Quotes about Choice

You're down now, Jordan, but only for awhile. I think God is giving you a chance to really look at your life and decide just how you want to live it. That's right, said Kara. You can keep on living it for yourself or invite God to take over.

Remaining a victim of circumstance is a state of being that we choose, a choice that — allows us to blame other people — lets us blame circumstances — permits us to avoid responsibility for our lives — encourages us to feel sorry for ourselves, and — guarantees that we will stay victims. No one has to be a victim!

We all have choices in the way we react to the words we hear. Our lives and the lives of all those around us will be significantly improved if we choose to react positively rather than negatively.

That's life out there. See how it's movin? Even the leaves on the trees is movin'. Life don't wait for nobody, and even as special as you are, it ain't gonna wait for you, neither. So it's time to make up your mind that you're gonna join it.

God will put you in a position to wrestle with your identity and choose whom you believe: Him or you.

God chose David. On the surface, the choice made no sense. But God doesn't work on sense; He works on grace. God called you, and God called me. He knew what He was doing.

More than any other faith challenge I face, believing that I am who God says I am necessitates choosing what God says over what I feel.

Sometimes we praise because we choose to; other times we praise because we want to. Occasionally we praise because we have to—because, if we don't, the rocks will cry out!

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back. 2 Peter 2:21

I'm not saying everything else is unimportant. I'm just saying that I've learned to see everything else as optional.

Do you not know that if you offer yourself to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey? Romans 6:16

How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him. But if Baal, follow him. 1 Kings 18:21