125 Best Tony Evans Quotes to Strengthen Your Faith

1. “God’s timing is always perfect. Trust His delays. He’s got you.” – Tony Evans

2. “If you don’t know the truth, or if you don’t act on the truth, the shield of faith is impotent. In order to have faith, you have to know and respond to truth. And as we saw earlier, truth is fundamentally God’s viewpoint on a matter.” – Tony Evans

3. “When I was younger, I had a terrible problem with stuttering.” – Tony Evans

4. “Having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace creates a stability that even Satan cannot undo.” – Tony Evans

5. “Thanksgiving is not just a warm, cozy holiday. It’s not merely a time of recreation and relaxation and watching football all day. As we give thanks, we need to put our mind, soul and spirit into our thanks and into our praise.” – Tony Evans

6. “Peace doesn’t mean that you will not have problems. Peace means that your problems will not have you.” – Tony Evans

7. “To know whether a man is following God’s Kingdom agenda for his home, the best place to look is at his wife. Does she feel loved, known, honored, and spiritually encouraged in her relationship with her husband?” – Tony Evans

8. “My fellow believers, it is time to return to the Book. It is time to look to the one source that holds the answers for how our country should operate, the Bible.” – Tony Evans

9. “A kingdom man understands that God never said a godly life would be easy; He just said it would be worth it.” – Tony Evans

10. “Disciples are people who operate under the rule of God, and if we’re not operating under the rule of God, we can’t expect the broader society to take God seriously.” – Tony Evans

11. “I condemn racism on all levels, whether personal or systemic.” – Tony Evans

12. “But the true test of a church – and of a man – is not how good it looks, but the kind of impact it makes in the community.” – Tony Evans

13. “Many of us are being held hostage by bitterness because we are not willing to give to others what we have been given.” – Tony Evans

14. “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.” – Tony Evans

15. “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.” – Tony Evans

16. “One of the major problems leading to the breakdown of society is that we have far too many opinions dictating life choices and not enough truth mandating them.” – Tony Evans

17. “Ladies, you do not have to submit yourself to any man abusing you.” – Tony Evans

18. “To carry our cross is to have such a commitment and identify with Jesus Christ and what He accomplished that I am willing to suffer the repercussions of that identification.” – Tony Evans

19. “God operates the world by covenants. Those covenants have specific jurisdictions and responsibilities, not to be infringed upon by another covenant.” – Tony Evans

20. “behind every idol is a demon. Someone may say, “Well, that’s just an Old Testament problem.” No, it’s a New Testament problem too:” – Tony Evans

21. “God can take your most monstrous failures and turn them into triumphs such as you never could imagine.” – Tony Evans

22. “Our God is sovereign. That means there’s no such thing as luck. Anything that happens to you, good or bad, must pass through His fingers first. There are no accidents with God. I like the story of the cowboy who applied for health insurance. The agent routinely asked him, ‘Have you ever had any accidents?’ The cowboy replied, ‘Well no, I’ve not had any accidents. I was bitten by a rattlesnake once, and a horse did kick me in the ribs. That laid me up for a while, but I haven’t had any accidents.’ The agent said, ‘Wait a minute. I’m confused. A rattlesnake bit you, and a horse kicked you, Weren’t those accidents?’ ‘No, they did that on purpose.” – Tony Evans

23. “Our God is a great coach, and he’s got a great playbook.” – Tony Evans

24. “The primary component upon which all else rests in a kingdom is the authority of the ruler. Without that, there is anarchy resulting in mess.” – Tony Evans

25. “You cannot read the Bible and ignore the political realm.” – Tony Evans

26. “You are not fighting for victory—you are fighting from victory. This battle has already been won!” – Tony Evans

27. “Many, if not most, Christians begin with the wrong question of who they should vote for rather than the more important question of how they should vote.” – Tony Evans

28. “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.” – Tony Evans

29. “This is what separates the men from the boys. Because as a kingdom man, you get to name things. Better yet, as a man under God’s authority, you get to name things.” – Tony Evans

