Quotes about Perspective

As we will soon discover, admitting we are not God—not in control, not running anything, not responsible for everyone's well-being, not the solution for everything and everyone, not at the center of all things—doesn't belittle us; it frees us.

Worship is simply a shift of attention that allows us to see God better. Worship is like corrective lenses for our souls, bringing God clearer into view. That's important for all of us, especially when life goes off the rails. Worship puts God in focus. When the Almighty is in view, our giant's power over our thinking begins to flicker and fade.

Learning to let God help you keep your cool during the little stuff makes it easier to keep your cool when the big things come around.

I don't fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

We become wiser by adversity prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Remember in the midst of your most grievous afflictions that the worst state of a believer is better than the best state of an unbeliever.

In essence he declared, "If I have to choose between Your presence and Your blessing, I'll take Your presence—even if it's in a place of lack and hardship—over Your blessing in a great environment.

Some scholars believe there have been approximately two billion Christians on this earth from the time of Jesus's resurrection until this day. The chances are very slim, but if it so happens that you're the least of those two billion believers, you're still greater than John the Baptist—which means you're greater than Daniel. The questions that now arise are, do you really know who you are?

They now see with Heaven's eyes the schemes, traps, enticements, and entertainments of the world in a new way. So