Gary Chapman Quotes

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.

The words 'success' and 'single' do go together, especially in Christ.

Discipleship, following Jesus Christ is the toughest thing that you're going do in your whole life. You're not going to find anything tougher.

Our productivity in the kingdom of God is directly related to our character and our Christ-likeness.

The mark of spirituality is the fragrance of Christ in our lives and the fragrance of Christ in every aspect of who we are as a person.

I'm a daddy first; I'm a husband, and I'm a lover of God and people.

Trust me, I have not earned your dear rebuke, I love, as you would have me, God the most; Would lose not Him, but you, must one be lost, Nor with Lot's wife cast back a faithless look Unready to forego what I forsook; This say I, having counted up the cost, This, tho' I be the feeblest of God's host, The sorriest sheep Christ shepherds with His crook. Yet while I love my God the most, I deem That I can never love you overmuch; I love Him more, so let me love you too; Yea, as I apprehend it, love is such I cannot love you if I love not Him. I cannot love Him if I love not you.

Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying something true about Jesus Christ and the way He relates to his people. It is about showing in real life the glory of the gospel.

I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day.

The decisions you are making right now and that you will make in the foreseeable months and years will absolutely determine whether you pivot towards the world or towards the Lord.

Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves.

The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

It's impossible to be a good Christian. If you think it's easy to be a good Christian, then you're not really trying hard enough.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they will put first in their lives the kingdom of God.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

Being in Hollywood and having a love for Christ is hard. I mean, it's hard anywhere because Jesus is about the Upside Down Kingdom. You know, serve instead of being served, go last and don't try to be first.

Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for others. There is no surprise in that, since the Lord proclaimed those as the first and great commandments.

In Puritan thinking, the Christian life was a heroic venture, requiring a full quota of energy.