My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibili ty of my Savior.
Appearances can be deceptive. The fact that we cannot see what God is doing does not mean that He is doing nothing. The Lord has His own timetable. It is we who must learn to adjust to it, not vice versa. When God's time comes nothing will stand in His way. We can therefore wait for Him with this happy confidence: "As for God, His way is perfect" (2 Samuel 22:31).
How do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.
Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.
God is God; you are but one of His creatures. Your only joy is to be found in obeying Him, your true fulfillment is to be found in worshiping Him, your only wisdom is to be found in trusting and knowing Him.
When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted by God, that He is my heavenly Intercessor - then His blood is the antidote to the poison in the voices that echo in my conscience, condemning me for my many failures. Indeed, Christ's shed blood chokes them into silence!
It is only when we want to take our lives out of the Father’s hands and have them under our own control that we find ourselves gripped with anxiety. The secret of freedom from anxiety is freedom from ourselves and abandonment of our own plans. But that spirit emerges in our lives only when our minds are filled with the knowledge that our Father can be trusted implicitly to supply everything we need.
Thinking that I deserve heaven is a sure sign I have no understanding of the gospel.
Every day we need our gaze redirected from ourselves to God.
Spiritual growth depends on two things: first a willingness to live according to the Word of God; second, a willingness to take whatever consequences emerge as a result.
Humility is not simply feeling small and useless - like an inferiority complex. It is sensing how great and glorious God is, and seeing myself in that light.
The true church is too different for the world to tolerate it.
The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.
Jesus undid everything that Adam did, and did everything Adam failed to do.
Repentance is a characteristic of the whole life, not the action of a single moment.
Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you
There is a difference between going to a service "for the worship" and going to a service "to worship the Lord." The distinction appears to be a minor one, but it may imply the difference between the worship of God and the worship of music!
Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian
The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.
The only thing of my very own which I contribute to my redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed.
Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows.
Until we acknowledge our sin and guilt, we will never come to discover that it can be forgiven.
Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make.
The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional ("I feel full of worship" or "The atmosphere is so worshipful"). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.
God can be trusted even when he cannot be seen or understood.
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