Quotes about Authenticity

There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are.

The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.

An experience of God that cost nothing, does nothing, and is worth nothing.

Authentic evangelism is lifting up the veil of what God is up to and manifesting the image of God in the world we are in.

To come to the table is to learn to be our real selves—not some construct conceived by someone else, but who God made us to be.

I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual.

Never let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.

Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing—turn out your toes when you walk—and remember who you are!

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.

My greatest beauty secret is being happy with myself. I don't use special creams or treatments - I'll use a little bit of everything. It's a mistake to think you are what you put on yourself. I believe that a lot of how you look is to do with how you feel about yourself and your life. Happiness is the greatest beauty secret.

I find it unnecessary, useless and frankly a bit unnecessary to get into all sorts of debates over President Obama's religion or the authenticity of his birth. I know for some people that it is an obsession. It is not with me.

Just as people can watch spellbound a circus artist tumbling through the air in a phosphorized costume, so they can listen to a preacher who uses the Word of God to draw attention to himself. But a sensational preacher stimulates the senses and leaves the spirit untouched. Instead of being the way to God, his 'being different' gets in the way.