Top 62 Quotes About Following Christ
#1. And remember, following Christ is a lifelong journey. Christians are foot soldiers, so to speak. Always learning. Always growing stronger.
Robin Lee Hatcher
#2. If we are leading but not closely following Christ, we are misleading.
Beth Moore
#3. following Christ wasn't about religion; it was an intimacy with his Creator that had him constantly hungering for more.
Lisa Harris
#4. Following Christ means following him through life, following him in every word and gesture, following him out of one clime into another.
George Whitefield
#5. The best leaders are following Christ. That's the best leader you can follow.
Tony Dungy
#6. Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love.
Madeleine L'Engle
#7. You might say that when two Christians are following Christ together there is not twice as much Christianity as when they are apart, but sixteen times as much.
C.S. Lewis
#8. The biggest threat to the church today is fans who call themselves Christians but aren't actually interested in following Christ. They want to be close enough to Jesus to get all the benefits, but not so close that it requires anything from them.
Kyle Idleman
#9. One of life's mysteries is why two children growing up in the same home sometimes take radically different paths - one following Christ, the other rebellious and scornful. Yet it happens.
Billy Graham
#10. I believe when we are in the Lord's will and following Christ, we are His responsibility, and He will look after us. Until He has accomplished His purpose through us, nothing can touch us without His permission - we're 'bullet-proof', so to speak.
Franklin Graham
#11. Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion. She listens to conscience and not to power, and in this way she defends the poor and the downtrodden.
Pope John Paul II
#12. One of the Christian's responsibilities in following Christ is to have a new attitude toward work. So many young people want Christ without responsibility ... whatever work a Christian does ... he should do his best.
Billy Graham
#13. The cross is the suffering the Christian endures as a consequence of his following Christ in perfect obedience. Christ chose the cross by choosing the path that led to it; and it is so with His followers. In the way of obedience stands the cross, and we take the cross when we enter that way.
A.W. Tozer
#14. If following Christ has never cost you anything, you're not following Him.
Tim Conway
#15. After he has been following Christ for a long time, the disciple of Jesus will be asked, "Lacked ye anything?" and he will answer "Nothing, Lord." How could he when he knows that despite hunger and nakedness, persecution and danger, the Lord is always at his side?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#16. The demands of following Christ will cost you everything. But you gain far more than you give up. You give up dirt for diamonds.
Steve Lawson
#17. The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a life of uncompromising discipleship, following Christ according to the sermon on the mount. I believe the time has come to gather people together to do this.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#18. We do not merely add Jesus Christ to our lives and continue in the same direction. Following Christ means we stop, turn around, and pursue Him.
Steven J. Lawson
#19. Suffering, then, is the badge of true discipleship. The disciple is not above his master. Following Christ means passio passiva, suffering because we have to suffer.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#20. Following Christ has been made too easy. It is easy to follow Him when our world is safe and comfortable ... but when that world shatters, only a secure faith will sustain us.
Billy Graham
#21. I want my teammates to see that I'm following Christ. But, I'm also human, so there are times I slip and make mistakes but I know Christ forgives me.
Torii Hunter
#22. Whereas militant Christianity triumphs over all, generative Christianity transforms the world through humble service to all. It is not about victory; it is about following Christ in order to seed human community with grace.
Diana Butler Bass
#23. Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
Bob Goff
#24. I decided to throw out everything I thought I knew about following Christ, being a woman, being a godly wife, masculinity, and marriage.
April Cassidy
#25. If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.
Leonard Ravenhill
#26. Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.
Kevin DeYoung
#27. Raw. Unleashed. Unashamed of following Christ's commands, His voice in my ear.
Margaret Aranda
#28. We can see clearly that the end of following Christ wholeheartedly is to share, very possibly, in his very end. We can have great confidence that multitudes of fellow pilgrims have won the contest, fought the good fight, and endured martyrdom before the watching hosts of heaven.
Greg Gordon
#29. Are you following Christ's ambitions for your life or expecting Him to help you reach yours?
