8 Quotes by W. Phillip Keller

We are identified and known by the sort of fruit, the quantity of fruit, and the quality of fruit borne out in our daily conversation, conduct, and character. There is no greater criterion for Christians. It is the paramount gauge of God's people.

When I reach a place where I have implicit confidence in God's ability to manage not only the affairs of the world but also mine, as I entrust them to Him, I will have found the place of rest.

No pastor, no spiritual leader, is ever able to take his people any further than he himself has gone with God.

What worked in war would likewise work in the place of peace. God's principle of power never altered because of circumstances. It takes as much faith to produce a crop of corn as it does to storm and seize an enemy stronghold. One must act in confidence, sure that God will play His part, whether in a cornfield or on a battlefield.

It takes some of us a lifetime to learn that Christ, our Good Shepherd, knows exactly what He is doing with us. He understands us perfectly.

Contentment should be the hallmark of my life, as I put my affairs in the hands of God.

We are identified and known by the sort of fruit, the quantity of fruit, and the quality of fruit borne out in our daily conversation, conduct, and character. There is no greater criterion for Christians. It is the paramount gauge of God’s people.

Dad simply would not settle for second best. He always insisted on several basic rules of personal behavior. “Anything worthwhile costs an effort,” or “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well,” or “Opportunities only come to those prepared to grasp them,” or “Do the thing you fear and so overcome.