As we work together as a team, God grows our dreams into something greater than we can accomplish alone.
~ Dillon Burroughs
Treat people like family because they are.
When God gives you a passion for a particular cause, there is a reason for it, and that reason is not to keep it to yourself. You are called to be a representative for those in need.
Sometimes you are the answer to your own prayer.
When others doubt the power of Jesus, be the one who asks Him to perform the impossible. He often will.
Let us not take what we eat for granted, let us view our meals as an opportunity to give our Lord praise.
Since God exists outside of time, He also has all of the time He needs to personally act in each of our lives. There is never a rush to the next meeting or the next message.
We dare not forget the power of prayer.
Trust is tough. Once trust has been broken by multiple people on multiple occasions, believing in anyone or anything becomes increasingly difficult. Much of the skepticism of our world can be traced back to broken trust.
When Jesus was interrupted, He started where He was and helped those in need who were nearest to Him. There is always another mission “out there”—the next cause, the next city, or the next country that seems to be the most important mission we could pursue. Jesus illustrates that our greatest mission is often the person in front of us.
We want to care most about what Jesus cares most about.
Jesus cares more about our effort than our accomplishments.
We are not saved by good deeds, we are saved for good deeds. Jesus transforms us to transform others.
Be willing to be unliked and ridiculed in order to speak the words of the One who matters most.
Many overlook the fact that Jesus was homeless. He did not only teach the poor, He lived among them.
Do not view the Lord as your temporary solution, see Him as your eternal Savior.
In our modern world, we often separate faith from practice. But the way of Jesus rejects this notion. Only living our faith offers the credibility to teach our faith. Anything less is less that the teachings of Christ.
Jesus rejoices in even the smallest gifts to His children.
Then I read that Jesus was a friend of sinners. This still bothers me. Not because Jesus was a friend of sinners (because that came in really handy in my case). It bothered me because if I'm trying to live like Jesus, that means I'm supposed to be a friend of sinners too.
Jesus came to give us life. We don't have to hang on a cross like he did. For him, it was a sacrifice. For us, it is a gift.
The first miracle Jesus performed was instant winemaking. No wonder people loved Him! He probably received a bunch of wedding invitations after that one.
Compassion without action is meaningless.
When your goal is not fame or notoriety, you can simply show up, offer compassion to people, and let God do His work.
Our God is known for His compassion for the needy, let us be known for it as well.
It is when we experience God most closely that our hearts burn most passionately to show his compassion to others.
The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return.
God does give times of peace in our Christian lives, but it is not all of the time.
God does not remove us from all harm, He uses harm to move us close to Him.
We may not understand why certain things occur in our lives, but we understand who to run to when they do.
May we show great concern to those of great concern to God.
The poor are not a problem but rather an opportunity to show unconditional love.
Many go to great lengths to discover God's will or to hear His voice, yet we only need to open His Book.
The Bible's message is that you matter to God. Our response is that God should matter to us.
The response to stress is not less time in God's Word, but more.
To delight in the law of the Lord is to find our source of joy outside of ourselves.
Your attitude toward Scripture can reveal your attitude toward the Savior. When your passion for God's Word runs high, your passion for God does as well.
Even in our own lives, we often struggle with a God who is real, who created us, who cares for us, and desires to know us. Yet from the start, God has made clear that you and I are made in his image, on purpose and for a purpose.
Atheism is not a matter of the mind, it is a matter of the heart.
Don’t settle for helping those who will help you in return or doing a good deed for others to see. Help others without expecting anything back. Even if nobody else cares, God will notice.
The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our Master.
