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Acceptance
You must accept the fact that God accepts you.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 50, www.kentcrockett.com )

Behavior and Belief
James 2:19 says the demons believe and tremble. They believe in God, but still act like demons. I've met some people like that.--Kent Crockett
(Kent Crockett’s Quips & Quotes, www.kentcrockett.com )

Bitterness
Bitterness is the offspring of an unhealed wound—whose parents are unforgiveness and time.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 94, www.kentcrockett.com )

Bitterness
The longer you allow the root of bitterness to grow in the soil of your heart, the more love it will devour.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 94, www.kentcrockett.com )

Blessing
Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not "Blessed are the troublemakers." --Kent Crockett www.kentcrockett.com

Burdens
Burdens are the invisible luggage bags that we carry on our souls.
(Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.167, www.kentcrockett.com )

Burnout
To burn out all we have to do is keep giving out until the tank is empty. We go from giving out to giving up.
Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.85, www.kentcrockett.com )

Comfort Zones
God places many of His blessings outside of our comfort zones and then asks us to come get them.
(Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.67, www.kentcrockett.com )

Comparing with others
If we compare ourselves with others, we will become either proud or discouraged—and neither is from God.
(Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.141, www.kentcrockett.com )

Complaining
Some people have enough steam to blow the whistle, but not enough steam to pull the train.
(Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.100, www.kentcrockett.com )

Confessing Sins
We don’t need to confess our sins a thousand times. We need to confess them once and thank God a thousand times for forgiving them.
(Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.54, www.kentcrockett.com )

Contentment
The grass is always greenest in the center of God’s will.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 29, www.kentcrockett.com )

Contentment
Contentment in life is not found in a perfect set of circumstances but by choosing to be happy in every situation.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 31, www.kentcrockett.com )

Contentment
Has it ever occurred to you that the things you now have were once things you were trying to get?
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 170, www.kentcrockett.com )

Conviction
Conviction is when the Holy Spirit shines His light on a dark area in our heart. --Kent Crockett
(Kent Crockett's Quips & Quotes , www.kentcrockett.com )

Coveting
Coveting means I have to have what the “haves” have.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 59, www.kentcrockett.com )

Criticism
As compassion decreases, criticism increases. As compassion increases, criticism decreases.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 113, www.kentcrockett.com )

Cross
People who look at the cross and walk away unchanged do not see what happened there.
(Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.220, www.kentcrockett.com )

Differences
We can be brothers without being twin brothers.
(Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.181, www.kentcrockett.com )

Discipleship
We don’t take up our cross daily to crucify Jesus again but to crucify our selfishness.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 82, www.kentcrockett.com )

Discontentment
Discontentment always searches for the nearest exit sign.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 22, www.kentcrockett.com )

Discontentment
Discontentment points us to a place where God isn’t leading.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 26, www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Doubt
Doubts occur when what we expect to happen isn’t happening, or what shouldn’t be happening is happening. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.16, www.kentcrockett.com )

Evangelism
Jesus didn't say to be cursers of darkness, but be the light of the world. --Kent Crockett
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Excellence
"If you want to know what separates the best from the average, and the excellent from the mediocre, it is working just as hard at what you have to do as what you like to do." --Kent Crockett www.kentcrockett.com

Excellence
"Excellence is taking every assignment seriously for the glory of God." --Kent Crockett

Faith
Everything we do for God is based upon our concept of God. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.60, www.kentcrockett.com )

Faith
Faith is the ability to look past adverse circumstances and see God’s hand at work.
[Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 148, www.kentcrockett.com ]  
Faithfulness
Little things are big things. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.149, www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Faithfulness
God isn’t interested in us being famous in the world’s eyes, but in us being faithful in His eyes. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.142, www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Forgiveness
The only way to forget what we have done is to remember what He has done. (Kent Crockett)
(Kent Crockett, “Kent Crockett’s Quips & Quotes”, www.kentcrockett.com )

Forgiving Others
“We base our forgiveness on what God has done for us, not on what another person has done to us.”
(Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.43 www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Forgiving Others
Every time we recall an injury, we hit the “play” button on the VCR in our minds and we get wounded one more time. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.45, www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Forgiving Others
Unforgiveness keeps us chained to whomever we don’t forgive. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.46, www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Forgiving Others
Forgiveness means we love mercy more than justice.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 107, www.kentcrockett.com )

