Conviction "The thing that aggravates you may be the Holy Spirit convicting you of an attitude that needs to be changed." --Joyce Meyer Counseling

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1 1 100 Quotes You have permission to use these quotes in sermons, books, periodicals, church bulletins, and on church signs. If you use Kent s one-liners in publication, please include SCROLL DOWN for over 100 quips and quotes. Acceptance "You must accept the fact that God accepts you." Behavior and Belief "James 2:19 says the demons believe and tremble. They believe in God, but still act like demons. I've met some people like that." -- Bitterness "Bitterness is the offspring of an unhealed wound whose parents are unforgiveness and time." -- Bitterness "The longer you allow the root of bitterness to grow in the soil of your heart, the more love it will devour." -- Blessing Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not "Blessed are the troublemakers." -- Burdens "Burdens are the invisible luggage bags that we carry on our souls." Burnout "To burn out all we have to do is keep giving out until the tank is empty. We go from giving out to giving up". -- Comfort Zones "God places many of His blessings outside of our comfort zones and then asks us to come get them."-- Comparing with others "If we compare ourselves with others, we will become either proud or discouraged and neither is from God." Complaining "Some people have enough steam to blow the whistle, but not enough steam to pull the train." Compromise "Compromise is planting God's flowers in the devil's dirt." -- Confessing Sins "We don t need to confess our sins a thousand times. We need to confess them once and thank God a thousand times for forgiving them." Contentment "Contentment in life is not found in a perfect set of circumstances but by choosing to be happy in every situation."-- Contentment "Has it ever occurred to you that the things you now have and take from granted were once things that you were desperately trying to get?" -- Contentment "A nicer golf course won't make you a better golfer. A nicer environment won't make you a better person." Conviction "Conviction is when the Holy Spirit shines His light on a dark area in your heart." --

2 2 Conviction "The thing that aggravates you may be the Holy Spirit convicting you of an attitude that needs to be changed." --Joyce Meyer Counseling "If you are drowning, don't ask another drowning person to save you. They cannot help solve your problem because they have not solved their own." -- Coveting "Coveting means I have to have what the 'haves' have." --, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers Criticism "As compassion decreases, criticism increases. As compassion increases, criticism decreases." -- Cross "People who look at the cross and walk away unchanged do not see what happened there." -- Differences "We can be brothers without being twin brothers." Discipleship "We don t take up our cross daily to crucify Jesus again but to crucify our selfishness." -- Discontentment "Discontentment always searches for the nearest exit sign." -- Discontentment "Discontentment points us to a place where God isn t leading." -- Doubt "Doubts occur when what we expect to happen isn t happening, or what shouldn t be happening is happening." -- Envy "Coveting wants what others have, but envy wants them to lose it." -- Envy "God never intended everyone to have what everyone else has." -- Excellence "If you want to know what separates the best from the average, and the excellent from the mediocre, it is working just as hard at what you have to do as what you like to do." Excellence "Excellence is taking every assignment seriously for the glory of God." --Kent Faith "Everything we do FOR God is based upon our concept OF God." --, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers Faith "Focus your attention on the ability of God instead of the difficulty of the task." --Kent Faith "Faith is the ability to look past adverse circumstances and see God s hand at work." -- Faith "Faith is thinking like God thinks." -- Faithfulness "Little things are big things." -- Faithfulness "God isn t interested in us being famous in the world s eyes, but in us being faithful in His eyes." --, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers Forgiveness "The only way to forget what we have done is to remember what He has done." --

