The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist
Craig Groeschel
Top 10 Best Quotes
“God doesn't want us to be happy when it causes us to do something wrong or unwise”
“Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.”
“Shame usually follows a pattern—a cycle of self-recrimination and lies that claims life after life. First, we experience an intensely painful event. Second, we believe the lie that our pain and failure is who we are—not just something we’ve done, or had done to us—and we experience shame. And finally, our feelings of shame trap us into thinking that we can never recover—that, in fact, we don’t even deserve to.”
“No matter what I feel, I hold the assurance that God never leaves me.”
“When we live by faith, we believe that God has everything under control. But if we start to worry, how we live says the opposite.”
“Sometimes what we think will make us happy is the opposite of what God wants for us.”
“...If we believe that God wants us happy above all else, rather than acknowledging that our role is to serve God, we wrongly believe that God exists to serve us. God becomes a a means to our end: happiness.”
“If God has done 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.”
“Who do we believe in more? Ourselves or God? Our actions and decisions will reflect that.”
“Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.”
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