Greener Grass
“I think I’ve finally located the greener grass. It’s in Psalm 23:2.”
(Kent Crockett, “Kent Crockett’s Quips & Quotes”, www.kentcrockett.com )

Giving
Giving isn’t hard if we love the object of our gift. If we don’t love the recipient of the gift, giving is extremely difficult. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.71, www.kentcrockett.com ) Giving
Giving our money to the Lord proves that we love Him more than the things we could have bought with it. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.71, www.kentcrockett.com)

Giving
If our offering means nothing to us, it means nothing to God. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.71, www.kentcrockett.com )

God’s Will
God’s will isn’t revealed as a blueprint we see all at once, but as a scroll that is unrolled a little bit at a time. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.126, www.kentcrockett.com )

Guilt
Guilt is your refusal to allow Jesus Christ to pay for your sins. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.49, www.kentcrockett.com )

Heavenly Assignments
The few brief moments you live on earth will determine your responsibilities for all eternity. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.51, www.kentcrockett.com )

Heavenly Minded
We should be heavenly-minded in order to be of more earthly good. Jesus was the most heavenly-minded person to ever walk this planet, and He did more earthly good than anyone in history. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.67, www.kentcrockett.com )

Holiness
“When I look into the mirror I realize I’m becoming an old man. It’s only by God’s grace I’m not becoming a dirty old man.”
(Kent Crockett, “Kent Crockett’s Quips & Quotes”, www.kentcrockett.com )

Holy Spirit
"Never forget that the Holy Spirit's first name is Holy." --Kent Crockett www.kentcrockett.com

Holy Spirit
"If anyone is faking a religious experience, God isn't doing it. He's the Spirit of Truth, not the spirit of fake." --Kent Crockett www.kentcrockett.com

Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is our only source for holiness, empowering us to live a godly life.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 123, www.kentcrockett.com )

Honesty
If we don’t own up to the things we do, we are forced to cover up. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.51, www.kentcrockett.com )

Humility
Humility is the key to God’s heart that unlocks His mercy. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.119, www.kentcrockett.com )

Joy
You can't shine your light until you first lighten up! --Kent Crockett
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Joy
“People are paying thousands for a face-lift. Joy will give you a face-lift and it won’t cost you a dime.”
(Kent Crockett, “Kent Crockett’s Quips & Quotes”, www.kentcrockett.com )

Judgmental
Judgmental people have lost their compassion for others.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 113, www.kentcrockett.com )

Legalism
Legalism uses guilt to make other people change their beliefs. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.179, www.kentcrockett.com )

Loneliness
Loneliness is that emptiness you feel when you've chosen to separate yourself from fellowship. --Kent Crockett
www.kentcrockett.com

Love your neighbor
When you swap places with others to feel how they hurt, you’ve taken the first step toward loving your neighbor as yourself.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 86, www.kentcrockett.com )

Loving our enemies
Loving our enemies is not a natural reaction; it’s a supernatural action. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.72, www.kentcrockett.com)

Lust
The only way to overcome lust is through a genuine work of the Holy Spirit in our heart.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 123, www.kentcrockett.com )

Obedience
God never commands us to do something that He won’t enable us to do. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.72, www.kentcrockett.com)

Opinions
If I could design a plaque to hang in my kitchen, it would read, “Not everyone thinks like you do!” (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.177, www.kentcrockett.com )

Offended
Every bitter person had his or her start through being offended by someone.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 100, www.kentcrockett.com )

Opinions
Right is wrong when correct opinions are used to destroy someone. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.182, www.kentcrockett.com )

Patience
“Sometimes God is more interested in developing patience inside us than answering our prayers quickly.”
(Kent Crockett, “Kent Crockett’s Quips & Quotes”, www.kentcrockett.com )

Perception
Satan wants our perception to be based upon deception.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 131, www.kentcrockett.com )

Persistence
Many of God’s blessings are waiting behind doors that are yet to be knocked on.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 142, www.kentcrockett.com )

Persistence
Persistence is the most overlooked means of receiving God’s blessings.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 143, www.kentcrockett.com )

Perspective
See a big Jesus and a little devil. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.77, www.kentcrockett.com )

