Craig Groeschel > Quotes

“Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU.”
― Craig Groeschel

“May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain in to joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done. To bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.

Amen.”
― Craig Groeschel, It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It

“God doesn't want us to be happy when it causes us to do something wrong or unwise”
― Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist

“All people end up somewhere in life, but few end up there on purpose.”
― Craig Groeschel

“Most of life's battles are won or lost in the mind.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“Becoming obsessed with what people think is the quickest way to forget about what God thinks.”
― Craig Groeschel

“The problem is that many bitter people don't know they are bitter. since they are so convinced that they are right, they can't see their own wrong in the mirror. And the longer the root of bitterness grows, the more difficult it is to remove.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“Don’t worry when you meet opposition for obeying God. Worry when you don’t have opposition, because you’re probably not obeying God.”
― Craig Groeschel, Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are

“Being in the wrong place never helps you do the right thing”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“Bitterness never draws us closer to God. Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“Our thoughts are either focused on what's eternal, life-changing, and true, or lost in the details of our temporary, selfish, false beliefs.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.”
― Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist

“Just as we are what we eat physically, we are also what we consume spiritually.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“When we look at other people comparatively and competitively, we're not seeing them as our brothers and sisters. We're not loving them more than we love ourselves, and we we're definitely not seeing them as God sees them.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“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.”
― Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist

“Belief overflows to behavior. First we need to change what we believe. when we truly change what we believe, we'll gladly change how we behave.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“As you’ll recall, what you believe — about who you are and who God is — determines how you behave. If you believe everybody is going to criticize you, you’ll behave cautiously. If you believe you’re probably going to fail, you’re going to venture out tentatively. If, however, you believe that the one true Lord God is calling you, empowering you, leading you, and equipping you, then you will live boldly. Why? Because boldness is behavior born of belief.”
― Craig Groeschel, Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are

“There is no sin too great for God's grace. There is no habit too big for his healing. There is no label too strong for his love.”
― Craig Groeschel, Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are

“When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle.”
― Craig Groeschel, Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are

“God can and will break the labels that have held you hostage.”
― Craig Groeschel, Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are

“No matter what I feel, I hold the assurance that God never leaves me.”
― Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist

“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.”
― Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist

“Normal people live distracted, rarely fully present. Weird people silence the distractions and remain fully in the moment.”
― Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working

“Contrast toxic religion with the pure gospel. Religion is all about what I do. The gospel is all about what Jesus has done. Religion is about me. The gospel is about Jesus. Religion highlights my efforts to do what is right. The gospel highlights what Christ has already done. Religion lures me to believe that if I obey God, he will love me. But the gospel shows me that because God loves me, I get to obey him. Religion puts the burden on us. We have to do what is right. A relationship with Christ puts the burden on him. And because of what he did for us, we get to do what is right. Instead of an obligation, our right living is a response to his gift. Giving Christ our whole lives is the only reasonable response to such love. There nothing more we need to do. Nothing...”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“To be fully alive, you need time with God to recharge.”
― Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working

“If we're honest, most of us are doing okay.”
― Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working

“Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God created you to be.”
― Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working

“If you don't handle the hurt properly, their sin becomes a catalyst for your own.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World

“Life is uncertain. Eternity is not. Unforgiveness cannot be allowed to last another day. Are you holding a grudge? You will never be more like God than when you forgive. Let it go. Kill the root of bitterness. Let the hurt go and set yourself free.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World