Quotes from Craig Groeschel

1. Seek God. 2. Fight fair. 3. Have fun. 4. Stay pure. 5. Never give up.

In ten years, we will each look in the mirror, and someone will stare back. That person will be shaped by the thoughts of today.

The second admission my young adult friends made is that they know their obsession is distracting them from God. Again, let me ask you to be honest. Do you think more about what God says in his Word or what people say on your feed? How much time do you think about God versus what to say online? Work hard to tell the truth. No matter how tempting it is to ignore him, if God is trying to get your attention, don't shake him off.

When we're afraid, our Father spots us and makes sure we can lift the load we're carrying. He grips our hand and helps us push through whatever we face. Because God is with us, we have nothing to fear.

More important, it's because God is our only true source of life.

If you think you're trapped, if you believe there's a lock on the door, you've bought into a lie. And it is the lie, nothing else, that is holding you back. Yet if you identify that lie, then you can remove it. You can replace it with the truth and be free. Your liberation is a simple two-step process: Remove the lie. Replace it with truth.

But no, your mind is a battlefield, and the battle for your life is always won or lost in your mind.

You have the same power, faith, and courage available to you through Christ. Don't forget, just like David, you are a giant-slayer.

That is who you are. God said so. You may fear you have screwed everything up, but the depth of your sin is not greater than God's power to forgive.

Rather than being concerned only with my hopes, my dreams, my concerns, I was called to shepherd others. To love them, hurt with them, pour into them.

Full-time lover of your world; part-time lover of God.

To win the battle for our minds, we must engage, because there is no other way for us to defeat evil. The days of being neutral must be over.