God never uses anyone greatly until He tests them deeply.
God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.
Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.
When our trials come, when we feel pain and suffering, when our tears flow again, it is our joy and comfort to lift our faces heavenward and to go on, standing on the promises of God.
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.
In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church moved to Greece where it became a philosophy. Then it moved to Rome where it became an institution. Next, it moved to Europe, where it became a culture. And, finally, it moved to America where it became an enterprise.
First they came for the Jews, but I did nothing because I'm not a Jew. Then they came for the socialists, but I did nothing because I'm not a socialist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I did nothing because I'm not a Catholic. Finally, they came for me, but by then there was no one left to help me.
...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
Love looks around to see who is in need
The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns them into ultimate things. Our hearts deify them as the center of our lives, because, we think, they can give us significance and security, safety and fulfillment, if we attain them.
God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free gift.
Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.
We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end.
Within the soil of a discouraging season can often be the seeds of incredible blessing, miracles and breakthrough!
We go astray when we think that we can do spiritual work without spiritual power.
Without worship, we go about miserable.
You need to be in a church where the pastors are urging you, not so much to listen to what they say as to turn to the Bible from which they teach.
I want to change my circumstances. God wants to change me.
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.
Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.
Open your heart and invite God into every circumstance because when God enters the scene, miracles happen.
The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
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