Quotes about Consistency

Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us … did not become "Yes and no."… For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. 2 Corinthians 1:19—20

Relief arises from consistency—from being the same person at the shopping mall as we are at Sunday worship.

Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you. Isaiah 54:10

His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! Lamentations 3:22—23

I've been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn't want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.

What do others see when they look at your life? What do those who know you best say about you—your spouse, your children, your friends, your coworkers? Do they see inconsistencies in any area of your life—money, relationships, speech, possessions?

There must be no discrepancy between what we say and what we do, between our walk and our talk.

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.

Children do need the guidance of their parents, and we guide them more by the example we set than by any other way. We need to be firm and sane and fair and consistent—and, above all, we need to discipline in a spirit of love.

Consistency, constancy, and undeviating diligence to maintain Christian character are a must if the older generation is to command respect, or even a hearing, from the young.

One of the real tests of Christian character is to be found in the lives we live from day to day.