August Quotes

August 1

Jesus gave his life on the cross for any who will believe. We're not redeemed by silver or gold. Jesus paid for it with his blood. —Billy Sunday

August 2

I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter. —William Carey

August 3

The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment. —John MacArthur

August 4

It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships. —Charles Stanley

August 5

When we get to the end of ourselves, we get to the beginning of God. —Alan Redpath

August 6

You ask me 'What’s the the greatest act of faith?' To me is to look in the mirror of God’s word, and see all my faults, all my sin, all my shortcomings and to believe that God loves me exactly as he says he does. —Paul Washer

August 7

God answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make. —J. I. Packer

August 8

Thank God, He doesn't measure out grace in teaspoons. —Amy Carmichael

August 9

If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. —Erwin Lutzer

August 10

If lips and life do not agree, the testimony will not amount to much. —Henry Ironside

August 11

Faith is not a leap in the dark. Faith is not a "hope so." Faith is substance and evidence - substance for a scientific mind, and evidence for a legal mind. —J. Vernon McGee

August 12

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. —William Carey

August 13

We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died. —John MacArthur

August 14

We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor. —Charles Stanley

August 15

We need men so possessed by the Spirit of God that God can think His thoughts through our minds, that He can plan His will through our actions, that He can direct His strategy of world evangelization through His Church. —Alan Redpath

August 16

It’s not comparing yourself with others who call themselves Christians. Compare yourself to the Scripture. —Paul Washer

August 17

The task of the church is to make the invisible Kingdom visible through faithful Christian living and witness-bearing. —J. I. Packer

August 18

Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes. —Amy Carmichael

August 19

You become stronger only when you become weaker. When you surrender your will to God, you discover the resources to do what God requires. —Erwin Lutzer

August 20

Christ is a substitute for everything, but nothing is a substitute for Christ. —Henry Ironside

August 21

No one will ever be moved to Spirit-led action without faith. One’s faith is not genuine unless it moves him or her to action. Faith and works are necessary companions. The faith produces the works, while the works demonstrate the genuineness of the faith. —Chuck Smith

August 22

It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations. —William Carey

August 23

Nothing in the Christian life is more important than forgiveness - our forgiveness of others and God's forgiveness of us. —John MacArthur

August 24

God is responsible for the consequences of our obedience, WE are responsible for the consequences of our disobedience. —Charles Stanley

August 25

The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown and failure we may magnify the grace of God and recognize that it is the delight of the Spirit of God to work upon the platform of human impossibilities. —Alan Redpath

August 26

I would not trade the difficult years for all the prosperity in the world. God knows what each one of us must suffer in order to be conformed to the image of Christ. —Paul Washer

August 27

If you would live in victory... you must refuse to be dominated by the seen and the felt. —Amy Carmichael

August 28

Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle. —Erwin Lutzer

August 29

When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety... He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him. He settled for everything, and then He cried, 'It is finished.' And on the basis of that finished work, God can freely forgive, and justify completely, every poor sinner who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ. —Henry Ironside

August 30

Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities. —Charles Swindoll

August 31

God is more interested in what we are than in what we do. He looks for fruit; we try to produce works. —Chuck Smith