Turning Points Quotes - Page 3

• Certainly the O.J. Simpson case was a turning point in my career.

  Dan Abrams

  Careers, Cases

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• He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact.

  David Jeremiah

  Children, Able, Facts

  David Jeremiah (2010). “Jesus' Final Warning”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Christian joy is letting Christ live His life out through you so that what He is, you become.

  David Jeremiah

  Christian, Joy, Christ

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• We have been released from the spirit of fear by the Holy Spirit, who has placed us in the body of Christ.

  David Jeremiah

  Body, Spirit, Christ

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Many people are shrinking from the future and from participation in the movement toward a new, expanded reality. And, like homesick travelers abroad, they are focusing their anxieties on home. The reasons are not far to seek. We are at a turning point in human history. . . . We could turn our attention to the problems that going to the Moon certainly will not solve ... But I think this would be fatal to our future. . . . A society that no longer moves forward does not merely stagnate; it begins to die.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Moving

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• When we gather for worship, whether with a handful in a storefront chapel or with thousands in St. Peter's Square, we perform a drama with different parts-speaking and singing and praying and giving money and baptizing and eating bread and drinking wine-all for the delight of God.

  David Jeremiah

  Drama, Drinking, Wine

  Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “Prayer, the Great Adventure”, p.92, Multnomah

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• There are other kinds of joy found in other places in the world, but there is no place where you can find Christian joy except in Christ.

  David Jeremiah

  Christian, Joy, World

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, p.237, Thomas Nelson

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• Your heavenly home was bought for a price, and that payment results in a title deed that can never be lost through foreclosure.

  David Jeremiah

  Home, Titles, Deeds

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• It's also important to develop a burden for the lost.

  David Jeremiah

  Important, Burden, Lost

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• When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, the things of earth grow strangely dim. The values of eternity grow increasingly bright.

  David Jeremiah

  Jesus, Giving, Earth

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• The tomb was empty-the greatest security breach of all time.Yet that event gives lasting security to all God's people.

  David Jeremiah

  People, Giving, Events

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• The greatest lessons to be learned about life, love, purpose, meaning, and priority are to be learned from children.

  David Jeremiah

  Children, Love Life, Lessons To Be Learned

  David Jeremiah (2013). “Hopeful Parenting: Encouragement for Raising Kids Who Love God”, p.43, David C Cook

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• Our impulses toward instant gratification aren't to be trusted. Hoarding our resources isn't a worthy goal. We're created with eternity in our hearts, and our lives have everlasting value.

  David Jeremiah

  Heart, Goal, Hoarding

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• If you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you already have the Holy Spirit living within you.

  David Jeremiah

  Jesus, Spirit, Christ

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Signs of Life: Back to the Basics of Authentic Christianity”, p.61, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return... The coming of the rocket brought to an end a million years of isolation... the childhood of our race was over and history as we know it began.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Past, Race, Years

  "The Exploration of Space". Book by Arthur C. Clarke, 1951.

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• All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever.

  David Jeremiah

  Forever, Legacy, Oblivion

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• Sometimes it helps to begin our prayers by confessing we don't feel like praying-and ask God to help us with our preference to be doing something else.

  David Jeremiah

  Prayer, Helping, Praying

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, p.226, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There is a purpose to our lives, even if it is sometimes hidden from us, and even if the biggest turning points and heartbreaks only make sense as we look back, rather than as we are experiencing them. So we might as well live life as if - as the poet Rumi put it - everything is rigged in our favor.

  Arianna Huffington

  Live Life, Looks, Purpose

  Arianna Huffington (2014). “Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder”, p.22, Harmony

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• I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it

  Lisa Leslie

  Sports, Sunday, Thinking

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• To avoid the trap of the Pharisees, we've got to guard the interconnection between our thoughts and our attitudes.

  David Jeremiah

  Attitude, Pharisees, Traps

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• We don't know what will happen tomorrow, but one thing is guaranteed-God's overarching care for His children. We can be sure enough of that. In a world where nothing is sure, He is sure.

  David Jeremiah

  Children, World, Care

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• The Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy.

  Bryan Magee

  Philosophy, Thinking, Important

  "Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper". Book by Bryan Magee, 1997.

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• We live under the sun, but our destiny is beyond its rising and setting.

  David Jeremiah

  Destiny, Rising, Sun

  David Jeremiah (2004). “Searching for Heaven on Earth Journal: How to Find What Really Matters in Life”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• I don't believe in right-angled turning points.

  Timothy West

  Believe, Don't Believe

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• Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word with boldness. Even when threatened with punishment, he said that he could not help but share the things he had seen and heard.

  David Jeremiah

  Punishment, Spirit, Helping

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Signs of Life: Back to the Basics of Authentic Christianity”, p.61, Thomas Nelson

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