Quotes from Craig Groeschel

So if both the Bible and modern science teach us that our lives are moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts, then we need to ask ourselves, "Do I like the direction my thoughts are taking me?

Nuestra cultura nos ha condicionado para que creamos que aquellas cosas que no tenemos son las que nos harán felices… sin detenernos a pensar en que todas esas cosas hace cinco años ni siquiera existían.

Solo cuando logramos acallar al cristiano ateo que llevamos dentro y buscar a Dios y su reino por sobre las cosas huecas y vacías de este mundo, podemos experimentar la verdadera bendición perdurable.

La preocupación, en esencia, es el pecado de desconfiar de las promesas y el poder de Dios.

When we're afraid, our Father spots us and makes sure we can lift the load we're carrying. He grips our hand and helps us push through whatever we face. Because God is with us, we have nothing to fear.

More important, it's because God is our only true source of life.

If you think you're trapped, if you believe there's a lock on the door, you've bought into a lie. And it is the lie, nothing else, that is holding you back. Yet if you identify that lie, then you can remove it. You can replace it with the truth and be free. Your liberation is a simple two-step process: Remove the lie. Replace it with truth.

But no, your mind is a battlefield, and the battle for your life is always won or lost in your mind.

You have the same power, faith, and courage available to you through Christ. Don't forget, just like David, you are a giant-slayer.

That is who you are. God said so. You may fear you have screwed everything up, but the depth of your sin is not greater than God's power to forgive.

Rather than being concerned only with my hopes, my dreams, my concerns, I was called to shepherd others. To love them, hurt with them, pour into them.

Full-time lover of your world; part-time lover of God

To win the battle for our minds, we must engage, because there is no other way for us to defeat evil. The days of being neutral must be over.

I knew we'd been out there on the water a long time when the sun began its colorful descent to meet the horizon.

La preocupación es el resultado de tratar de llevar una carga que jamás tenía como destino nuestra espalda. Si los cristianos ateos tratamos de hacer tal cosa, estamos admitiendo que en realidad no confiamos en Dios.

Now, if you want to pray together about something specific, you might want to organize your thoughts by writing them down. Sharing these written prayer requests with your spouse can really deepen your relationship.

serving isn't something we do. A servant is who we're called to be.

Cuando no estoy concentrado en lo que le importa a Dios, mi corazón se desvía hacia las cosas de este mundo —más y más grande, mejores y más veloces—la

Perhaps you've experienced a similar kind of disorientation — you thought you knew where you were in relation to something (or someone), only to look up and have no idea where they went.

Paul wrote these words: "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through [Christ] who gives me strength" (Phil. 4:12–13).

Today I get to experience God's strength when I am weak. He gives me everything I need to do what he's called me to do. Rather than a busy, bad day, I'm going to have a positive, productive one.

he made us to be warriors so that we'd fight our fears, learn from our mistakes, and live to fight another day.

In that moment, my heavenly Father said, "You are not who others say you are. You are who I say you are. And I say you are called to ministry.

way." You will battle with discontent until you let Christ be all that you need.