64 Powerful Christian Quotes

It’s amazing how sometimes just a single sentence can instantly pierce your heart. These powerful Christian quotes below have each left an imprint on my own heart and are certainly worth sharing. I hope that each of them is an encouragement to you and causes you to draw closer to your Savior as you think upon His goodness and grace.

Powerful Christian Quotes

In our busy, fast-paced, distracted world it can be difficult to remember to take time to simply be still (Psalm 46:10) and listen (John 10:27-28). I pray that these powerful Christian quotes will cause you to do both- and then prompt you to turn your thoughts toward eternity.

Although, in some circumstances, it may be true that actions speak louder than words, it’s equally true that the words we speak (both positive and negative) can have a powerful impact on the listener. The words of each of these men and women below offer tiny nuggets of wisdom pointing us directly back to our Creator.

What Are Some Good Christian Quotes?

There are so many thought provoking quotes out there that it was hard for me to narrow it down to only 64! Below are ten of my favorites, followed by a breakdown of additional great Christian quotes by topic.

1. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose.” – Jim Elliot
2. “Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell.” – David Platt
3. “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” – C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)
4. “I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God’s thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest and most precious thing in all thinking.” – George MacDonald
5. “Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.” – Francis Chan
6. “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C.S. Lewis
7. “Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing. Whatever that is just do the next thing. God will meet you there.” – Elisabeth Elliot
8. “Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there.” – Charles Spurgeon
9. “Consider how precious a soul must be when both God and the devil are after it.” – Charles Spurgeon
10.  “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” – St. Augustine

Inspirational Christian Quotes

These inspirational Christian quotes are from some of my favorite missionaries and authors. Many of these believers endured numerous trials and hardships throughout their lifetime and yet remained ever faithful to their Savior throughout it all.

Their testimonies of God’s goodness are a wonderful example and reminder for us to praise God during the joyous moments as well as in our seasons of darkness.

• “If you can trust God to save you for eternity, you can trust him to lead you for a lifetime.” – David Platt
• “We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying ‘I wish I had your God.'” – Francis Chan
• “Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.” – C.S. Lewis
• “Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.”- Elisabeth Elliot
• “God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from himself because it is not there. There is no such thing.” – C.S. Lewis
• “Leave it all in the hands that were wounded for you.” – Elisabeth Elliot
• “It is a safe thing to trust him to fulfill the desires which he creates.” – Amy Charmichael
• “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” – John Piper
• “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”- Amy Carmichael
• “Two works of mercy set a man free: forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.” – St. Augustine
• “On what basis can a righteous God justify the ungodly? It is entirely and all of grace.” – Allistar Begg
• “Ah! What a mercy it is that it is not your hold of Christ that saves you, but his hold of you!” – Charles Spurgeon
• “Abundance isn’t God’s provision for me to live in luxury. It’s his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.” – Randy Alcorn
• “While it looks like things are out of control, behind the scenes there is a God who hasn’t surrendered his authority.” – A.W. Tozer
• “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” -Charles Spurgeon
• “A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.” – Max Lucado
• “Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan
• “The cross is proof of both the immense love of God and the profound wickedness of sin.” – John MacArthur

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Christian Inspirational Quotes For Difficult Times

Whether you are in a season of joy or a season of uncertainty and hardship please know that God sees you and can use it all to shape and mold your faith and character for your good and His glory. Remember His faithfulness and keep trusting Him, Friend. These Christian inspirational quotes are powerful reminders that He will never forsake us, and offer some encouragement amidst life’s trials.