Stephen Davey
#30. Following Christ is a daily thing, not just a one-time thing
Mike Fisher
#31. Salvation is free, but there is a price to pay in following Jesus. It is never said in Scripture that we can have "Christ and ... ".It is always "Christ or ... ". What is your "or"?
Billy Graham
#32. 80% of the people who come into a Christ-following relationship is because a friend, co-worker, family member or neighbor invited them to church.
Johnny Hunt
#33. There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ:
Jesus is my God,
Jesus is my Spouse,
Jesus is my Life,
Jesus is my only Love,
Jesus is my All in All;
Jesus is my Everything.
Mother Teresa
#34. But following the only true and stedfast Teacher, the Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what we are, that He might bring us to be even what He is Himself.
Irenaeus Of Lyons
#35. Jesus Christ might simply have returned to his carpentry following the use of modern psychiatric treatments.
William Sargant
#36. Go where thou wilt, seek what thou wilt, and thou shalt not find a higher way above, nor a safer way below, than the way of the holy Cross.
- Thomas A Kempis (The Following of Christ)
Thomas A Kempis
#37. To be in Christ is to be a living exegesis of the narrative of Christ, a new performance of the original drama of exaltation following humiliation, of humiliation as the voluntary renunciation of rights and selfish gain in order to serve and obey.
Michael J. Gorman
#38. If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be swept downstream.
Francis Chan
#39. Stop expecting the world to affirm you as a person. Half of the world will like you and the other half will hate you, despite what you say or do. Christ knew this truth, but he did his life mission anyways.
Shannon L. Alder
#40. To find rest unto our souls includes peace of mind and heart, which is the result of learning and following the doctrine of Christ.
Per G. Malm
#41. If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.
Mark Batterson
#42. If [following Jesus Christ] doesn't cost you anything, it's because you've bought into 'American Christianity.'
Paul Washer
#43. Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
#44. It's interesting when you read the life of Christ how much of his time he spent healing the sick. There must have been a reason for that - he was modelling for us what it is we are intended to do by following his path.
Francis Collins
#45. The good life begins with Christ and ends with me. I need to stop following me and stop trying to make life all about me.
Trip Lee
#46. Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.
Shannon L. Alder
#48. Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine.
Oswald Chambers
#49. You can't live an obedient life and miss an adventure. Following the commands of Christ is not just about behavior. Behavior modification is not an end in itself in the New Testament. Transformation is about knowing the truth and the truth setting you free.
Beth Moore
#50. Jesus Christ died to save us from our sins; we tend to concentrate on that merciful fact. But isn't it also true He lived to show us a lifestyle free from sin? So, wouldn't following in his footsteps be something like preventative medicine?
Richelle E. Goodrich
#51. The road that leads to heaven is risky, lonely, and costly in this world, and few are willing to pay the price. Following Jesus involves losing your life-and finding new life in him. Follow Me, pg. 11
David Platt
#53. You are not Christ's disciple, in the sense of following him, if this is not your way of life: rejected and slain daily!
Francis Schaeffer
#55. It is different with the upper classes. They, following science, want to base justice on reason alone, but not with Christ, as before, and they have already proclaimed that there is no crime, that there is no sin. And that's consistent, for if you have no God what is the meaning of crime?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
#56. My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing
by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
Dallas Willard
#57. Have you fallen into the world's trap, following its self-indulgent goals and driven by its self-centered motives? It can happen without you even being aware of it. Make sure Christ is first in your life, and make it your goal to live according to His Word.
Billy Graham
#58. We feel like acting like a Christian, following the steps of Christ, is much more important than following a doctrine.
Isabel Ruiz Lucero
#59. Let go of your past, and look to Mine, where I died for you. Yield to Me, and I will make you a true Knight of the Prince.
Chuck Black
#60. Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.
Pope Francis
#61. To be a disciple is to be committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and committed to following Him every day. To be a disciple is also to be disciplined in our bodies, minds, and souls.
Billy Graham
#62. Look into my eyes ... ' the Prince said. I have been calling you. The peace you seek you will find if you follow Me.
Chuck Black
