Faith Priority Quotes

He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only.

People get involved not just in politics but in groups and sects and... forget the main reason why we're here: to worship Allah.

Ireland has remained a Catholic nation, and as such sets the eternal destiny of man high above the isms and idols of the day. Her people would accept no system that decried of imperiled that destiny. So long as that was their attitude none of the forms of state-worship now prevalent [elsewhere in the world] could flourish in their land.

I want to know what God thinks. The rest are details.

The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life

Radical obedience always gives priority to what God has said over what He hasn't said.

I'm a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.

If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second.

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.

The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life isn't to make you number one in the world's eyes but to make Him number one in your life.

The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.

Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.

I was a runner who happened to be a Christian. I needed to become a Christian who happened to be a runner.

The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.

God is not a diversion.

Do not be more devoted to your own brain than you are to the Bible.

If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.

Our loyalty is not to our grandparents, the traditions, our volleyball team, our friends; as believers, our loyalty is to Scripture.

I read in a periodical the other day that the fundamental thing is how we think of God. By God Himself, it is not! How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important.

We will not let you choose between being a lover of God and his sovereignty and being a lover of lost people.

God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

The question is not: How many people take you seriously? How much are you going to accomplish? Can you show some results? but: Are you in love with Jesus?

We no longer have the luxury of spending our energy on anything that does not lead us and our families to Christ.

Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.

Christ demands first place. There's no room on the throne of your heart for two gods.