Top 100 Groeschel Quotes
#1. Fr. Benedict Groeschel says it in his uniquely northern New Jersey way: "Celibacy means that we belong exclusively to the Lord, from our brain cells to our sperm cells.
Dolan, Timothy M., Cardinal
#2. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4,
Craig Groeschel
#3. Our minds are so cluttered with endless to-do lists that there's no room for us to experience the joy in being alive today.
Craig Groeschel
#4. Knowing when and how to rest is knowing when and how to acknowledge your limitations and your dependence on God.
Craig Groeschel
#5. Remember, to get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done. But to get what you once had, you must do what you once did.
Craig Groeschel
#6. We can give away all that He entrusts to us in the same spirit of generosity.
Craig Groeschel
#7. You can't change in your own power. If you feel overwhelmed by something bigger than you, let the one who is bigger than all things be the power you need in your weakness.
Craig Groeschel
#8. Your brain does not understand what you are capable of. There is way more inside of you than you can imagine.
Craig Groeschel
#9. From the outside, everything looked good. But God doesn't look at the outside.
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#10. You can't walk on water until you get yourself out the boat.
Craig Groeschel
#11. For many of us, it's just one thing standing in our way of completely following Jesus.
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#12. We don't recruit volunteers; we release leaders. Volunteers do good things but leaders change the world.
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#13. If the seed doesn't get planted, it can't become a toxic thornbush. We must guard our minds and our hearts, starting with our eyes.
Craig Groeschel
#14. Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary ... We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.
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#15. A man without a cause from God is often just an angry man who doesn't know where to direct his pent-up energy and aggression. A warrior with a cause from God directs that warlike energy for a cause greater than himself.
Craig Groeschel
#17. I can promise you this: If you really, sincerely, genuinely want God back, He hasn't moved. He's still there, just like always, ready to bear-hug you again, just like in the old days.
Craig Groeschel
#18. Having more of this world never fulfills. Only more of Christ does.
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#19. You've never really know what it's like to trust God to provide for you today, because you've got today provided for. And probably tomorrow too. Maybe even into next winter, with all the food socked away in that extra freezer in the garage.
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#20. Pause for a moment and prayerfully consider your response: What breaks your heart?
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#21. Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future. The people you're hanging out with today are shaping the person you will become tomorrow.
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#22. God decided that this time in history was perfect for you to glorify Him and make an eternal difference. So God gave you unique gifts, talents, passions, and experiences to propel you into your life purpose.
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#23. the strongest man is not the one who lifts the most weight but the one who has the most faith.
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#24. To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.
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#25. It's almost impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends.
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#26. He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be.
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#27. Wisdom is all about the simple, often tiny, obvious things, done consistently, one at a time.
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#28. What you pray for reflects what you believe about God.
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#30. Like a sneeze, sin feels good at first, but it leaves a huge mess.
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#31. How bad you want something determines what you will do to get it.
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#32. While it's easy to believe the worst, God wants you to believe the best. He never promises a trouble-free life of leisure, but he does promise never to leave you and always to love you.
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#33. The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis.
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#34. Envy is when you resent God's goodness in other people's lives and ignore God's goodness in your own life.
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#35. I remember once in the Holy Land seeing a sign in the shape of an arrow along a road. It said, "Armageddon, 4 kilometers." If ever there was a sign that made you wonder whether you wanted to continue down a road, this was it.
Benedict Groeschel
#36. He knows every hair on your head, and he sees every tear you shed.
Craig Groeschel
#37. Sometimes God guides by what He withholds, rather than what He provides.
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#38. God doesn't want us to be happy when it causes us to do something wrong or unwise
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#39. Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action.
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#42. if you could do only one thing in ministry, what would you do?
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#43. Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become.
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#44. A belief in the immortality of the human soul, of the survival of the person beyond death, is one of the most important expressions of human hope.
Benedict Groeschel
#45. All people end up somewhere in life, but few end up there on purpose.
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#47. You can't build a foundation of sin now for a life of purity later.
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#48. I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes.
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#49. If your vision doesn't compel, move or stir people, your vision is too small.
