As requested, here is a list of top ten sayings. Actually, I'm not sure this is the top ten. These are the first ones that came to mind. But these are things I find myself saying all the time:
#10 Love people with they least expect it and least deserve
#9 Stop living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death
#8 The church ought to be the most creative place on the planet
#7 The healthiest, happiest and holiest people on the planet are the people who laugh at themselves the most
#6 Irrelevance is irreverence
#5 Criticize by creating--Michelangelo
#4 Live as if today is the first day and last day of your life--Fredrick Buechner
#3 The greatest freedom is having nothing to prove
#2 There are ways of doing church that no one has thought of yet
#1 Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God
A few honorable mention:
#11 Your best thought about God on your best day falls 13.2 billion light-years short of how great and how good God really is!
#12 It's not about what you can do for God. It's about what God has done for you.
#13 God wants you to get where God wants you to go more than you want to get where God wants you to go!
#14 The greatest message deserves the greatest marketing
#15 Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention
#10 Love people with they least expect it and least deserve
#9 Stop living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death
#8 The church ought to be the most creative place on the planet
#7 The healthiest, happiest and holiest people on the planet are the people who laugh at themselves the most
#6 Irrelevance is irreverence
#5 Criticize by creating--Michelangelo
#4 Live as if today is the first day and last day of your life--Fredrick Buechner
#3 The greatest freedom is having nothing to prove
#2 There are ways of doing church that no one has thought of yet
#1 Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God
A few honorable mention:
#11 Your best thought about God on your best day falls 13.2 billion light-years short of how great and how good God really is!
#12 It's not about what you can do for God. It's about what God has done for you.
#13 God wants you to get where God wants you to go more than you want to get where God wants you to go!
#14 The greatest message deserves the greatest marketing
#15 Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention
11 Comments:
Gracias!
Here are some that I keep coming back to:
"There are no great things, only small things done with great love." - Mother Theresa
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of wise men, instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
"'How?' is not a question that keeps people up at night or gets them up in the morning." - Chris Erdman
"He who has a 'why' can endure any 'how'." - Friederich Nietzsche
"Jesus didn't so much practice what he preached as preached what he practiced" - Steve Chalke
"Creativity is the natural result of spirituality." -
Erwin McManus
"If they want me to believe in their God, they'll have to sing me better songs... I could only believe in a God who dances." - Frederich Nietzsche
Other then what you've listed, here are some of my favorite "Battersonisms" (yes it's a word...I made it up today!):
"It's never too late to be who you might have been"
"We aren't human beings, we are human becomings"
"All ologies ar branches of theology"
"You become what you worship"
"Carpe Digital"
I'm sure I'll think of more.
Those are pretty great. I think I've got to start reading more. My top ten sayings are comprised of phrases like "No soup for you", "I need more cowbell", and "Feel free to Google me". It's quite a contrast.
There's something good in all of these Mark but I'd have to say that #13 hit me the hardest. God's got me out in a place I've never been before and as much as I want to want it, I'm still a little scared I'm going to blow it.
#13 God wants you to get where God wants you to go more than you want to get where God wants you to go!
I just find that very comforting.
Bryan,
Nothing wrong with those sayings--especially "I need more cowbell."
I always need more cowbell.
Mark
I like #15 Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.
I just pray that I act on it...
www.bestwebbsermons.com
How about this one...
"Do or do not... there is no try"
Yoda
Hi Mark,
Here's one I use all the time with our people.
"A need seen is an assignment given."
Ray Brock
I dont see anything about the reticular activating system or "pray like it depends on God, work like it depends on you" here ... sad!
Amy,
that is almost assumed. After all, it all comes back to the reticular activating system!
PM
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