Christian young adults and teenagers are not the ‘future of the church’. If they’ve been bought by the blood of Jesus and have the Holy Spirit; they are the church right now! Disciple them, equip them, and empower them to be the church… now!
...good works, which are the fruits of faith...cannot justify us...they follow after justification -George Whitefield
“The bruised reed is a man who… is sensible of sin and misery and seeing no help in himself, is carried with a restless desire to get supply from another, with some hope, which raises him out of himself to Christ.” — Richard Sibbes
Our contentment lies not in his presents but in the presence of the One whose presents they are. In all our trials we are more than conquerors because, as we have seen, nothing shall be able to “separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” #DallasWillard#HearingGod
“When Christ died, he died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.” - C.S. Lewis
Let us tell him that we will be for him, and not for another: let him know it from us; he delights to hear it - John Owen
A single statement taken directly from the Bible may be used in ways contrary to the purposes of God, contrary to any meaning that he may have in mind for us. That is why only the Bible as a whole can be treated as the written Word of God. Hearing God (p. 218).
"Pastor the congregation you have. Equip the leaders you have. No regrets or daydreams, go for resurrections in actual lives." - Jordan Taylor
"We shall bear neither spot nor wrinkle, nor any such thing, but be without fault before the throne of God." - Charles Spurgeon
It's not what you did, but what you could have done if you allowed the Lord to work His will in your life. -A.W. Tozer
Rather than identifying the type of person who should repent when God sends revival, we should cry out, “God, be merciful to ME, a sinner!” Perhaps this is why God withholds revival.
Man's thoughts ought to be governed by God's Word, and his ways regulated by God's revealed will. -A. W. Pink
Sometimes the simplest words are the most important. Though we hike beyond theological foothills to explore the towering mountains of God's thoughts and deeds, we never forget the beauty, and never stop needing the blessing, of the simplest truths. —
Challies, Seasons of Sorrow, 27.
I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word Till soul and body sever, For, though all things shall pass away, His word shall stand forever! Martin Luther
If Satan can’t get to you personally, then his next move will be to try to get to you through those around you. Put on the full armor of God, guard your heart, and be alert to the enemy’s schemes. Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose—to be in a relationship with God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.
Francis Schaeffer
...the voice of Jesus' blood pleads louder for you in heaven than all your sins can plead against you on earth. -Octavius Winslow
“Such bruising may help weaker Christians not to be too much discouraged when they see stronger ones shaken and bruised…. The heroic deeds of those great worthies do not comfort the church so much as their falls and bruises do.” — Richard Sibbes
"I'm convinced that in the Church today, we need fewer spotlights, fog machines, formulas, and simply more humility and dependence on the presence and power of the Holy Spirit." -
Eugene Cho
Peace if possible. Truth at all costs. Martin Luther
“To say, ‘Thy will be done,’ is to say, ‘Thy goodness be shown.’ It's to seek out evidence of God's goodness even in the hardest of his providences. It's to worship him, even with a broken heart.” — Tim Challies, Seasons of Sorrow, 30.
Feelings come and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the Word of God Naught else is worth believing. Martin Luther
"The three miserable consequences introduced by sin—ignorance, guilt, and bondage to sin—required Christ to fulfill three roles for us. Ignorance is healed by Christ the Prophet; guilt by Christ the Priest; the tyranny and bondage to sin by Christ the King." —
Francis Turretin
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