Craig Groeschel Quotes

In each big decision, we'll always make them by faith.

Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

Don't build your ministry on what you're against. Build your ministry on what you're for.

The things we worry about the most are the hints we trust God with the least.

Don't insult God with safe living and small thinking.

It's not easy to trust in a God you can't see. That's why so many want God to prove himself so we can trust him. In reality, God wants us to trust him so he can prove himself.

God has blessed me with more than I need. I'm rich. I will not trust in riches but in Him who richly provides. Because I have more, I will give more and do more.

The clearer your vision becomes, the easier it is to guard what God calls you to do.

Failure is an event, not a person. You are NOT a failure!

Your life is too valuable, your calling too great, & your God too awesome to waste your life on what doesn't matter.

As it goes with leaders, so it goes with the whole organization.

When focus increases, options decrease.

If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing

Most of us could stop doing something that's hindering our passion for Jesus and effectiveness in following him.

Obedience is our responsibility. The outcome is God's responsibility. As we learn to trust him with our future, trust him with those we love, trust him as our provider, and trust his sovereign plan, that gives us the foundation to step out in faith. We can trust that he'll always be faithful.

Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

Good can be the enemy of great.

The New Testament is peppered with "one another" reminders. While Scripture says to love another, encourage one another, offer hospitality to one another, be kind to one another, many people are content tolerating one another, if not ignoring one another.

Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time.

It's almost impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends.

You are not who others say you are. You are who God says you are.

Rather than just reacting to the waves of things that come, ride them with deliberate intention.

Scripture teaches us that we should trust God and not lean on our own wisdom or understanding. To do this, we have to strive to know God intimately, walking by faith and not by sight. This may not be easy at first, but it starts with simple obedience.

Your brain does not understand what you are capable of. There is way more inside of you than you can imagine.

To those of you who are leading LifeGroups, I want you to know, you are the heroes of our mission.

With prayer, you may be able to start one discipline or habit that will overflow into many more positive, God-honoring traits.

The things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don’t are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It’s our burden.

Unfortunately, the Bible won't tell you directly, "Thou shalt take the new job in marketing..." or "Thou shalt go directly from undergraduate school to honor me in graduate school." While the Bible doesn't speak to some of our specific decisions, it does speak to every decision about who God wants us to become.

God's Word instructs us, teaches us, guides us, encourages us, convicts us, and helps conform us to the image of Christ.

Don't worry when you're being persecuted for God, worry when you're not.

The difference between where you are and where God wants you to be is equal to the pain you're willing to endure.

Because God loves us, he gives us the freedom to make choices. That's good news if we choose wisely. But it also gives us the capacity to sin.

We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.

True loyalty is proven not proclaimed.

The Bible is the best and most important tool in discerning direction from God.

To be great at a few things and experience it, you'll have to say no to many things.

Our greatest priority as Christian parents is to gradually transfer our children's dependence away from us until it rests solely on God.

Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.

God's will is clear about many things. We're to be holy. I like the metaphor that his Word is a lamp to our feet. A lamp may help guide my next one or two steps, but it's not a crystal ball into the future.

If we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions.

When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders.

If you show me who you are being influenced by I will show you what you are becoming.

Good things are not necessarily God things.

If you are not dead, you are not done.

Don't resent, fear, or judge the next generation, believe in them.

When we love deeply, love makes us do things we wouldn't otherwise do.

All people end up somewhere in life, but few end up there on purpose.

To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.