• “Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.” – Amy Carmichael
• “God uses valleys to mold our character.” – Lee Stroble
• “I do not always feel His presence, but God’s promises do not depend upon my feelings, they rest upon His integrity.” – R.C. Sproul
• “When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.” – Charles Spurgeon
• “The Lord continues to empty us in order to teach us to lay aside all self-reliance, that we may cling to Christ alone.” – Paul Washer
• “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” – C.S. Lewis
• “Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.” – Elisabeth Elliot
• “God never uses anyone greatly until he tests them deeply.” – A.W. Tozer
• “If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.” –  Oswald Chambers
• “How sweet is rest, after fatigue! How sweet will Heaven be, when our toilsome journey is ended.” – George Whitefield
• “Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.” – Joni Eareckson Tada

What It Means To Be A Christian Quotes

Being a Christian is so much more than simply believing in God’s existence and that Jesus died for our sins. A true understanding of the wickedness of our sin and the beautiful sacrifice that was made on our behalf can’t help but result in a repentant heart, new desires, and a whole-hearted pursuit of our Savior.

• “Don’t shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see him.” – C.S. Lewis
• “The secret of joy is Christ in me. Not me in different circumstances.” – Elisabeth Elliot
• “Accept him? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don’t we need him? Jesus is no longer one to be accepted or invited in but one who is infinitely worthy of our immediate and total surrender.” – David Platt
• “Till sin is bitter, Christ will not be sweet.” – Thomas Watson
• “A lot of people think that Christianity is you doing all the righteous things you hate and avoiding all the wicked things you love in order to go to Heaven. No, that’s a lost man with religion. A Christian is a person whose heart has been changed; they have new affections.” – Paul Washer
• “The way to conquer sin is not by working hard to change our deeds, but by trusting Jesus to change our desires.” – David Platt
• “The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man’s mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.”  – John Bunyan
• ”The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin.” J.C. Ryle
• “A Christian is not somebody who stays away from all the wicked things he loves and clings to all the righteous things he hates so that he can go to heaven. The fear of the Christian is not going to hell. The fear of the Christian is being separated from Christ.” – Paul Washer
• “To say ‘Lord Lord’ and then to disobey is the moral equivalent of a Judas kiss.”  – John MacArthur
• “Relying on God has to be done all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.” – C.S. Lewis
• “Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion- it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.” – Charles Spurgeon

Related: AM I REALLY A CHRISTIAN?

Powerful Christian Quotes on Prayer

I believe we often (unintentionally) downplay the importance of prayer because we’ve never truly grasped it’s magnitude and effectiveness. Each of these men clearly understood that the “prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” (James 5:16 ESV). I hope that these powerful Christian quotes on prayer are a help to you.

• “Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.”  – Charles Spurgeon
• “No time is so well spent as that which a man spends upon his knees.” – J.C. Ryle
• “You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.” – John Bunyan
• “When the opposite of your prayer occurs, your prayer hasn’t been ignored; it’s been considered & refused for your ultimate good.” – C.S. Lewis
• “The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something, but to know Someone.” – David Platt

Christian Quotes About Faith

If you’re looking for some deep Christian quotes about faith please continue reading below. By now you may have noticed that I’m a big Charles Spurgeon fan! Some of the most famous Christian quotes belong to this beloved “Prince of Preachers”. Spurgeon quotes hit me hard! What a brilliant and humble man simply seeking to honor his Savior.  

• “Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.” – Charles Spurgeon
• “There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech.” – Charles Spurgeon
• “To trust God in the light is nothing, but to trust him in the dark. That is faith.” – Charles Spurgeon
• “The Bible characters never fell on their weak points but on their strong ones; unguarded strength is double weakness.” – Oswald Chambers
• “Satan is so much more in earnest than we are–he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.”-  Amy Carmichael
• “There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.” – Elisabeth Elliot
• “I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.” -Ravi Zacharias
•  “Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” Elisabeth Elliot

Not all of us are gifted with the ability to write and speak eloquent truths like these authors and pastors above. However, we are each given a voice in our tiny sphere of influence. May we use the power of our words to build each other up and share the hope of Christ.

Although many of these men and women already call Heaven home, we are incredibly blessed to be able to learn from their words of wisdom. God often uses the faithfulness of others to speak truth into our lives. I’d like to encourage you to take some time to think upon these powerful Christian quotes, dig into God’s Word, and spend some time in prayer. God will meet you there.