3 3 Forgiving Others We base our forgiveness on what God has done for us, not on what another person has done to us. --, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers Forgiving Others "Every time we recall an injury, we hit the play button on the DVR in our minds and we get wounded one more time." --, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers Forgiving Others "Unforgiveness keeps us chained to whomever we don t forgive." --Kent, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers Forgiving Others "Forgiveness means we love mercy more than justice." --Kent, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers Greener Grass I think I ve finally located the greener grass. It s in Psalm 23:2. -- Giving "Giving isn t hard if we love the object of our gift. If we don t love the recipient of the gift, giving is extremely difficult." (, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers) Giving "Giving our money to the Lord proves that we love Him more than the things we could have bought with it." --, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers) Giving "If our offering means nothing to us, it means nothing to God." --, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers) God s Will "God s will isn t revealed as a blueprint we see all at once, but as a scroll that is unrolled a little bit at a time." God's Will "God leads you into His will. Discontentment drives you out of His will." --Kent God's Will "Not every open door is God saying yes, and not every closed door is God saying no. Use discernment." --, The Sure Cure for Worry, Chosen Books, 2013, p.167) Guidance "God will maneuver you from one place to another by planting ideas in your mind and desires in your heart." --, The Sure Cure for Worry, Chosen Books, 2013, p.37) Guilt "Guilt is your refusal to allow Jesus Christ to pay for your sins." -- Hearing God "If you want the Lord to continue speaking to you, you must obey what He has already revealed to you." --, The Sure Cure for Worry, Chosen Books, 2013 Heavenly Assignments "The few brief moments you live on earth will determine your responsibilities for all eternity." --, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers Heavenly Minded "We should be heavenly-minded in order to be of more earthly good. Jesus was the most heavenly-minded person to ever walk this planet, and He did more earthly good than anyone in history." --, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers

4 4 Holiness When I look into the mirror I realize I m becoming an old man. It s only by God s grace I m not becoming a dirty old man. Holy Spirit "Never forget that the Holy Spirit's first name is Holy." -- Holy Spirit "If anyone is faking a religious experience, God isn't doing it. He's the Spirit of Truth, not the spirit of fake." -- Holy Spirit "The Holy Spirit is our only source for holiness, empowering us to live a godly life." -- Honesty "If we don t own up to the things we do, we are forced to cover up." -- Humility "A truly humble person cannot be humiliated." -- Humility "Humility is the key to God s heart that unlocks His mercy." --, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers) Joy "You can't shine your light until you first lighten up." -- Joy People are paying thousands for a face-lift. Joy will give you a face-lift and it won t cost you a dime. -- Judgmental "Judgmental people have lost their compassion for others." -- Legalism "Legalism uses guilt to make other people change their beliefs." -- Loneliness "Loneliness is that emptiness you feel when you've chosen to separate yourself from fellowship." -- Love "Love can be defined in two words--give and FORGIVE." -- Love "Phileo loves nice people. Agape loves mean people." -- (Different Greek words for "love") Love your neighbor "When you swap places with others to feel how they hurt, you ve taken the first step toward loving your neighbor as yourself." -- Love everyone "Jesus never said everyone was lovable but to love everyone." -- Love everyone "I was never much good at loving everybody, but I got pretty good at loving the Someone who knew how to love them. And that was the beginning of healing." --Granny Lindsay Loving our enemies "Loving our enemies is not a natural reaction; it s a supernatural action." -- Lust "The only way to overcome lust is through a genuine work of the Holy Spirit in your heart." - - Marriage "Love at first sight is nothing special. It's when two people have been looking at each other for years that it becomes a miracle." --Sam Levison Mercy "God is so merciful that His throne is called the mercy seat." --Robert Morris Mercy "If you think you deserve mercy, then it's not mercy." -- Mercy "Truth without mercy is mean. Mercy without truth is meaningless." --Jimmy Evans

5 5 Mercy "Mercy means you can look at failure and still see a future." --John Claypool Mercy "Mercy is the heart of God. Grace is the hand of God." --Unknown Mercy "The problem is we want justice for everyone else but mercy for ourselves." --Kent Obedience "God never commands us to do something that He won t enable us to do." --Kent, Making Today Count for Eternity, Multnomah Publishers) Opinions If I could design a plaque to hang in my kitchen, it would read, Not everyone thinks like you do. --, The 911 Handbook Offended "Every bitter person had his or her start through being offended by someone." --Kent Opinions "Right is wrong when correct opinions are used to destroy someone." -- Patience Sometimes God is more interested in developing patience inside us than answering our prayers quickly. -- Perception "Satan wants our perception to be based upon deception." --Joyce Meyer Persistence "Many of God s blessings are waiting behind doors that are yet to be knocked on." - - Persistence "Persistence is the most overlooked means of receiving God s blessings." --Kent Perspective "See a big Jesus and a little devil." --, Slaying Your Giants Plans "Making plans will cause you to act rather than react." Prayer "God designed prayer to be a courier service to deliver our problems into His hands." -- Prayer "Our closeness to God can be measured by how much we talk to Him when we re NOT at church." -- Pride "Pride loves to be worshipped and is greatly offended when it is overlooked." --Kent, Making Today Count for Eternity Priorities "If we get the top button of a shirt buttoned wrong, all of the other buttons will also be off."--, Making Today Count for Eternity Promises of God "Although you cannot see God, you can see His promises recorded in the Bible." --, The Sure Cure for Worry Provision of God "God commanded ravens to provide food for Elijah. God knows exactly where you are and how to deliver His provision to you." --, The Sure Cure for Worry, Chosen Books, 2013) Rejection "Rejection isn t what happens to us, but how we interpret what happens to us." --Kent, Slaying Your Giants

