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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The grace of God humbles a man without degrading him and exalts a man without inflating him! p.113
... God has called us to be His answer to the world's troubles, not to run from them. p.180
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
... slaves obey out of fear, friends obey the Father out of love. p.86
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
... 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
We don't just honor people because they are honorable, we honor people because we are honorable. p.118
"...'the kindness of God that leads to repentance.' (Rom. 2:4)" p.221
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
Anyone can give away something expensive, but only those who understand sacrifice can give away something valuable. p.53
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
Learning to control your thoughts, instead of allowing your thoughts to control you, is probably the single greatest key to successful living. p.89
Condemnation equates your bad actions with your person. p.183
Honor is humility in action. p.119
Conviction separates your bad actions from your personhood and reminds you that you are better than you are behaving. p.184
You can't sin by accident because sin is always a heart issue. p.183
... Scripture shows us that we only have as much authority as we have submitted to. p.204
Perseverance is the ability to hold our course over time in the face of opposition. p.213
The nature of love is that it requires us to be able to choose. p.223
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