--- title: "1 Sinner Prayer Quotes By J. D. Greear" description: "1 Sinner Prayer quotes by J. D. Greear. Plus more from J. D. Greear and more Sinner Prayer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/j-d-greear-2-26077_christ_surveys-show-that-more-than-50-percent-o_1919860.jpg" --- > [Surveys show that more than 50 percent of people in the U.S. have prayed the sinner's prayer and think they're going to heaven because of it even though there is no detectable difference in their lifestyles from those outside of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/surveys-show-that-more-than-50-percent-of-people-in-the-u-s-have/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/j-d-greear-2-26077_christ_surveys-show-that-more-than-50-percent-o_1919860.jpg) ## More by J. D. Greear > [Don’t feel your way into your beliefs; believe your way into your feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/don-t-feel-your-way-into-your-beliefs-believe-your-way-into-your/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [If you want to be led by the Spirit of God, then devote yourself to the Word of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/if-you-want-to-be-led-by-the-spirit-of-god-then-devote-yourself-to/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [The gospel has done its work in us when we crave God more than we crave everything else in life - more than money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/the-gospel-has-done-its-work-in-us-when-we-crave-god-more-than-we/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/stop-asking-jesus-into-your-heart-how-to-know-for-sure-you-are-saved/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [When we realize how great a debt we owe to God, we become willing servants, eager to be poured out for God and His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/when-we-realize-how-great-a-debt-we-owe-to-god-we-become-willing/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [The gospel points us upward to a God who gave himself for us, backward to the price he paid for our sin, and forward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/the-gospel-points-us-upward-to-a-god-who-gave-himself-for-us-backward/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [Lord, as You have been to me, so I will be to others. As I pray, I'll measure Your compassion by the cross and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/lord-as-you-have-been-to-me-so-i-will-be-to-others-as-i-pray-i-ll/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [God calls us first... not to a platform, but to an altar!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/god-calls-us-first-not-to-a-platform-but-to-an-altar/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/things-like-radical-generosity-and-audacious-faith-are-not-produced/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/god-sometimes-answers-our-prayers-by-giving-us-what-we-would-have/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [At your church, the week is more important than the weekend. Empower people and send them out for the week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/at-your-church-the-week-is-more-important-than-the-weekend-empower/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [Satan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/satan-s-most-effective-weapon-is-to-take-our-eyes-off-of-what-god-has/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [Surveys show that more than 50 percent of people in the U.S. have prayed the sinner's prayer and think they're going to heaven because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/surveys-show-that-more-than-50-percent-of-people-in-the-u-s-have/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [The goal of the gospel is to produce a type of people consumed with passion for God an love for others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/the-goal-of-the-gospel-is-to-produce-a-type-of-people-consumed-with-2/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) > [Worry springs from not being convinced of a sovereign God's absolute love for you. Worry disappears when you realize that God loves you unfailingly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear-2/worry-springs-from-not-being-convinced-of-a-sovereign-god-s-absolute/) [J. D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sinner-prayer/j-d-greear-2/#itemlist", "name": "1 Sinner Prayer Quotes By J. D. 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