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#52. Rather than complaining about inconsequential little irritations, I'm asking God to get right to the root of the problem, to eradicate the dry rot and fix the cracks in my foundation. I need Him to show me how to love Him and how to love His people. Even the ones I don't like - even myself.
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#53. If you don't handle the hurt properly, their sin becomes a catalyst for your own.
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#54. Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.
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#55. The longer we view ourselves through a distorted lens, the more likely we are to believe a distorted truth.
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#56. When you reach out to God humbly, you'll find that He's already reaching out to you.
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#57. I believe Christians often perceive obedience to God as some test designed just to see if we're really committed to Him. But what if it's designed as God's way of giving us what's best for us?
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#58. Don't worry when you're being persecuted for God, worry when you're not.
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#60. This is God's universe; we just live in it. He doesn't owe us anything. We owe him everything. What did you make? Nothing. He made everything. For everything you have, you owe him.
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#61. If we take a risk, we might not succeed, but if we avoid all risk, we guarantee we won't succeed, and we miss so much of what God wants us to learn.
Craig Groeschel
#62. When it comes to your marriage, if the grass looks greener somewhere else, it's time to water your own yard!
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#63. Most of us are living at a pace that is not only unsustainable; it's also unbiblical.
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#64. When we live by faith, we believe that God has everything under control. But if we start to worry, how we live says the opposite.
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#65. What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act?
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#66. On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction.
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#67. The Church is a collection of poor sinners. The Catholic Church is a collection of 1.1 billion very poor sinners. That's a lot of original sins, and it is no wonder we have trouble.
Benedict Groeschel
#68. Sex joins two people spiritually and emotionally as well as physically. This is its purpose-to bond a couple together. Sex connects and fuses people together.
Craig Groeschel
#69. You are not who others say you are. You are who God says you are.
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#71. Even when we do not choose evil, we choose the good so half heartedly and with so many qualifications that mediocrity becomes our canonized statis quo.
Benedict Groeschel
#72. Instead of seeking to serve one another, we wrongly believe that there's one person out there who exists solely to make us happy.
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#73. Put him first. Seek him with all of your heart, and he will add everything that matters. Be still and know that he is God.
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#74. Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.
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#75. God has given you every thing you need to reach every person you need to reach.
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#76. fear actually relies on faith...it's simply faith in the wrong things. Fear is placing you faith in "what ifs" rather in than in "God is
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#77. It's critical to God that we think about how we live, how we spend the present time with which we're gifted each day.
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#78. When we love deeply, love makes us do things we wouldn't otherwise do.
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#79. 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.
Craig Groeschel
#81. You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He wants to take you to a new place, to transform you into a new person.
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#82. To be great at a few things and experience it, you'll have to say no to many things.
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#83. Face your fears by remembering the power of God's cleaning truth. To change the way you are, change the way you think.
Craig Groeschel
#84. We who believe in Divine Providence, in life after death, in salvation and resurrection; we, of all people, when faced with catastrophe, must go on with courage, faith, and hope.
Benedict Groeschel
#85. While some consider God's standards as too confining, a true believer sees them as loving and freeing.
Craig Groeschel
#86. You want to make a big bold difference in this world? Then pray big, bold prayers.
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#87. When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle.
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#88. Gentleman, God created you with the heart of a warrior. Until there's something you're willing to die for, you can't truly live.
Craig Groeschel
#92. The challenge is that many believe heaven is the default destination when, in fact, the opposite is true.
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#93. The current of normalcy will pull you away from God at every opportunity if you let it.
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#94. To be fully alive, you need time with God to recharge.
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#95. If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.
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#96. As it goes with leaders, so it goes with the whole organization.
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#97. The problem is that many bitter people don't know they are bitter. since they are so convinced that they are right, they can't see their own wrong in the mirror. And the longer the root of bitterness grows, the more difficult it is to remove.
Craig Groeschel
#98. Life has trained many of us to think of love as temporary and conditional.
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#99. We don't need more time. We need to use the time we already have differently.
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#100. The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring, and glorifying God. After all, generosity is fundamental to God's nature.
Craig Groeschel