Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

Even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life.

I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.

Discipleship, following Jesus Christ is the toughest thing that you're going do in your whole life. You're not going to find anything tougher.

Jesus says if you want to have me, you must give up that other thing that has you.

The decisions you are making right now and that you will make in the foreseeable months and years will absolutely determine whether you pivot towards the world or towards the Lord.

Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple.

Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

I had been raised in the church, but I wasn't a Christian. I had a lot of head knowledge but no heart knowledge.

I am just trying to get biblically stronger.

I think Mel Gibson could make 'Passion of the Christ' because he really believed in it and gave it his all.

It's great if someone has a road-to-Damascus experience, but I think that deep and lasting faith is a lifetime project, and includes a lot of homework.

Faith is a very intimate process that involves being sincere and truthful to a spiritual presence.

My relationship with Jesus has changed my life and, really, the foundation of who my wife and I are as people.

I know when you do things systematically, non-stop, and repetition, that's how you make things happen in your life. It's the same thing in faith.

Half-heartedness doesn't reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at meanspirited roadhouses.

Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

You, too, can be carved anew by the details of your devotion.

Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ.

Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have

Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment.

Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is not an effort of once a week or once a day. It is an effort of once and for all.

It's often said that God works in mysterious ways. You have to really think about what He's trying to do. You can't be lazy and believe in God; He doesn't make it that easy. It takes spirit and faith and passion to really believe. Like most things worthwhile in life, you get back what you put into it. Only with faith, you get back a lot more.