Preachers should never apologize for preaching the Bible. We should apologize when we don’t.
Jesus didn’t die boldly and publicly for you to live your faith timidly and privately
Oh, you thought Jesus would stay dead?
April Fools! #HeIsRisen
If the Bible never offends you, you’re probably not reading it right.
There are typically 4 types of people in any church service:
1. those who are lost & know they’re lost 2. those who are lost, but think they’re found 3. those who are found, but think they’re lost 4. those who are found & know they’re found
Keep all 4 in mind when preaching.
“We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.”
God made many promises to the Jews as a people which were uniquely their own and have yet to be fulfilled. God's covenant with Abraham in Genesis 12 is just as valid today as His promise to us in John 3:16. God is not through with the Jews and He certainly is not finished with you and me.
In the truest sense, Christian pilgrims have the best of both worlds. We have joy whenever this world reminds us of the next, and we take solace whenever it does not.
~C.S. Lewis~
Whatever has your attention, will have your ambition.
When we stop with expectations and accepted people for who they are, things get better. We want to do everything we can to help them succeed. Serve the least.
Lisa Turkherst: Rejection might be a delay. It may be a distraction or even devastating for a season but it's not the final destination because on the other side of every hardship is a resurrection.
We get so focused on the outcome and the future, we say when this happens I will do that and all the while God is moving now.
Be obedient right where you are.
Following after Jesus is better than fitting in~
The spiritual forces that oppose God and his people can and will use anger to cripple us so that we are unable to experience the joy of God’s grace and share this grace with the world. Therefore, we must be committed to dealing with our anger in a healthy, faithful, and God-honoring way.
Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit.
~Samuel Chadwick~
If you have lost hope, check your heart!
Don't talk yourself out of what Jesus put you in, be slow to speak!
“Whenever God does something to you, he also intends to do something through you. Our work in the world is an extension and expression of God’s very identity.”
― Jeff Vanderstelt, Saturate: Being Disciples of Jesus in the Everyday Stuff of Life
“Our job is not to be Jesus. Our job is to believe Jesus, depend on Jesus and submit to Jesus working in and through us to accomplish his work.”
― Jeff Vanderstelt, Saturate: Being Disciples of Jesus in the Everyday Stuff of Life
“Jesus didn’t call us to merely make a decision for him. He doesn’t need our vote of approval. He doesn’t want deciders. He wants disciples—people who are devoted to becoming more and more like him in everything, every day.”
― Jeff Vanderstelt, Saturate: Being Disciples of Jesus in the Everyday Stuff of Life
It is through the Lord (His influence, direction, and inspiration) that we ultimately find strength, hope, joy, peace, understanding, and comfort regardless of our present circumstances.
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