Kris Vallotton (1200 – 1998)
Kris Vallotton is the senior associate pastor under the senior pastor Bill Johnson at Bethel Church in Redding, California, and travels around the world to minister to thousands of people.
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Honor doesn't mean we agree with the people we are honoring; it simply means we value them as people who have been created in the image and likeness of God. p.118
The nature of love is that it requires us to be able to choose. p.223
Perseverance is the ability to hold our course over time in the face of opposition. p.213
... Scripture shows us that we only have as much authority as we have submitted to. p.204
You can't sin by accident because sin is always a heart issue. p.183
Conviction separates your bad actions from your personhood and reminds you that you are better than you are behaving. p.184
Honor is humility in action. p.119
Condemnation equates your bad actions with your person. p.183
Learning to control your thoughts, instead of allowing your thoughts to control you, is probably the single greatest key to successful living. p.89
The grace of God humbles a man without degrading him and exalts a man without inflating him! p.113
Anyone can give away something expensive, but only those who understand sacrifice can give away something valuable. p.53
Mercy means that you don't receive the punishment you deserve, but grace means that you do receive the blessings you didn't earn. p.182
"...'the kindness of God that leads to repentance.' (Rom. 2:4)" p.221
We don't just honor people because they are honorable, we honor people because we are honorable. p.118
... true love germinates in the soil of sacrifice, sprouts in the garden of surrender, and matures in a matrimony of servanthood. Love isn't love until it has cost you something to give it away. p.55
True humility is born out of an awareness of God's greatness, grows in a heart full of gratitude, and matures in the awe of His passionate love for us. p.113
... slaves obey out of fear, friends obey the Father out of love. p.86
There is no circumstance that He can't change, no hand dealt to you with which He can't win, and no mistake so bad or sin so great that He can't fully restore you!" p.61
... God has called us to be His answer to the world's troubles, not to run from them. p.180
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