When it comes to our integrity: one moment in a dark place can cast a shadow for a lifetime.
Steven FurtickThe minute I start being afraid of what people might say is the minute I become useless to God.
Steven FurtickMost of us are so focused on what we don't have that we're blinded to what we do have.
Steven FurtickThe reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.
Steven FurtickMost believers aren't in imminent danger of ruining their lives. They're facing a danger that's far greater: wasting them.
Steven FurtickBut Jesus wanted the crowd to know, look, 'John's (the baptist) the one who got this whole thing started.' In verse ten He says, 'This is the one about whom it is written, 'I'll send my messenger ahead of you who will prepare Your way before You.' Jesus says, 'If it wasn't for John, I wouldn't even be here performing these miracles.'
Steven FurtickPeople who walk in audacious faith don't stop and pray. Audacious faith teaches us to push and pray.
Steven FurtickGod gives the exact experiences he wants them to have in order to shape the specific destiny he designed for them.
Steven FurtickJesus will always move away from religious drama and toward the needs of people who are hurting. Jesus will always go out of his way to find and minister to people who others will go out of their way to avoid. I love him for that.
Steven FurtickGod guarantees that His Word will not return void. He doesn't guarantee that the return will be immediate. Keep sowing!
Steven FurtickAudacious faith is the raw material that authentic Christianity is made of. It's the stuff that triggers ordinarily level-headed people like you and me to start living with unusual boldness.
Steven FurtickIt shouldn't freak you out to realize that God's eyes are on you. Because He doesn't see you through eyes of disapproval or disappointment. His presence is not a sign of condemnation. It's actually an invitation. God is present with you, through His Holy Spirit, because He intends to uproot you from the tyranny of the familiar, shatter the monotonous life you've had. And take you on an adventure.
Steven FurtickIt's hard to differentiate between a vision and a delusion - both cause you to see things that no one else sees.
Steven FurtickWhen you know the builder, you can have complete confidence in the quality of his work.
Steven FurtickYou may be living under the illusion that when God ignites great things in your life, He'll announce it with a big bang. He might. It's more likely that He won't. So stop waiting around for the big bang. Pay attention to the subtle clues and the still, small voice. God lives in that place too.
Steven FurtickI choose to believe that the same God who intervened to bring his Son back to life intervened on this day in history to help his people.
Steven FurtickAudacious faith is not passive. Neither is audacious prayer. Every aspiration you have in prayer needs an accompanying action. Otherwise you're not really praying. You're just pontificating. You do the natural. Trust God for the super.
Steven FurtickStop waiting for what you want, and start working what you've got. Your greatest limitation is God's greatest opportunity.
Steven FurtickThe same power that stopped the sun and raised Christ from the grave lives in every believer!
Steven FurtickLiving your problems and loving them like locked rooms is much different from denying them or capitulating to them. It is believing that God is with you in the imperfect, even disappointing circumstances of your life. It is saying to Him with faith in your heart.
Steven FurtickDon't be ashamed to celebrate victories that may seem small to others. Only you and God know what they really cost.
Steven FurtickWhat matters most is not what I think I am or am not. What matters is what my Father sees in me and what He says about me.
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