Plans
Making plans will cause you to act rather than react. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.139, www.kentcrockett.com )

Prayer
God designed prayer to be a courier service to deliver our problems into His hands.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 133, www.kentcrockett.com )

Pride
Pride loves to be worshipped and is greatly offended when it is overlooked. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.125, www.kentcrockett.com )

Priorities
If we get the top button of a shirt buttoned wrong, all of the other buttons will also be off. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.159, www.kentcrockett.com )

Rejection
Rejection isn’t what happens to us, but how we interpret what happens to us.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 44, www.kentcrockett.com )

Rejection
Don’t let rejection stick to the soles of your feet, or you’ll carry it with you to the next village [Matt. 10:14 ]
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 51, www.kentcrockett.com )

Rejection
Choose to view your rejections in a new way . . . God may be protecting you, or directing you to a different assignment.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 52, www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Repentance
Repentance is a decision to want freedom more than bondage.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 122, www.kentcrockett.com )

Repentance
Regret wants to change the past, but repentance wants to change the future. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.203, www.kentcrockett.com )

Self-Hate
To “hate self” means to hate selfishness, not the person God created you to be.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 82, www.kentcrockett.com )

Self-Image
The way you see yourself determines how you believe others see you.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 77, www.kentcrockett.com )

Self-Image
Self-image is the self-portrait that hangs in the gallery of your mind.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 78, www.kentcrockett.com )

Self-Worth
God never gave us abilities as a measuring stick to determine our self-worth.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 80, www.kentcrockett.com )

Self-Worth
It’s not what you say about yourself that makes it true but what God says about you.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 82, www.kentcrockett.com )

Self-Worth
Some people have delusions of grandeur, while others have delusions of worthlessness.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 83, www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Self-Worth
Everyone has equal value in God’s eyes. The homeless man lying in the gutter is just as valuable as the most admired movie star.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 152, www.kentcrockett.com )

Serving
People want good service, but they don’t want to be good servants. (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p.142, www.kentcrockett.com )

Singleness
If God can lead a fish to a man (Matthew 17:27 ), then He can lead a woman to a man. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.6, www.kentcrockett.com )

Sovereignty
Sometimes there is a divine purpose for the things that don’t happen. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.145, www.kentcrockett.com )

Temptation
Just as Superman weakens as he gets near the Kryptonite, we weaken when we get near the temptation. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.33, www.kentcrockett.com )

Temptation
It is hard to pick forbidden fruit from a hundred yards away, but it is easy if you are at an arm’s length. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.33, www.kentcrockett.com )

Temptation
Why do some people have more temptations than others? Simple. They expose themselves to more temptations. Do the math. The more temptations you expose yourself to, the more battles you’ll have to fight.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 124, www.kentcrockett.com )

Temptation
Rather than saying no to temptation, say yes to Jesus.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 123, www.kentcrockett.com )

Trust
If we don’t rest in the Lord, we will become restless. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.111, www.kentcrockett.com )

Trust
The Lord doesn’t always let us in on what He’s doing. Trust fills the gap when we don’t understand. We must give the Father the benefit of the doubt.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 150, www.kentcrockett.com )

Understanding
"Just because you can't understand something doesn't make it untrue." --Kent Crockett www.kentcrockett.com

Ungratefulness
Cursed is the person who is surrounded by blessings but is unable to see them.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 159, www.kentcrockett.com )

Ungratefulness
God has given us far more blessings than we’ve ever thanked Him for.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 168 , www.kentcrockett.com)

Wisdom
If you need wisdom, ask God. God always knows what to do when you don’t. (James 1:5-7). (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997, p.127, www.kentcrockett.com )

Wisdom
"You might not be able to improve your I.Q., but you can improve your W.Q. by praying for wisdom."--Kent Crockett www.kentcrockett.com

Wisdom
"Common sense is the ability to see the obvious. Wisdom is the ability to see beyond the obvious."--Kent Crockett www.kentcrockett.com

Worry
Worry never trusts. Trust never worries.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 135, www.kentcrockett.com )
 
Value
The value of something isn’t determined by how much it appreciates, but by how much it is appreciated.
(Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga , TN : AMG Publishers, 2004, 159 , www.kentcrockett.com )