Chip Ingram Quotes
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Love is giving someone what they need most, when they deserve it least, at great personal cost to yourself.
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Most of us learn to trust, not because we’re noble, brave, or godly, and certainly not because we have it together, but when we don’t have any other choice.
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Some of the dumbest things we do are done out of anger and bitterness when someone has wronged us.
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Our violent, narcissistic, noncommittal, “me first” culture is simply the logical and predictable expression of “truth” as a relative, subjective, unverifiable concept.
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Love was the early Christians' marketing plan and their business card was joy.
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If we want to see God as he longs for us to see him, we must look at Jesus very closely.
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If you simplify your life, quit chasing the wind, and be quiet before Him, He'll show up.
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God gives us the ingredients for our daily bread, but he expects us to do the baking!
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Worry and anxiety are not great thoughts; faith in God’s promise is.
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Character is always more caught than taught.
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Love sticks around even when it has a lot to put up with.
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Love is not a feeling; it's giving someone what he or she needs most when it is least deserved. That's how God loved me, and I choose to stick with the program.
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Authentic followers of Christ follow Him in the midst of a hostile and toxic environment.
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To be smart, spend carefully. To be wise, save regularly. To be genius, give extravagantly.
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Love says, "I'm with you, let's deal with it.”
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There's nothing wrong with dreaming about accomplishing great things, as long as that desire isn't focused on one's own glory.
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God delights to do ... impossible things through improbable people to impart exceeding grace to undeserving recipients.
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When you bow your head to pray - when you’re in a jam and you need to ask God for something - are you aware of who you’re talking to?
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Annoying mishaps always seem to cluster around times of spiritual fruitfulness. That’s not exactly coincidence.
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Stop worrying about being your child's buddy. You are the only one in the world with the primary responsibility of giving your child what he needs, not what he wants.
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Unfortunately, most Christians do not understand the battle they are fighting, the enemy that they face, or the means God has provided to overcome the temptations and deception of this present world system.
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God has never sat around biting his nails, wondering what Hitler and Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein were going to do.
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"Pray when you feel like praying," somebody has said. "Pray when you don't feel like praying. Pray until you do feel like praying.
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There is a time to take a stand and there is a time to take your leave.