Famous Quotes By Charles Stanley

 

1. An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.
2. Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.
3. Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have,
4. Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do.
5. Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.
6. God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.
7. God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.
8. God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.
9. God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.
10. He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.
11. Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.
12. Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.
13. I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church.
14. If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.
15. On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.
16. Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.
17. The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.
18. The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.
19. The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose.
20. The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
21. There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.
22. To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.
23. We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth.
24. We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.
25. When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.
26. When trouble comes, focus on God's ability to care for you.
27. When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.
28. When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.
29. You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I think the distinction is that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher.
30. You have to have courage to be obedient to God.