Quote

Someone has said that the marks of a strong church are wet eyes, bent knees, and a broken heart. We'll never be powerful until we let God be God and jealously guard His honor.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Erwin W. Lutzer
Powerful
Marks
Church
Guard
Eye
Bent
Christian
Knees
Strong
Mark
Someone
Honor
Heart
Broken
Jealously
Never
Eyes
Wet

More quotes by Erwin W. Lutzer

Image
I think that as Christians we need to walk the delicate balance between standing in opposition to same-sex marriages and yet showing that we can do that without becoming angry or hateful.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Each temptation leaves us better or worse neutrality is impossible.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Faith is only as good as the object in which it is placed.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival. As citizens of heaven, our entrance is incontestable.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Men look for better methods, but God looks for better men.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
There’s no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Paul taught that religions evolved because man did not honor the true God. Because of rebellion, they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of the corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. One characteristic of idolatry is that it always confuses the creature with the creator.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Spiritual maturity is marked by being comfortable with the unpredictability of God.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
The activities we do for God are secondary. God is looking for people who long for communication with Him.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s (or woman’s) thoughts and attitudes.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Within evangelicalism is a distressing drift toward accepting a Christianity that does not demand a life-changing walk with God. Many evangelicals (today) do not realize that the church has always been an island of righteousness in a sea of paganism, but as a result they turned the world upside-down.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Make no mistake about the intention of these secularists: It is to discredit the voice of Christians so that America will tolerate only one view.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
The work that God does in us when we wait is usually more important than the thing for which we wait!
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
God loves the world. Go thou and do likewise.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
A Christian life based on feeling is headed for a gigantic collapse.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Emotional peace and calm come after doing God's will and not before.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
Those who give much without sacrifice are reckoned as having given little.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Image
God has a program of character development for each of us. He wants others to look at our lives and say, He walks with God, for he lives like Christ.
Erwin W. Lutzer