I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work in hearts as the Gospel is carried into stadiums, across the airwaves, and around the world.

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

God does not play dice.

If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.

‚You are no saint,‘ says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

It’s very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.

In England, football is a big thing to talk about, but Liverpool, it’s a special place. You feel it when you make your first step.

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination – the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord’s side.

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

I just think that it’s strong and it’s important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it’s about the birth of our Savior, and there’s a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.

Nothing is more dangerous to one’s own faith than the work of an apologist. No doctrine of that faith seems to me so spectral, so unreal as one that I have just successfully defended in a public debate.

No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws.

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Now, we can’t stop the devil from coming against us, but we can overcome him each time – if we exercise the authority of Jesus and decide not to put up with him.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

Saints need sinners.

Don’t complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United.

I serve God.

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle’s light.

He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood – both its power and those who bear it.

I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children.

I believe God’s keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can’t give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it’s peace or joy or satisfaction.

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

If you have faith in our leaders of commerce, don’t buy gold. If you do not have faith in them, maybe you should buy gold or silver.

What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet.

I don’t know about the 2026 World Cup. But I would love to see Anirudh Thapa sending a cross to Jhingan and I would love to watch it from the stands.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

In England, you have stadiums in the middle of the city.

Joe Frazier got hit more than me – and he doesn’t have Parkinson’s.

It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.

As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord.

My problem is I am Christian, so I think other people must have success, too; it’s not about me.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

In the same way the sun never grows weary of shining, nor a stream of flowing, it is God’s nature to keep His promises. Therefore, go immediately to His throne and say, ‚Do as You promised.‘