Quotes from Craig Groeschel

We become weirder parents when we fall more and more in love with Christ.

we're not changed by the promises we make to God; we're changed by believing the promises God makes to us.

Wherever you are, be all there.

The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis.

Freedom lies in being bold. — Robert Frost

God's blessings, however, aren't always bigger, better, and beautiful. In fact, I truly believe that God gifts His chosen leaders with a very unusual blessing. You might even call it a weird blessing because most of the time we call it...a burden.

Feelings are much like waves. We can't stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf. —Jonatan Mårtensson

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him. St. Augustine

If you allow your enemy to steal your faith, he can destroy your life and ultimately kill your relationship with God.

If God does what you think he should do, trust him. If God doesn't do what you think he should do, trust him. If you pray and believe God for a miracle and he does it, trust him. If your worst nightmare comes true, believe he is sovereign. Believe he is good.

We were created not for earth but for eternity. We were created not to be Liked but to show love. We were created not to draw attention to ourselves but to give glory to God. We were created not to collect followers but to follow Christ.

Will we trust that God is good even when life is not? Our response to pain and challenges determines so much about our future. If we decide to trust, we will grow in our faith, deepen in our intimacy with God, and be conformed to the image of Christ. But if we allow our hearts to drift, we'll wake up one day drowning in doubts, buried in burdens, and feeling far from the only one who can help us heal.

Someone said it's not wrong to have things. It's wrong when your things have you.

How can you tell when the devil is lying? His lips are moving.

Ironically, we often fail to see that whenever we compromise ourselves to please others, we tend to lose their respect.

He is the God who loved you so much that His Son stripped Himself of all heavenly glory to live as an impoverished Jewish carpenter so He could shed His blood, suffer, and die for the forgiveness of our sins.

Godliness with contentment is rare.

A man with nothing to fight for quickly becomes a frustrated man, often without a clue as to why.

Inspire them to want so much more than what's normal.

If you delegate tasks, you create followers, if you delegate authority , you create leaders

Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.

From the outside, everything looked good. But God doesn't look at the outside.

Be who God called you to be. Live for the an audience of ONE.

Each time you think something good, speak it. Never rob someone of the blessings of an unspoken treasure.