Written by Pastor Jack Wellman15 Impactful Quotes about Approval and Fitting In
We all want to fit in – nobody wants to feel like the odd one out. Even Paul says in his letter to the Corinthians, “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.” However, when we seek approval from our fellow man instead of seeking approval from God, that is when the desire to “fit in” can become a problem. We should always seek first to please God – then everything else will fall into place.
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It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation. He does not want to be holy; he only wants to seem to be holy. He is more concerned with his reputation for righteousness than about actually becoming righteous. The approbation of men matters more to him than the approval of God.
- Augustine
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If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- John 15:18-19
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But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
- Luke 6:27-31
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Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.
- Billy Sunday
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Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.
- Thomas Brooks
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God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances - things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
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And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- Philippians 1:9-11
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Fear of man is the enemy of the fear of the Lord. The fear of man pushes us to perform for man's approval rather than according to God's directives.
- Paul Chappell
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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.
- Charles Spurgeon
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True friends face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
- C.S. Lewis
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Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
- Matthew 7:1-2
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Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
- Peter Marshall
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Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.
- F.F. Bruce
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To be loved by God is the highest relationship, the highest achievement, and the highest position in life.
- Henry Blackaby
