Charles Stanley Quotes

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

We can never make ourselves better by trying... praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don't get me wrong... it's not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it's good. It's just that doing them in God's power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.

The perfection of Christian character depends wholly upon the grace and strength found alone in God.

O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve.

Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.

I partly know why I have not led a perfect life like other believers. But I avow to my Lord, and I do not lie, that from the time when I first knew him, the love of God and the fear of him has grown in me from my youth so that I have, by the power of God, always till now kept the faith.

I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.

It's very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds.

The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.

Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and whenever you can get time, study the Bible, and if you can get no other time, spare some of your time from sleep, and learn what the mind and will of God is.

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.

Repentance, prayer, and pondering over the scriptures are essential parts of our qualifying for the gifts of the Spirit in our priesthood service. Further magnification of our power to serve will come as we respond with faith to go forward in our callings with the Holy Ghost to help us.

As I got older, I got closer to my faith and I got closer to Jesus, reading the Bible and living my life under God.

It is by letting the world go and coming unto Christ that we increasingly live as women of God.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.

If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.