Charles Stanley quotes

“If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.”

— Charles Stanley

“The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.”

— Charles Stanley

“The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.”

— Charles Stanley

“The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose.”

— Charles Stanley

“I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.”

— Charles Stanley

“If the Lord says to give more than you think you are able to give, know that He will provide for you. Whether things are sailing smoothly or the bottom has dropped out, He is always trustworthy. You can count on Almighty God to keep His everlasting Word.”

— Charles Stanley

“When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.”

— Charles Stanley

“Nations fight against nations, in marriages people fight against each other, children fight against each other. We are in warfare, in a national warfare, and in warfare with each other and with ourselves.”

— Charles Stanley

“When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.”

— Charles Stanley

“God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision.”

— Charles Stanley

“Thank the Lord for using each person as a tool in your life to deepen your insight into His grace and conforming you to the image of His Son.”

— Charles Stanley

“When trouble comes, focus on God's ability to care for you.”

— Charles Stanley

“God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.”

— Charles Stanley

“Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.”

— Charles Stanley

“When you become an instrument in God's hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person's eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow.”

— Charles Stanley

“God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement.”

— Charles Stanley

“If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives.”

— Charles Stanley

“The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.”

— Charles Stanley

“When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.”

— Charles Stanley

“The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord's discipline - whether nations, cities, or individuals - suffer devastating consequences.”

— Charles Stanley

“Take steps each day to be sure your life expresses commitment to Jesus.”

— Charles Stanley

“I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it.”

— Charles Stanley

“One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before.”

— Charles Stanley

“You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I think the distinction is that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher.”

— Charles Stanley

“A man can preach no better than he prays.”

— Charles Stanley

“His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.”

— Charles Stanley

“You have to have courage to be obedient to God.”

— Charles Stanley

“American foreign policy and military might have opened an opportunity for the Gospel in the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

— Charles Stanley

“Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.”

— Charles Stanley

“Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.”

— Charles Stanley