30. “Many in our society want the benefits of freedom without its responsibilities and boundaries. They want “God bless America,” but not one nation under God.” – Tony Evans

31. “Racism is not first and foremost a skin problem. It is a sin problem. See, when you believe that racism is a skin problem, you can take three hundred years of slavery, court decisions, marches, and the federal government involvement and still not get it fixed right.” – Tony Evans

32. “As created beings, angels are not to be worshipped, glorified, or adored in and of themselves. The angels were created to worship, glorify, adore, and obey God.” – Tony Evans

33. “It has nothing to do with whether you like God’s rules. It’s not your kingdom. If you want to operate by your own rules, then you need to go out and create your own world. But as long as you are in God’s world, where God has set the rules, you must abide by His rules or you become a rebel against His kingdom government.” – Tony Evans

34. “God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule.” – Tony Evans

35. “Forget about Victoria’s Secret. Here’s God’s secret: The only way to satisfy your wife is by creating spiritual oneness.” – Tony Evans

36. “Religion can be one of the greatest hindrances to faith because it creates dependency on a ritual rather than on the God of the universe who can do all things.” – Tony Evans

37. “If you have faith, you can do what others can’t do, because you can see what others can’t see.” – Tony Evans

38. “When we overcome emotional strongholds, we let go of our need to understand everything right now. We trust God to make a miracle out of what looks like a mess.” – Tony Evans

39. “Church is not for spectators.” – Tony Evans

40. “The issue of race is not an issue of choice. It’s an issue of birth.” – Tony Evans

41. “Because Jesus Christ is a man, He feels what we feel. Because He is God, He can do something about it.” – Tony Evans

42. “The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible the more chaotic things become.” – Tony Evans

43. “In fact, sometimes God will allow you to experience larger problems in life because He wants to unveil a larger portion of Himself to you. People who want to give up on God simply because life’s scenarios don’t make sense could very well be walking away from a new manifestation of God and His name in their lives.” – Tony Evans

44. “The real issue at hand is how God is going to respond to a culture when the majority of the people seek to veto Him.” – Tony Evans

45. “In fact, it is precisely because we have changed books that the chaos in our country has gotten worse than ever before.” – Tony Evans

46. “Don’t wait until you are a big shot to do big shot things.” – Tony Evans

47. “When they wake up in the morning, they don’t say, “Good morning, Lord.” Rather, they say, “Good Lord, it’s morning.” – Tony Evans

48. “A man who brags about satisfying 30 women is immature. A real man is one who can satisfy the same woman for 30 years.” – Tony Evans

49. “Faith is not about how much you believe in what you believe. Faith is about believing that the One you believe in is believable.” – Tony Evans

50. “Every voting choice you exercise ought to be for the candidate, platform, party, or policy that will best represent the values of the kingdom of God.” – Tony Evans

51. “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, Most High,a 2 to declare your faithful love in the morning” – Tony Evans

52. “It’s interesting that, there really is no Proverbs 31 for men in the Bible. Men need the whole Bible, women need a chapter.” – Tony Evans

53. “As a result, socialism and communism, in particular, use government to suppress religion to such a degree as to leave the one true God out entirely.” – Tony Evans

54. “Religious programs, and activities have often blurred and sidelined the centrality of the cross – causing religion to be empty of its core.” – Tony Evans

55. “Faith doesn’t make sense. It makes miracles.” – Tony Evans

56. “Brokenness is often the road to breakthrough. Be encouraged.” – Tony Evans

57. “It often takes the darkness of a storm to show us the light of God’s presence.” – Tony Evans

58. “Don’t you understand, mister, you are royalty and God has chosen you to be priest of your home?” – Tony Evans

59. “To fear God simply means to take God seriously, as opposed to taking God casually.” – Tony Evans

60. “Prayer is God’s backstage pass into a personal audience with Him.” – Tony Evans

61. “One of the rules for understanding the Bible is called “the law of first mention.” This means that if you want to know what God says about something, study the first time He brings it up.” – Tony Evans

