Scott Pauley > Quotes

“Many are searching for the right college, the best career path, the perfect spouse, or the next step in life. These pursuits aren’t necessarily wrong, they simply are not as important as pursuing God. Pursue God, and He will bring along with Him every good thing He has planned for your life.”
― Scott Pauley, The Lord Was With Joseph: Learning to Live In the Presence of God…

“How can we expect God to answer us while we are ignoring Him? “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear” (Isaiah 59:2). There is no exception to this prayer principle: “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me” (Psalm 66:18).”
― Scott Pauley, Revival Praying: Connecting our Prayers to God’s Purpose

“The world will judge you by your prosperity; God will judge you by whether you live in His presence. The secret to Joseph’s life was internal, not external. It had little to do with how he was in public or what everyone else saw, and everything to do with his private life and what God knew about him.”
― Scott Pauley, The Lord Was With Joseph: Learning to Live In the Presence of God…

“There are choices we will make, choices others will make that affect us, and choices God will make for us. You have complete control over your choices, a little control over others’ choices, and no control over what God chooses. But His choice is always the right one.”
― Scott Pauley, The Lord Was With Joseph: Learning to Live In the Presence of God…

“God often allows disruptions to come into our world to shake us out of our ruts and routines and to help us rediscover what is truly important in life and eternity.”
― Scott Pauley, Revival Praying: Connecting our Prayers to God’s Purpose

“you cannot pray with confidence while holding on to unconfessed sin.”
― Scott Pauley, Revival Praying: Connecting our Prayers to God’s Purpose

“The greatest thing anyone could say about your life is that the Lord was with you. It is the best epitaph by which one could be remembered. It is the distinguishing characteristic of the blessed life. Do you want to be blessed by the Lord? Remember, His blessing is not measured in material things; it is manifested in His presence. When you get the Blesser, you get the blessings. Many are searching for the right college, the best career path, the perfect spouse, or the next step in life. These pursuits aren’t necessarily wrong, they simply are not as important as pursuing God. Pursue God, and He will bring along with Him every good thing He has planned for your life.”
― Scott Pauley, The Lord Was With Joseph: Learning to Live In the Presence of God…

“The world will judge you by your prosperity; God will judge you by whether you live in His presence.”
― Scott Pauley, The Lord Was With Joseph: Learning to Live In the Presence of God…