Tony Evans (1949 – present) is an American pastor, author, conference speaker and syndicated radio and television broadcaster. He is considered a pastor to pastors and one of the most influential evangelicals in America today. His enormous popularity is evidenced by his radio ministry which is aired on over 1,000 radio outlets in over 130 countries. Some of his most winsome and serious quotes are listed below.1
“Peace doesn’t mean that you will not have problems. Peace means that your problems will not have you.”
“Sometimes God lets you be in a situation that only He can fix so that you can see that He is the One who fixes it. Rest. He’s got it.”
“Sometimes God lets you hit rock bottom so that you will discover He is the Rock at the bottom.”
“Don’t worry about locating your purpose. If you are seeking after God, your purpose will locate you.”
“Trials are to see if you believe what you say you believe.”
“Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do.”
“God doesn’t need a lot to do a lot. All David had was five stones. And all David used was one.”
“God is the source. Everything else is a resource.”
“Jesus didn’t wait until we got better to die for us. He died when we were in our most unlovely state. The person who doesn’t deserve love actually needs love more, not less. If you know someone unworthy of love, that’s great! You now have a chance to emulate Christ, because the essence of His love is unconditional.”
“God’s timing is always perfect. Trust His delays. He’s got you.”
“It often takes the darkness of a storm to show us the light of God’s presence.”
“Don’t magnify your problems, magnify your God…he’s got you covered.”
“God can take the good, bad and the bitter and create a masterpiece called your destiny.”
“People wonder why they have so little of God when God has so little of them.”
“The Bible is the voice of God in print.”
“It’s easier to shape a child than to repair an adult.”
“If you limit worship to where you are, the minute you leave that place of worship you will leave your attitude of worship behind like a crumpled-up church bulletin.”
“Brokenness is often the road to breakthrough. Be encouraged.”
“God can take your most monstrous failures and turn them into triumphs such as you never could imagine.”
“You entrust your money to banks, God entrusts His money to you. How would you feel if the bank took your money and used it to play the lottery or gamble with it? So, how does God feel?”
“Insisting on living in your past will kill your future. Let it go.”
“Paul, we are going to kill you. That is cool, then I will go to Christ. Ok Paul, we are going to let you live. That is great, then I can witness Christ. Ok, then we will torture you. That is fine, then I will receive a reward in Heaven one day.”
“When you carry the WEIGHT of yesterday, it will ruin the POWER of today and the PROGRESS of tomorrow.”
1 All of the following quotes are from the website below:
TOP 25 QUOTES BY TONY EVANS (of 93) | A-Z Quotes (azquotes.com)