian is that I don't ever get up in the morning and wonder if what I do matters. I live every day to the fullest because I can live it through Christ and I know no matter what I do today, I'm going to do something to advance the Kingdom of God.

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life isn't to make you number one in the world's eyes but to make Him number one in your life.

God's highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His

I believe that the purpose of life is to glorify God.

Let me forget the world and be swallowed up in the desire to glorify God.

A Prayer of Anselm My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. And if I may not do so fully in this life let me go steadily on to the day when I come to that fullness . . . Let me receive That which you promised through your truth, that my joy may be full.

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.

If we only understood that when we devote our lives to the glory of God, our existence on planet earth will leave marks---eternal marks.

I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame, so that they could see that it’s not where they’re gonna find their sense of completion. Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself, until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself. My soul is not contained within the limits of my body, my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

God wants us to seek Him more than anything else, even more than we seek answers to prayer. When we come to God in prayer, sometimes our hearts are so full of what we want that we leave God out. Our minds become consumed with the gift rather than the giver.

Saints are simply men & women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.

Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian's life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.

The meaning of life consists in the love and service of God.

Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.

Nothing makes God more supreme and more central in worship than when a people are utterly persuaded that nothing - not money or prestige or leisure or family or job or health or sports or toys or friends - nothing is going to bring satisfaction to their sinful, guilty, aching hearts besides God.