If I want to be a woman of compassion, good boundaries will help me be more compassionate. If I want to be a woman of grace, good boundaries will help me be more gracious. Good boundaries help us keep the best of who we are intact.
The sermon which does not lead to Christ, or of which Jesus Christ is not the top and the bottom, is a sort of sermon that will make the devils in hell laugh, but make the angels of God weep. - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christians rejoice even while they are truly sorrowful - because their rejoicing is in the hope of Heaven. While joy overcomes sorrow, it does not put an end to it. John Calvin
So great and boundless is God’s wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good. John Calvin The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and redeemer.
John Calvin "O may God for Christ's sake by the Spirit, warm my heart and quicken it. I go to prayer." - William Wilberforce
"When you surrender the authority of Scripture, you threaten the very existence of your church." -Albert Mohler.
“I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God; first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” —Hudson Taylor
On the one hand, undeserved success gives no satisfaction but, on the other hand, well-deserved failure gives no satisfaction either. John Calvin
"The story of God's redemptive purpose is not a story of might triumphing over might, but it is a story of weakness triumphing over strength." —Alistair Begg
The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ efficaciously unites us to himself. John Calvin
Your state is not at all to be measured by the opposition sin makes to you, but by the opposition, you make to it. —John Owen, An Exposition Upon Psalm CXXX, Works 6:604
“Our blessed Lord had to endure at its worst the deceit and faithlessness of a favored disciple; let us not marvel when we are called to tread the road marked by his pierced feet.”
~C.H. Spurgeon~
In the Cross, sin is cursed and canceled. In the Cross, grace is victorious and available.
~G. Campbell Morgan~
Among the Sanhedrin were two secret disciples of Jesus Christ–– Nicodemus, who secretly came to Jesus by night (John 3), and Joseph of Arimathea, a very wealthy man. Together they decided to bury the body of Jesus. In doing so, their faith in Christ was no longer secret. The religious leaders in the Sanhedrin would certainly reject them, but they were accepted by Christ, and that was all that mattered.
Jesus, after he had finished his work, slept in a costly grave; for now, his Father loved and honored him, since his work was done.
~C.H. Spurgeon~
We don’t know what happens in the next chapter, but Christian, we do know what happens in the last chapter. Jesus comes…
Christ is much more powerful to save than Adam was to destroy. John Calvin
We can easily underestimate the great value of getting to know the Lord Jesus Christ. Other matters from the world, or even within the church world, can gain our interest and allegiance. Paul saw clearly the precious treasure of knowing Christ.
“God always has my best interests in mind even when His way for me is painful, unclear, frightening, seemingly unfair, emotionally difficult, or mentally challenging. I need to trust, to believe that God does all things well.” —
Nanci Alcorn
The Cross has been & will always be the primary instrument that Jesus uses to draw people to Himself JESUS SAID, “When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself.”John 12:32 As moths are drawn to a light, so guilty sinners are drawn to the crucified Savior Jason Powell
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