Quotes about Growth
The church is God's vineyard.
— Heinrich Bullinger
Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.
— Oswald Chambers
As our Father makes many a flower to bloom unseen in the lonely desert, [let us] do all that we can do, as under God's eye, though no other eye ever take note of it.
— Hudson Taylor
God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in.
— Michael Horton
Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.
— Andy Stanley
You cannot go with God and stay where you are.
— Henry Blackaby
I want to change my circumstances. God wants to change me.
— Rick Warren
God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you only knew what God had to take me through to get me to the place where he could use me to be a blessing to other people, I doubt whether you would be willing to pay the price.
— Charles Swindoll
You see, growing in grace doesn't mean doing more or greater things for God. True growth comes in doing the same things over and over, with more heart assurance that we're doing everything for Him.
— David Wilkerson
Don't insult God with safe living and small thinking.
— Craig Groeschel
People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy.
— Andy Stanley