Top 200 Craig Groeschel Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “God often guides by what He doesn’t provide.”

— Craig Groeschel

152. “When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.”

— Craig Groeschel

153. “But God does give us responsibility, and it takes biblical faith to do those things in dependence on God.”

— Craig Groeschel

154. “She asked God to use this experience to help my heart break forever for those who don’t know Christ.”

— Craig Groeschel

155. “When you cry out to God for forgiveness, he doesn’t remember your sins. They are gone. Forgiven. Washed away. And forgotten. In the same way that the coal removed Isaiah’s guilt and sin, the blood of Jesus takes away ours.”

— Craig Groeschel

156. “There’s nothing cool about turning against God. There’s nothing fun or cute or right about compromising who God wanted you to be.”

— Craig Groeschel

157. “If God does what you think he should do, trust him. If God doesn’t do what you think he should do, trust him. If you pray and believe God for a miracle and he does it, trust him. If your worst nightmare comes true, believe he is sovereign. Believe he is good.”

— Craig Groeschel

158. “Once we acknowledge that God is the main character, only then can we even begin to get to that place where we’re no longer tempted to let our emotions drive us. We.”

— Craig Groeschel

159. “To those of you who are leading LifeGroups, I want you to know, you are the heroes of our mission.”

— Craig Groeschel

160. “From the outside, everything looked good. But God doesn’t look at the outside.”

— Craig Groeschel

161. “Rather, we are who God says we are: his children. We are forgivable. We are changeable. We are capable. We are moldable. And we are bound by the limitless love of God.”

— Craig Groeschel

162. “Those who have it stick with what brings it.”

— Craig Groeschel

163. “Como un cristiano ateo que lucha, tengo mis preguntas y dudas sobre Dios, pero estoy agradecido de que como el hombre ciego que fue sanado, no me hace falta entenderlo todo para creer.”

— Craig Groeschel

164. “We compare our behind-the-scenes with other people’s highlight reels.”

— Craig Groeschel

165. “Will you have the courage to obey the voice of God?”

— Craig Groeschel

166. “The things closest to the heart of God are often the most offensive to the Pharisees.”

— Craig Groeschel

167. “Remember, to get what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done. But to get what you once had, you must do what you once did.”

— Craig Groeschel

168. “Godliness with contentment is rare.”

— Craig Groeschel

169. “Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.”

— Craig Groeschel

170. “Wherever you are, be all there.”

— Craig Groeschel

171. “Don’t build your ministry on what you’re against. Build your ministry on what you’re for.”

— Craig Groeschel

172. “His famous, soul-stirring “I have a dream” speech will still give you chills and break your heart today. Decades later, long after his life on earth tragically ended, the legacy of his burden lives on, improving lives for generations to come. All because one man allowed his burden to birth a dream.”

— Craig Groeschel

173. “My friends don’t think they’re rich, because they know someone who’s richer.”

— Craig Groeschel

174. “No matter what sin you find yourself in, turn to God. Let Him forgive, heal, and restore.”

— Craig Groeschel

175. “If you pour everything you have into this life, this world, which is temporary and fading, you’re jeopardizing your relationship with God, the only thing that’s eternal.”

— Craig Groeschel

176. “Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him. St. Augustine.”

— Craig Groeschel

177. “How can you tell when the devil is lying? His lips are moving.”

— Craig Groeschel

178. “In fact, if our kids are successful in every normal way, they can still miss God’s main mark.”

— Craig Groeschel

179. “You care because God gave you this unusual blessing: a burden to make a difference.”

— Craig Groeschel

180. “I’d argue that people today aren’t rejecting Christ so much as they’re rejecting the church.”

— Craig Groeschel

181. “Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you have a tendency to drift into habitual sin- and you recognize this about yourself.”

— Craig Groeschel

182. “It’s time to get healed. It’s time to confess. Falling for the bait doesn’t make you the worst person in the world. You were snared. You were hooked. But you don’t have to stay that way. Now is the time to deal with the shackles that keep you enslaved. Today you can leave the prison that sexual immorality has created from your past mistakes. Hear your Father’s voice call out to you above the noisy clamor of our culture. He says, “I love you. You’re free to go now. Sexual sin has no hold on you.”

— Craig Groeschel

183. “Lord, reveal what holds my mind hostage. Show me what I fear the most. Go ahead, help me face what terrifies me.”

— Craig Groeschel

184. “Weird makes you truly sexy in a way the world can never know.”

— Craig Groeschel

185. “She said, “Right now, while we have this time, I’m not going to do any of that other stuff. I’m going to seize this moment and simply enjoy being with Jesus while I can.” Mary made a deliberate choice. She wasn’t being lazy and using company as an excuse to get out of helping her sister with chores. She was choosing to focus on what mattered the most.”

— Craig Groeschel

186. “Ask yourself this question: at the end of your life, is it really going to matter how many Likes you got?”

— Craig Groeschel

187. “Rather than continuing on the normal sexual path toward pain, emptiness, and idolatry, you can allow God to heal you, change the way you think, and place deliberate safeguards in your life to protect you.”

— Craig Groeschel

188. “I’m convinced normal people miss the majority of God’s blessings because they’re too busy to notice them.”

— Craig Groeschel

189. “Who do we believe in more? Ourselves or God? Our actions and decisions will reflect that.”

— Craig Groeschel

190. “Someone said it’s not wrong to have things. It’s wrong when your things have you.”

— Craig Groeschel

191. “This is God’s universe; we just live in it. He doesn’t owe us anything. We owe him everything. What did you make? Nothing. He made everything. For everything you have, you owe him.”

— Craig Groeschel

192. “We don’t even know how to rest anymore.”

— Craig Groeschel

193. “Ironically, we often fail to see that whenever we compromise ourselves to please others, we tend to lose their respect.”

— Craig Groeschel

194. “Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become.”

— Craig Groeschel

195. “While some consider God’s standards as too confining, a true believer sees them as loving and freeing.”

— Craig Groeschel

196. “He is the God who loved you so much that His Son stripped Himself of all heavenly glory to live as an impoverished Jewish carpenter so He could shed His blood, suffer, and die for the forgiveness of our sins.”

— Craig Groeschel

197. “Better a little with God than a whole lot without Him. Better to have fewer houses, cars, appliances, clothes, toys, and bills than to have the whole world and lose your soul. Better something paid for that’s used and enjoyed and shared and worn out than something nice and shiny and new that won’t be paid for until 2019 and that you’re too stressed to enjoy. Better a little with the fear of the Lord than more of what everyone else has. Better than normal, instead of normal is best.”

— Craig Groeschel

198. “How do you think your life might change if you prayed daily a daring, faith-filled prayer of whole-life devotion to the one who gave it all for you?”

— Craig Groeschel

199. “Most of us are living at a pace that is not only unsustainable; it’s also unbiblical.”

— Craig Groeschel

200. “If you’ve messed up big – like me, like Isaiah – congratulations! You’re at the top of God’s talent-scouting list.”

— Craig Groeschel