62. “God only promises to bless the nation that recognizes His authority.” – Tony Evans

63. “What is the kingdom solution to divisions in the body of Christ along class, cultural, racial, and denominational lines? Be committed to the truth.” – Tony Evans

64. “Is your heavenly Father getting your best, or is He being forced to settle for leftovers? Leftover time. Leftover service. Leftover money.” – Tony Evans

65. “She is a mirror reflecting to you the impact and influence that you, or other males, have had on her.” – Tony Evans

66. “Knowing someone—even knowing God—involves much more than simple knowledge.” – Tony Evans

67. “The truth is an objective standard by which reality is measured; it’s God’s point of view on any subject.” – Tony Evans

68. “Don’t magnify your problems, magnify your God…he’s got you covered.” – Tony Evans

69. “True biblical love is compassionately and righteously pursuing the well-being of another.” – Tony Evans

70. “In order to have faith, you have to know the truth and you have to respond to it. Even having a lot of faith doesn’t help you if your faith isn’t connected to the truth. Faith is only as valuable as the thing it’s connected to.” – Tony Evans

71. “Never underestimate your role as a father. Remember, Dads, that your children’s view of God will largely be dependent on their view of you.” – Tony Evans

72. “If you align your thoughts and your desires underneath His comprehensive rule over every area of your life, you will walk in peace. He will calm your heart and your mind by giving you peace.” – Tony Evans

73. “Many men have come to view the church for its convenience – help me, bless me, serve me, preach to me, sing to me, pray for me, but don’t expect me to be a vehicle to minister to anyone else or join with you to impact the world.” – Tony Evans

74. “When we honor, know, and experience His names, we find the power to not only face life’s circumstances but” – Tony Evans

75. “The exclusion of God automatically means the inclusion of evil.” – Tony Evans

76. “The Bible is the voice of God in print.” – Tony Evans

77. “A kingdom woman does hard things, and sometimes having faith based on God’s Word is the simplest yet toughest thing she will ever have to do.” – Tony Evans

78. “The primary role of the church is to reflect God’s value system in society and to train people in that value system. It’s not the government’s responsibility, nor are they equipped to do that on the most local level where the need exists.” – Tony Evans

79. “Faith is acting like God is telling the truth.” – Tony Evans

80. “One of the major failures of the church is not a focus on building disciples but a focus on building members.” – Tony Evans

81. “Men, God is not opposed to greatness. God is opposed to pride. Big difference. Unfortunately, it is a difference not widely understood or embraced.” – Tony Evans

82. “Prayer is the means by which God has established for God’s people to invite the spiritual into the physical, and the invisible realm into the visible realm.” – Tony Evans

83. “Never has our nation, or our world, stood on the precipice of adversity in such dire need of men answering the cry to rule well.” – Tony Evans

84. “God established the family as the foundation of civilization.” – Tony Evans

85. “Racial distinctions should not be rejected; they should be embraced.” – Tony Evans

86. “God’s Word is perfect, ever relevant, speaking to all issues, for all of life. – Tony Evans

87. “Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical.” – Tony Evans

88. “Ministry burnout is a real problem because it’s never-ending.” – Tony Evans

89. “A kingdom man is “a male who places himself underneath God’s rulership and lives his life submitted to the lordship of Jesus Christ.” – Tony Evans

90. “If all you see is what you see, you will never see all that there is to be seen.” – Tony Evans

91. “God is a God of unity, and where there is disunity and division, His Spirit is not free to dwell.” – Tony Evans

92. “The opposite of faith is not doubt. The opposite of faith is disobedience.” – Tony Evans

93. “Young men need a positive influence, especially when they don’t have a strong male figure in their lives. They can be influenced by a great, godly man in the church, which gives men a great mission in the church to influence these kids.” – Tony Evans

94. “Obeying the will of God takes priority over satisfying cultural expectations.” – Tony Evans

95. “Faith is acting as if God is telling the truth. It is acting as if something is true even when it doesn’t appear to be true in order that it might be shown to be true simply because God said it’s true.” – Tony Evans

