Chris Travis > Quotes

“Our Lord is a foot washer, not a controller.”
― Chris Travis, InSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“If we saw things clearly, we'd be begging him to be in a relationship with us. Instead, he comes wooing, pursuing, serving. There is no other god who seeks like this, not in heaven or on earth, in truth or in fiction, not in our wildest dreams or imaginings. Only the God of the Bible stoops, whispers, touches gently.”
― Chris Travis, InSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“The world is a dark place, but the five-o’clock news doesn’t cover the scariest thing about it.”
― Chris Travis, inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“We must grow to understand ourselves and how best to utilize our gifts for his purposes.”
― Chris Travis, inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“One of the reasons being involved in a church is critical to following God is because church is about others.”
― Chris Travis, inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“Father, may your will be done today in my classroom. May it run the way it would if Jesus were teaching it. And not just my classroom, but every class in my school.”
― Chris Travis, inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“It doesn’t matter what someone said to you or how someone treated you. Whether you feel like a success or a failure, healthy or sick, rich or poor. However you happen to feel at this moment, it is always true: God loves you.”
― Chris Travis, inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“In Christ, you are significant.”
― Chris Travis, inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“God puts himself last for us.”
― Chris Travis, inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World

“Trying to get God to do our will is small and lonely. Asking God to sweep us up into his will, to give us what we need so we can do what he wants—this leads to a life that matters.”
― Chris Travis, inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God Is Changing the World