6 6 Rejection "Man's rejection can be God's direction. Rejection is a common way the Lord directs people to a new place." --, The Sure Cure for Worry, Chosen Books, 2013) Rejection "Don t let rejection stick to the soles of your feet or you ll carry it with you to the next village [Matt. 10:14] " --, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers, 2013 Rejection "Choose to view your rejections in a new way. God may be protecting you, or directing you to a different assignment." --, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers, 2013 Repentance "Repentance is a decision to want freedom more than bondage." -- Repentance "Regret wants to change the past, but repentance wants to change the future." -- Self-Hate "To 'hate self' means to hate selfishness, not the person God created you to be." --, Slaying Your Giants, Self-Image "The way you see yourself determines how you believe others see you." --Kent, Slaying Your Giants, Self-Image "Self-image is the self-portrait that hangs in the gallery of your mind." --Kent, Slaying Your Giants Self-Worth "God never gave us abilities as a measuring stick to determine our self-worth." --, Slaying Your Giants Self-Worth "It s not what you say about yourself that makes it true but what God says about you." --, Slaying Your Giants Self-Worth "Some people have delusions of grandeur, while others have delusions of worthlessness."-- Self-Worth "Everyone has equal value in God s eyes. The homeless man lying in the gutter is just as valuable as the most admired movie star." --, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers, 2013 Serving "People want good service, but they don t want to be good servants." --Kent, Making Today Count for Eternity Serving The best way to find out whether or not you really have a servant s heart is to see what your reaction is when somebody treats you like one. -- Elisabeth Elliot Singleness "If God can lead a fish to a man (Matthew 17:27 ), then He can lead a woman to a man, or a man to a woman." --, The Sure Cure for Worry, Chosen Books, 2013 Sovereignty "Sometimes there is a divine purpose for the things that don t happen." --Kent, The 911 Handbook Sovereignty "If Satan can take something good and turn it into evil, cannot God take something evil and turn it into good?" --, The Sure Cure for Worry, Chosen Books, 2013

7 7 Sovereignty "God controls events that are totally out of your control." --, The Sure Cure for Worry Temptation "Just as Superman weakens as he gets near the Kryptonite, we weaken when we get near the temptation." --, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers, 2013 Temptation "It is hard to pick forbidden fruit from a hundred yards away, but it is easy if you are at an arm s length." --, Slaying Your Giants, Hendrickson Publishers, 2013 Temptation "Why do some people have more temptations than others? Simple. They expose themselves to more temptations. Do the math. The more temptations you expose yourself to, the more battles you ll have to fight." --, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint Temptation "Rather than saying no to temptation say yes to Jesus." --, Slaying Your Giants Trust "If we don t rest in the Lord, we will become restless." -- Trust "The Lord doesn t always let us in on what He s doing. Trust fills the gap when we don t understand. We must give the Father the benefit of the doubt." --, The Sure Cure for Worry, Chosen Books, 2013 Trust "We are learning to trust in an invisible God whom we will not see until after we die." --, The Sure Cure for Worry Truth "The person who won't change his mind to line up with the truth will change the truth to line up with his mind." -- Understanding "Just because you can't understand something doesn't make it untrue." --Kent Ungratefulness "Cursed is the person who is surrounded by blessings but is unable to see them." -- Ungratefulness "God has given us far more blessings than we ve ever thanked Him for." --Kent Wisdom "If you need wisdom, ask God. God always knows what to do when you don t. (James 1:5-7)." --, The Sure Cure for Worry Wisdom "You might not be able to improve your I.Q., but you can improve your W.Q. by praying for wisdom."-- Wisdom "Common sense is the ability to see the obvious. Wisdom is the ability to see beyond the obvious."-- Worry "Worry never trusts. Trust never worries. You cannot worry and trust God at the same time." --, The Sure Cure for Worry Value "The value of something isn t determined by how much it appreciates, but by how much it is appreciated." --