Quotes about Intentional

Churches need to be intentional about reaching the next generation by creating templates for young people to see that there is a stepping stone for leadership in this church.

But, more specifically, you make a conscious choice to absorb the cost yourself.

Our desires are the roots of the self-life in all of us. And until we, in conjunction with the grace of God, have made an intentional decision not to allow our desires to be the center of our lives, we can never have the kind of faith that will lead us to the life of abundant sufficiency in God.

With the practice of intentional gratitude, there is no time for regrets about the past, or worries about the future. There is only thankfulness for the here and now.

Marriage is a good thing, and being intentional about your pursuit of it is commendable, not shameful.

People who marry well aren't lucky in love. They're intentional in their path.

I think they [ monastic folks ] were going to the desert to build a new society and in a sense to build a new world, a new culture together where it was easier to be good and holy.

Forgiveness is manifested mercy; it is live in action - not love based on a feeling, but love based on a decision, an intentional choice to obey God.

God never prefabs or mass-produces people. No slapdash shaping. "I make all things new," he declares (Rev. 21:5 NKJV). He didn't hand you your granddad's bag or your aunt's life; he personally and deliberately packed you. . .

His words never rushed but were selected, chewed over, released into the air as if the best choice possible had been made.

Have we harvested with the margins in mind? Do we intentionally serve people on the edge?

From the very beginning, God geared the faith walk to be relational, not informational. The latter was always intended for the sake of the former.