You don’t need to understand. You need only to obey and then reap the blessings of that obedience.
~ Jim George
God has given you talents and opportunities. Seize them today -- not tomorrow.
~ Laura Story
Our lives, as short as they may be, are a test. And one of the biggest tests we can endure is how we respond to those moments when we don’t feel the presence of God in our lives. I believe deeply that one of God’s greatest gifts is to teach us there is a purpose behind every single one of our trials or problems.Treat them as a gift, an opportunity to move forward and draw closer to God. Problems often times compel us to look to God and count on him, rather than ourselves.
~ Matt Patterson
Sir, don’t make a bigger fool out of yourself because I promise you, if my car is not here when I leave service today . . . just pray for rapture.
~ Jevon L. Mack
An extrovert looks at a stack of books and sees a stack of papers, while an introvert looks at the same stack and sees a soothing source of escape.
~ Eric Samuel Timm
It has always been difficult for Jews to take Christians serious, mostly because Christians lack the fundamentals that religious Jews learn in their youth. It remains an embarrassing fact, that modern Jews can comprehend the New Testament better than modern Christians. There is no excuse for this. Christians have dropped the ball and should be anxious to remedy that neglect. Not only would they benefit themselves, but their community too.
~ Michael Ben Zehabe
The only thing more powerful than words- is the Author who chooses them.
~ K.a. Gunn
Don’t waste your most important resource—your life.
~ Elizabeth George
Death, I've dreamed of it, I've desired it, but what real happiness can come from it?
~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett
Joy is only as satisfying as repentance is deep.
~ Nate Shurden
Knowledge and the study of God's Word is voided by the folding of unwilling hands.
~ Joshua Roman
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”Ephesians 4:4-6 (King James Version)
~ Anonymous
The war is being fought along the line between sin and righteousness in every family. It is being fought along the line between truth and falsehood in every school... Between justice and injustice in every legislature... Between integrity and corruption in every office... Between love and hate in every ethnic group... Between pride and humility in every sport... Between the beautiful and the ugly in every art... Between right doctrine and wrong doctrine in every church... Between sloth and diligence between coffee breaks. It is not a waste to fight the battle for truth and faith and love on any of these fronts.
~ John Piper
Barefoot, exhausted and bloody, Harris Borden turned and left the underground prison that had been his home for the past twelve years and walked out into the Nevada desert.
~ Glen Robinson
Sin is the monster we love to deny. It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven and empowered to overcome sin...but toying with an animal that is actually toying with us is a sure way to lose part of ourselves.
~ Frank E. Peretti
Little decisions over time make a big impact on our lives.
I feel like a little tug in a great storm. But I'm fastened to a great ship on ahead. It's going into port and can't lose its way.
~ Patricia St. John
Face me and learn that I’m not alone, attack and you’ll find that my Leader stands beside me. I will bleed and I may die, but this warrior will not be shaken!” -Regan
~ Brittany L. Engels
God has given you all you need to fight against the enemy.
Victory occurs when you let God fight your battles.
Jesus came to be the light for the world, and then there's the Christmas star and the idea of letting your light shine...But not blinding your neighbor with it.
~ Marta Perry
He does not require that we live a perfect life. He only requires that we try to live as He wills. The only way to fail Him is by giving up.
~ Patricia Davids
So now we pause. Still. Ponder. Hush. Wait. Each day of Advent, He gives you the gift of time, so you have time to be still and wait. Wait for the coming of the God in the manger who makes Himself bread for us near starved. For the Savior in swaddlings who makes Himself the robe of righteousness for us worn out. For Jesus, who makes precisely what none of us can but all of us want: Christmas.
~ Ann Voskamp
I may plan to make Christ the center of Christmas, but when I wait until December to focus on celebrating His birthday, I become entangled in Christmas lights, holiday baking, and festive engagements, often wondering if I've experienced the illusive true meaning of Christmas.
~ Ann Marie Stewart
I long to look at my holiday season with eyes that see the Christ in Christmas.
You are a beloved child of God. But please remember this, too: You are human. You cannot expect to eat perfectly, look perfect, or be perfect. When you stumble, pick yourself up, even if you have to do it again and again.
~ Kate Wicker
If I invite God into my life, I am and always will be good enough.
Oftentimes people expect Christians to be perfect but the reality is...Spiritual perfection is imperfection! God then does His best work.
~ Sanjo Jendayi
And I couldn't tell my mother to fuck off.I'd be killed.
~ Audrey Bell
When you view yourself through the lens of God’s Word, you will better understand God’s love for you and the worth you have in His eyes.
Your ultimate goal for marriage is that both of you—as husband and wife—commit to keep growing spiritually.
Prosperity starts in ones heart not their pocket.
~ Ricky Maye
Most of [her ashes] fell into the river in a long gray curtain. But some was caught by the wind and blown upward toward the blue spring sky where it swirled a moment in the air, before dissolving into sunlight.
~ Kimberly Cutter
If you have never been saved,you need to stop right where you are and admit to God that you are a sinner in need of salvation. Then ask Him for the gift of eternal life that was made available to you when Christ took your punishment and died for your sins on the
~ Jerry L. Ross
I used to think, that when my old inner demons started creeping back into my life, that it was a sign of failure or moral weakness. But the saints have shown me that part of the human condition is to struggle with the same sins and suffering over and over again. Once I accepted the fact that I’d probably always have to be on guard against spiritual attacks related to food and my weight, I began to really recover.
A hero is not measured by the lives that he has saved. A hero is measured by the number of the dead that he did not join.
~ Robert J.a. Gilbert
Some people are only “believers” because they want God to give them things; a thrill, money, spiritual gifts etc. but they never think twice about what THEY can give to God. They are Christian parasites, always wanting more, rather than Christian servants, who are always willing to give.
~ Lisa Bedrick
God’s ways and His will come in His own perfect time.
Only when your inner life is right will your outer life be right as well.
God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.
