We all have those days where we are feeling low and need some encouragement. In those moments, it’s important to seek Him. When we immerse ourselves in the Bible and His teachings we allow Him to work through us. It’s our hope that these inspirational Christian quotes and Bible verses will help uplift you as you seek comfort, guidance or a reminder of His love and His wishes for how we should lead our lives.
The following quotes come from religious and political leaders as well as renowned Christian authors. Read on and be blessed!
Inspirational Christian Quotes That Will Encourage You
“When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life.” — Rick Warren
“Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.”
~ Albert Schweitzer
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.”
— Corrie Ten Boom
"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her." – Max Lucado
"Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one"
— A.W.Tozer
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
— Philippians 1:6
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And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."
— Luke 11:9-10
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
—Philippians 4:19
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
– Mother Teresa
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"Christ literally walked in our shoes."
–Tim Keller
"Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees."
~ Corrie Ten Boom
"Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them."
— Elisabeth Elliot
"Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses."
— 1Timothy 6:12
Inspirational Christian Quotes about God
"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him"
— John Piper
"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us"
— Augustine
"God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile"
– Max Lucado
"God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go."
– Tony Evans
"God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supplies."
– Hudson Taylor
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Inspirational Christian Quotes About Life
"Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works."
~ Martin Luther
"Having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning."
— Ravi Zacharias
"He said "Love...as I have loved you." We cannot love too much."
— Amy Carmichael
"He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he's moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain."
– Randy Alcorn
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
~ Philippians 3:14
"I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking God to do His work through me."
– Hudson Taylor
"I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances."
~ Martha Washington
"If you can't fly, then run, If you can't run, then walk, If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."
– Martin Luther King Jr.
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
— 1 John 4:10-12
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Inspirational Christian Quotes About God’s Promises
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
— Mark 9:23
"Let God's promises shine on your problems."
– Corrie ten Boom
"Let this encourage those of you who belong to Christ: the storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary. The clouds that are temporarily rolling over your head will pass, and then you will have fair weather, an eternal sunshine of glory. Can you not watch with Christ for one hour? "
~ Williams Gurnall
"Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us-a crucified God-must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world."
– John Piper
"No one can make you feel inferior without your permission." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
– Francis Chan
"Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering.... The love of God did not protect His own Son.... He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process."
~ Elisabeth Elliot
"Remember who you are. Don't compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth."
– Lysa Terkeurst
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Inspirational Christian Quotes About Leading A Christian Life
"Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way."
— Zig Ziglar
"Take the limits off of yourself. You will never rise higher than your thinking. Create a great vision for your life."
— Joel Osteen
"The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.’"
– Billy Graham
"The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm."
– Matt Chandler
"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."
— Mother Teresa
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
~ John 10:10
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
– Martin Luther King Jr.
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Inspirational Christian Quotes That Will Encourage You
"The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us."
— Billy Graham
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
— Galatians 3:28-29
"There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God."
– Alistair Begg
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
— Romans 8:1
"This is our time on the history line of God. This is it. What will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth? For we are but a vapor and we have to make it count. We're on. Direct us, Lord, and get us on our feet."
– Beth Moore
"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."
– Chuck Swindoll
"We don't think there's something wrong with one-year-old children because they can't walk perfectly. They fall down frequently, but we pick them up, love them, bandage them if necessary, and keep working with them. Surely our heavenly Father can do even more for us than we do for our children."
— Joyce Meyer
"We gain strength and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face…we must do that which we think we cannot.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
"We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God."
— Max Lucado
"We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness."
— Francis Chan
"Whatever makes men good Christians; makes them good citizens."
~ Daniel Webster
"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength."
– Corrie Ten Boom
"You are the only Bible some unbelievers will ever read."
– John MacArthur
"Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life."
– Charles Stanley
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