Time for a lighter post today. Below are ten quotes that have been very influential in my life and ministry. Since it is more blessed to give than to receive, I share them with you. Some are fun, some are serious, some will make you think, but they all have one thing in common: they are all true.
So, without further ado and in no particular order….
You will be the same person you are today in five years except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read.—Charles “Tremendous” Jones
Be very careful who you pick as your friends, for you will only ever be as successful as your friends.—Dr. Bruce Carroll.
If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant for you at all, they are meant to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what transpires in other souls, so that you will never be surprised at what you come across.—Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, November 5th reading.
The humility than can still talk needs to be carefully watched.—Francois Fenelon, Let Go, Letter 16.
To know and not to do, is not to know.—Unknown.
Love is the overflow of joy in God that gladly meets the needs of others.—John Piper, Desiring God.
The biggest chink in the Christian’s armor today is that he thinks God is important, but not everything.—Whitley Phipps.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less and thinking more about the needs of others.—Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges, Lead Like Jesus.
You put God first? Don’t talk so stupid! He is first whether you like it or not!—Charles “Tremendous” Jones
God has reserved for Himself the things which we cannot do, and has reserved for us the things that He will not do.—Tom Johnston and Mike Perkinson, The Organic Reformation.