Quotes from Craig Groeschel

For years I played the what-if game. Maybe you're acquainted with this pastime. The rules are simple: Rule #1: You're only allowed to think of worst-case scenarios. Rule #2: You're never allowed to win this game. You can only lose. Rule #3: The more you play, the greater your losses.

If you're not ministering and using your gifts in the church, then something God wants done is being ignored.

I've heard it said, "If the Devil can't make us really bad, then he'll try to make us really busy.

God put you on earth with a divine assignment- something prepared in advance for you to do. I've found that 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.

We compare our behind-the-scenes with other people's highlight reels.

If you've messed up big - like me, like Isaiah - congratulations! You're at the top of God's talent-scouting list.

We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different.

In fact, if our kids are successful in every normal way, they can still miss God's main mark.

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have

Normal people attempt countless goals with limited success. Weird people focus on just one God-given objective with tremendous results.

Let God create in you His masterpiece. He will make you truly different and joyfully weird.

Who do we believe in more? Ourselves or God? Our actions and decisions will reflect that.