"God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as His chisel for sculpting our lives." -Joni Eareckson Tada.
Saving faith consists in receiving Christ and resting on Him as He is presented in the gospel. —Louis Berkhof
The fervor of the church ought never to be dependent upon the eloquence of any man.
The treasure of life is not having lots of money, a beautiful wife, or being famous. Having a relationship with Jesus Christ is the treasure of life. Loving and being loved by God is the ultimate prize. The purpose of life is to know the creator and praise Him
"We ought not to limit God where He has not limited Himself." -Jonathan Edwards.
“The main problem facing the church today is discernment.” — John MacArthur
Sometimes to get your life back, you have to face the death of what you thought your life would look like. God has a good plan in mind, sweet friend. But it’s probably not going to look anything like the one of our own design.
“God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.” - C.S. Lewis
Nowhere in the bible does it encourage believers to wait or look for the antichrist, it encourages us to look for Jesus the Messiah !!!
There is mercy and never-failing compassion in God so that through my own present condition be full of darkness, and I see no deliverance, yet I purpose still to abide waiting on Him.
—John Owen, Exposition Upon Psalm CXXX; Works 6:417
"Realise Christ first, and then believe that he is nearer to thee than friend or kinsman can be, for he pours his counsels right into thy heart." - Charles Spurgeon
"You cannot sin as much as God can forgive." — Charles Spurgeon
I am seen, heard, valued, and loved everywhere I go. I am created for vital connections and not for isolation. My support system is solid and godly. I always partner with productive people. I am valuable, versatile, and visionary. I am blessed!
If nothing in history can be proven the way we can prove something in a laboratory, let's put historical events in their proper contexts.
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, but he prays because his soul is hungry for God. -Leonard Ravenhill
“… the object of saving faith is… a person. Christ himself is the treasure chest of salvation. Receive him, and you receive all that is in him.” — Justin Taylor
It is an error to "conclude that John & Charles Wesley did not believe that there actually exist men & women in a state of spiritual darkness who are satisfied in their sins. Such a conclusion is obviously false." -Ken Collins
Not every storm that climbeth heavenward, overwhelms the earth.
If all creeds are equally true, then since they are contradictory to one another, they are all equally false.
"God makes that which faith depends upon to be more real than anything which the senses can perceive." - Charles Spurgeon
"The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks and bars.” —
Henry Ward Beecher
God's mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water...than diminish the great mercy of God. -C.H. Spurgeon
I cringe when I hear aging baby boomers decry the moral and political chaos that has overtaken our country. No doubt things are a mess. But I wonder if these former hippies have forgotten or simply romanticized the decadent and violent days of their youth. Larry Osbourn
The Bible teaches clearly that compromise destroys! We need to return to the authority of God's Word and its answers. – Ken Ham
We will never be any earthly good until we are first heavenly-minded.
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