God's purposes and plans will not fail. Before you spend all your prayer time telling Him about yours, ask about His.
Louie GiglioAs long as we are faking it we are just showing the world how to fake it - but they already are! They want to see us get real.
Louie GiglioThe world has been tragic since the day Adam and Eve sinned in the garden. From that moment murder, mayhem and war entered the scene and we are still suffering the consequences of a man-driven, self-serving, short-sighted environment.
Louie GiglioEven if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.
Louie GiglioIt's not the elements of our worship that are awesome. It's the object of our worship Who is awesome.
Louie GiglioWorship is our response to what we value most. As a result, worship fuels our actions, becoming the driving force of all we do.
Louie GiglioSin doesn't make us bad, sin makes us dead. The gospel doesn't make us better, the gospel makes us alive.
Louie GiglioQuit trying to do what I already know you can't do and let Christ do what only He can through you.
Louie GiglioThere's something that's not right or not perfect or not the way we had hoped or dreamed that it was going to be. But God promises that He will use everything and every moment to ultimately take us to a new Heaven and a new Earth. For now, we're stuck in the middle.
Louie GiglioItโs easy: You simply follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money, and your allegiance. At the end of that trail youโll find a throne; and whatever, or whoever, is on that throne is whatโs of highest value to you. On that throne is what you worship.
Louie GiglioBut to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.
Louie GiglioGod isn't waiting on our memo. He is waiting on us to focus enough on Him that we get His memo.
Louie GiglioThe two great moments in human history are the day that Christ was born and the day He was raised from the dead. These are represented by Christmas and Easter - the two biggest holidays for the church. People who don't even go to church do go on these days.
Louie GiglioGod is using your present circumstances to make you more useful for later roles in His unfolding story.
Louie GiglioWorship starts with seeing something great and then reflecting it to the world. Let's see God so we can reflect God.
Louie GiglioNothing steals God's glory more than worrying believers who are driven through life by fear
Louie GiglioEach time I stop somewhere and look out, there are more people sitting there than there were the time I came before. I think that's just a reflection of the fact that what God's doing is really touching the hearts of people and making a difference in their lives. That's kind of the best things you can do to promote anything, I think, is to really just have God present.
Louie GiglioIt's a big world. Don't get trapped by tiny dreams and feeble problems. Time for big prayers and bold faith.
Louie GiglioYou don't have to know everything about the mountain in front of you to take the next step
Louie GiglioGodโs words trump all opinions, including mine, and in the end, I believe Godโs words lead to life.
Louie GiglioLife comes from death. To the degree that I can live in the death of Jesus - to that degree I can channel God's life to others.
Louie GiglioIt doesn't really matter how rich you are, we're all just renting here on earth! It all belongs to the Lord.
Louie GiglioItโs at the heart of everything we struggle with in life: longing to be valuable, to be accepted, to be prized, to be worth something to somebody, to have a life that matters, and Godโs saying โYou matter! I didnโt make anyone else like you. Youโre not a reprint or a lithograph. Youโre a one-of-a-kind, original creation of God.
Louie GiglioWhether it's an attorney or a bond trader or a journalist, or a musician or pastor, you want to do your best. You don't want to seek acclaim. You don't want to seek awards. You want to seek to do your best at what God's given you.
Louie GiglioGod has plans and purposes for each of our lives. But the beauty is that He doesn't call us and leave us on our own. Jesus actually lives in us to pull off the amazing things that He has invited us into.
Louie GiglioThere is a direct correlation between your appreciation of what Christ has done for you and the expression of worship
Louie GiglioIf you're waiting with God, waiting is okay. If you're always waiting on God, you'll be frustrated. God never seems to work at the speed that we want Him to.
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