"It is all well with Christ's cause because it is in his own hands. He shall not fail nor be discouraged. The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hands." - Charles Spurgeon
It is the duty of every believer to labor after assurance of a personal interest in forgiveness, and to be diligent in the cherishing and preservation of it when it is attained. —
John Owen, Works 6:413
“Christianity has not so much been tried and found wanting, as it has been found difficult and left untried.” So said that insightful and clever Christian, G. K. Chesterton.
The Spirit of the Disciplines (p. 1).
If a man is full of the Holy Spirit, then there is no room for the world, and there is no room for self.
“The Captain of our salvation never fails to lead his soldiers to victory…The souls whom he has purchased and redeemed with his own blood are far too precious to be wasted and thrown away.” — J. C. Ryle, Fighting for Holiness, 57.
By walking with God and trusting in His plans, we can continually remind ourselves of His unfailing love and care. In doing so, we will find peace and strength to face life's challenges with grace and resilience.
"Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love, and the future to God's providence."— St. Augustine
So, if a viewpoint contradicts what the Scripture teaches, we must warn people so they don’t fall prey to it. We must compassionately love them but also tell them the truth.
What we do at home and who we are at home with our kids is more important than any other teaching they get!
Neglect can kill as much as persecution.”- William Barclay
James Allen (1864-1912) wrote: "The aphorism, 'As a man thinketh in his heart so is he,' not only embraces the whole of a man's being but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts." I think James Allen got it right although his "aphorism" is a quote from Proverbs 23:7a: "For as he thinks within himself, so he is." Or the King James Version: "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." The Bible agrees we are indeed a sum total of our thoughts.
The cardinal error against which the gospel of Christ has to contend is the effect of the tendency of the human heart to rely on salvation by works.
~C. H. Spurgeon~
“All Joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer ago or further away or still ‘about to be’.”—
C.S. Lewis
Holy is the way God is. To be holy He does not conform to a standard. He is that standard. He is absolutely holy with an infinite incomprehensible fullness of purity that is incapable of being other than it is.
~A. W. Tozer~
The human tendency to self-justification can make it hard for us to acknowledge times when our anger leads us to sin.
Are you sure you want your personality taken over by One who will require obedience to the written Word? …Who will strip away from you many loved objects which secretly harm your soul? Unless you can answer … yes…You may want the thrill of victory or the power, but you do not want to be filled with the Spirit.
~A.W. Tozer~
The Bread of Life, Jesus, gives us hope for the future. Knowing that we can hold on to Him during the dark nights of our lives and that He will be with us when we wake in the morning and will feed us, nourish us, and nurture us, is what will enable us to carry on.
Ray Bentley
Our authority ends with God's word, and Our accountability never ends...
If you don't have the answers get before God in prayer and read His word!
There is no hope in self, Jesus said apart from me you can do nothing. True hope comes by knowing Jesus and letting Him be your Lord.
Christianity is not about happiness, It's about holiness. God is sanctifying a people to himself and you are being set apart from the world.
Denise Davenport
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