244 Quotes by Randy Alcorn

Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us.

Nothing is more often misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise, a doctorate, a spouse, a large-screen television, a new car, a cabin in the woods, a condo in Hawaii. What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us.

In Heaven, to look into God's eyes will be to see what we've always longed to see: the person who made us for His own good pleasure. Seeing God will be like seeing everything else for the first time.

The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won't let you outgive Him. Go ahead and try. See what happens.

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow.

Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

When you leave this world, will you be known as one who accumulated treasures on earth that you couldn't keep? Or will you be recognized as one who invested treasures in heaven that you couldn't lose?

There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.

God doesn't look at just what we give. He also looks at what we keep.