Quotes from Craig Groeschel

The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.

I'm asking God to give you a Popeye moment. A moment when God blesses you with a divine burden: something that bothers you so deeply, you're moved from complacency to action.

Because the decisions you make today determine the story you'll tell tomorrow.

There is a difference between believing in and believing. Thomas believed in Jesus. But once he touched his Lord, once he had his questions answered, once the tension was resolved, Thomas no longer believed in Jesus. He believed him.

Training is an active, dynamic process lived out daily in all areas of life- not a rote exercise in memorizing verses and going to church every week.

You have help that others might not see. An invisible power gives you strength when you feel weak. You have God's grace, God's power, God's comfort, and God's presence.

Never before have so many people had so much and felt so dissatisfied. No wonder we often feel so dissatisfied. No matter how much we have, it can't compare to what others appear to have.

Knowing when and how to rest is knowing when and how to acknowledge your limitations and your dependence on God.

I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you.

It's critical to God that we think about how we live, how we spend the present time with which we're gifted each day.

On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction.

Through years of maturing, I've learned that it's not our job to force our beliefs down others' throats until they echo back what we want to hear. No, our job is to challenge their categories by doing the same things Jesus did: loving them, challenging them, accepting them, and forgiving them.

Put him first. Seek him with all of your heart, and he will add everything that matters. Be still and know that he is God.

But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such 'wisdom' does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice" (James 3:14

If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God.

Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's not realistic, and it's also not wise.

The best explanation I can give you is this: it is what God does through a rare combination of these qualities found in his people: • Passion for his presence • A deep craving to reach the lost • Sincere integrity • Spirit-filled faith • Down-to-earth humility • Brokenness

Don't be afraid to be weird for being wise.

Having more of this world never fulfills. Only more of Christ does.

You are one choice away from your best decision ever.

When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders

When I'm focusing on what's important to God, I live differently. I invest my time differently.

Not only did he unleash his emotions through rivers of tears, but for several days he denied his body food so he could pray and seek the God of heaven.

We are far from perfect but willing to be different.