The truest friends are usually the ones telling you what you don't want to hear. Mark Hart More Quotes by Mark Hart More Quotes From Mark Hart When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!' Mark Hart ashes greatness looks To love someone properly probably means that you won’t be very popular. Pure love, loving the way it was intended, is unfortunately a foreign concept to many. Love is messy. Love will involve hardship, demand patience, require forgiveness, test maturity, strain friendship, challenge priorities, refine character, ignite the heart and unleash the soul. Love is not something you sing about, it’s the reason you sing. Love is not something you write about, it’s the reason you write. Love is not something you live to find, it’s the reason that you are alive. Mark Hart forgiveness patience love Giving God permission to make you a saint will ruin your life. Mark Hart ruins saint giving We can't understand our calling and our vocation until we listen to the Lord... until we look upon the Lord... until we realize who it is that we're really serving. Are we serving God? Or the world? Mark Hart calling looks world God will put someone in your path today who doesn't necessarily need you... but who desperately needs Christ in you. Mark Hart path today needs Stress will either drive you crazy or drive you to your knees. It depends on who is in control of your life. Mark Hart control-of-your-life stress crazy God has great plans for you today... creative and unexpected means by which He will make you a saint. He needs only your joyful submission to His plan. Mark Hart saint creative mean Authentic Christianity is a roller-coaster ride, not a merry-go-round. Mark Hart coasters roller-coaster christianity God made saints out of far worse people than you. Mark Hart saint made people If you really want to change someone's life today, don't just pray for them... pray with them. Mark Hart praying want today I'm at my 3 year-olds year-end concert. It's full of very off-key, mostly unfocused children, but this father is still beaming. Must be how God feels on Sunday. Mark Hart sunday father children Time is the most valuable commodity we have, worth more than gold, yet wasted more than all else. Efficient use of time begins with prayer. Mark Hart gold use prayer Consider God's love for you. Now double it. Now multiply that by 900 trillion. You're still not even close. Mark Hart gods-love stills The commandments are a gift, not a curse. Sin is less about breaking the rules and more about breaking the Father's heart. Mark Hart sin heart father God didn't give Adam and Eve the right to decide what was good and evil. He gave them the right to choose between good and evil. Mark Hart adam evil giving Speaking truth will rarely earn you friends, but it will reveal who your true friends are and who are true friends of Christ. Mark Hart true-friend christ True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us. Mark Hart holiness Note to self: If you can't hear God when you pray, shut up. Mark Hart shut-up praying self The amount of "followers" you have does not make you better than anyone else. Hitler had millions. Jesus had twelve. Mark Hart twelve doe jesus An annoyed and joyless Christian is the devil's greatest billboard. Mark Hart devil annoyed christian