96. “Our wives are like mirrors, reflecting back to us what kinds of husbands we are.” – Tony Evans

97. “Biblical justice is the equitable application of God’s moral law in society.” – Tony Evans

98. “We fail to embrace a oneness perspective rooted in kingdom theology, though, unless we, like Joshua, surrender to the truth that God’s kingdom is not here to take sides. God’s kingdom is not black. God’s kingdom is not white. God’s kingdom is not Hispanic. Nor is it Asian, Middle Eastern, or Indian. God did not come to take sides. God came to take over. And until we bow beneath the overarching rules set forth by the Ruler in.” – Tony Evans

99. “A friend is someone who gets in your way when you are on your way down.” – Tony Evans

100. “If God can’t get the attention of the church house, He’s certainly not going to stop by the White House.” – Tony Evans

101. “Putting on the shoes of peace can help you make good choices. God says when you allow His peace to rule your life, He will call the shots. When you’re worrying about what you’re supposed to do, He will calm your heart and your mind by giving you peace.” – Tony Evans

102. “You cannot change the way you feel until you change the way you think because your thoughts will determine the way you feel.” – Tony Evans

103. “The best way to avoid meaningless repetition is to continue getting to know God. The better you know a person, the more the two of you have to discuss. Whenever you learn something new about our great God, include that in your prayer life.” – Tony Evans

104. “Scripture would not only solve the individual and family divisions, but it would also solve the ecclesiastical confusion.” – Tony Evans

105. “Don’t worry about locating your purpose. If you are seeking after God, your purpose will locate you.” – Tony Evans

106. “Simply defined, prayer is earthly permission for heavenly interference.” – Tony Evans

107. “God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority.” – Tony Evans

108. “CHURCH is like a hospital. It’s where people who are sick, broken, bruised, beaten, and battered with life because of sin and unrighteousness come for help. It’s okay if you are here and don’t have all your life together. If you had all your life together, you wouldn’t need to be here. However, hospitals do not tolerate sick people hanging around who don’t want to get better. No doctor is going to keep fooling with a patient” – Tony Evans

109. “In God’s kingdom, we receive life by giving it away.” – Tony Evans

110. “It is possible to be so full from enjoying junk food that you lose your appetite for what truly satisfies.” – Tony Evans

111. “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.” – Tony Evans

112. “We need a right view of the cross. It is both a historical event that can take us to Heaven and a current event that can bring Heaven to bear on Earth.” – Tony Evans

113. “first transform what you think.” – Tony Evans

114. “The cross is to be our point of reference for every area of our lives all the time.” – Tony Evans

115. “A carnal Christian makes his or her decisions based entirely on what can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or heard.” – Tony Evans

116. “That standard is Jesus Christ. He is our banner.” – Tony Evans

117. “The tragedy today is that many Christians think they are fighting flesh and blood in their marital and parenting issues, rather than realizing that Satan has an agenda to destroy their home. Whoever controls the family controls the future.” – Tony Evans

118. “God can take the good, bad and the bitter and create a masterpiece called your destiny.” – Tony Evans

119. “Unity is not uniformity; unity is oneness of purpose.” – Tony Evans

120. “God doesn’t need a lot to do a lot. All David had was five stones. And all David used was one.” – Tony Evans

121. “Even when things seem to be going wrong, they just could be going right because when you’re in God’s will, the negatives are part of his positive program.” – Tony Evans

122. “Here is another indication, then, that divine election is to service and not eternal life.” – Tony Evans

123. “Kingdom women obey God’s Word even when it seems to make no sense. Keep in mind that faith doesn’t always make sense. But it does make miracles.” – Tony Evans

124. “The single greatest reason why we are losing a generation is because the home is no longer the place of the transference of the faith. We live in a day of ‘outsourcing’…Today, we have a generation of people that outsource their kids.” – Tony Evans

125. “The primary cause of this national crisis is the feminization of men.” – Tony Evans

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