Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
Grace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God's irreplaceable gift to you.
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.
Sheldon Vanauken wrote that the strongest argument for Christianity is Christians, when they are drawing life from God. The strongest argument against Christianity? Also Christians, when they become exclusive, self-righteous, and complacent.
God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it is not from God. He sometimes brings pain to his children-conviction over sin, or repentance over fallenness, or challenges that scare us, or visions of his holiness that overwhelm us. But God never brings discouragement.
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
How hard is it for God to get your attention? Do you regularly practice turning aside in your day? That is, taking a moment to listen to God- because God, through the Holy Spirit, really is speaking, because we know, every place is filled with the presence of God. There is not an inch of space, not a moment of time, that God does not inhabit.
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
Many Christians expend so much energy and worry trying not to sin. The goal is not to try to sin less. In all your efforts to keep from sinning, what are you focusing on? Sin. God wants you to focus on him. To be with him. “Abide in me.” Just relax and learn to enjoy his presence. Every day is a collection of moments, 86,400 seconds in a day. How many of them can you live with God? Start where you are and grow from there. God wants to be with you every moment.
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?
Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it's a very good thing they are alive.
Every day you and I walk through God's shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they're useful to you and being someone's friend.
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
In a contagious world,we learn to keep our distance. If we get too close to those who are suffering, we might get infected by their pain. It may not be convenient or comfortable. But only when you get close enough to catch their hurt will they be close enough to catch your love.
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