The dam in hell may weep their eyes out of their heads, but they can never weep sin out of their souls.
~Thomas Brooks~
The word church as applied to the Christian society was first used by Jesus Himself when He told Peter, “Upon this rock, I will build my church” [Matthew 16:18 KJV]. He [Jesus Christ] is the foundation of all Christian experience.
~Billy Graham~
How freeing this kind of love is! We are set free to obey Jesus with abandon because we are not hindered or inhibited by stopping to scrutinize and judge people. I love what Oswald Chambers wrote: “Jesus says regarding judging…Don’t.”
Oswald Chambers
“If you want to be free, set others free. Set people free to complicate your life, embarrass you, affront your standards, step on your toe s. Don’t be a doormat, but neither be scandalized when people act human. The more you reel others in and try to squeeze them into your mold, the less you’ll enjoy them. To love people is to enjoy them truly, warts and all. Give everyone the freedom to be imperfect. The American slaves were not set free because they were jolly good fellows, but because they were human beings.”
Mike Mason
Don’t be hasty! Be content to walk at God’s pace and follow the leading of His providence God will get you to where you NEED TO BE.
No new Christian is born in a vacuum. He is delivered into the fellowship of the Church. He is baptized by the one Spirit into the body of Christ. He joins the society of the saints.
~Arthur Skevington Wood~
In his book Jesus Man of Joy, Sherwood Wirt celebrated joy this way: “Joy is more than…earthly pleasure, more than what we call happiness. Joy is the enjoyment of God and the good things that come from the hand of God… For many, pleasure and happiness are but fleeting experiences. But joy! Now we move into a different dimension…Joy is not happiness, it is the joy of salvation, the exultation of God’s Spirit in men and women, ‘good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over.’ Joy becomes the ecstasy of eternity in a soul that has made peace with God.”
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I truly believe that within this phrase lies a very important Biblical concept regarding the necessity of dealing with reality -- while at the same time believing God can and will deliver on His promises (which is not always when or how we think He should).
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Randy Alcorn
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God doesn’t use perfect people he uses available people.
If we be married to Christ, and He is jealous of us, depend upon it this jealous husband will let none touch His spouse.
~C.H. Spurgeon~
C.S. Lewis said, “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
It is the whole business of the whole Church to preach the whole Gospel to the whole world.
~C. H. Spurgeon~
The Church is the most complex of all human organizations. It is what we call goal conflicted. One goal is to send people forth; another is to care for them. People are always either getting on a stretcher or getting off ...The Church is like a hospital where sick people come to receive help, to be totally made whole through the work of redemption in Jesus Christ.
~Ed Dalton~
“‘Not called!’ Did you say? ‘Not heard the call,’ I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin.”
~William Booth~
Faith is not something we simply "try"
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A meaningful life is finding and valuing the beauty of God. Once found, we will inevitably respond and give back to Him.
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Our gifts and talents should also be turned over to Him. They should be recognized for what they are, God’s loan to us, and should never be considered in any sense our own. We have no more right to claim credit for special abilities than for blue eyes or strong muscles.
~A. W. Tozer~
God justifies those who believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
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All too often -- we receive instruction, become inspired for a moment, and then move on -- without fully understanding how Scripture fits together. Whenever I read the word "therefore", I believe it is the Holy Spirit speaking to me saying: " don't be in such a rush. Take a moment and review what I've said to this point -- what comes next is really important -- but you will only understand it if you remember what I've already said."
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In proportion as a Church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful.
~C.H. Spurgeon~
“Any church not involved in the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist.”
~Oswald J. Smith~
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