89 Quotes by Judah Smith

Indifference was our greatest enemy.

But freedom starts with honesty. We aren’t doing ourselves any favors by defining our- selves as good and others as bad. Let’s just agree that we all need help, that we are all in this together.

Jesus is not your accuser. He’s not your prosecutor. He’s not your judge. He’s your friend and your rescuer. Like Zacchaeus, just spend time with Jesus. Don’t hide from him in shame or reject him in self-righteousness. Don’t allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him for yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out.

A moment with Jesus changed everything.

Life does not consist of what should have happened, what might have happened, or what hopefully will happen. Life is what is happening – right now.

Notorious sinners didn’t kill Jesus. Religious people did.

If we could get people to think about Jesus, we reasoned, Jesus was more than able to reveal himself to them.

God’s love is so extravagant and so inexplicable that he loved us before we were us. He loved us before we existed. He knew many of us would reject him, hate him, curse him, rebel against him. Yet he chose to love us. God loves us because he is love.

We spend most of our lives working furiously toward goals that, when achieved, turn out to hold less substance than a Twinkie.