Quotes about Actions

You can share your testimony in many ways, by the words you speak, by the example you set, by the manner in which you live your life.

People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

Life is the soil, our choices and actions the sun and rain, but our dreams are the seeds.

Holiness begins in our minds and works out to our actions. This being true, what we allow to enter our minds is critically important. The television programs we watch, the movies we may attend, the books and magazines we read, the music we listen to, and the conversations we have all affect our minds.

Holiness has to do with more than mere acts. Our motives must be holy, that is, arising from a desire to do something simply because it is the will of God. Our thoughts should be holy, since they are known to God even before they are formed in our minds.

We don't become saints by our actions. We are made saints by the immediate supernatural action of the Holy Spirit alone who works this change deep within our inner being so that we do, in fact, become new creations in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:17).

Practice of true community involves responsibilities and actions that do not come naturally to us.

Devotion to God is the only acceptable motive for actions that are pleasing to God.

Sin is not only a series of actions, it is also an attitude that ignores the law of God. But it is even more than a rebellious attitude. Sin is a state of heart, a condition of our inmost being. It is a state of corruption, of vileness, yes, even of filthiness in God's sight.

God does not always restrain the wicked and harmful actions of others toward His people.

It is frequently asserted in the Scriptures that God uses the sinful actions of men to accomplish His purposes.