Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion –it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.
~Billy Graham~
Great is the cost of devotion, but cheap is the price of betrayal.
the day will come when creation is restored and renewed. On that day, we will experience work as God intended it to be. That is part of our future hope in Christ.
To have the word of Christ at home in your heart and mind in all of its richness, you need to be familiar with what the Scriptures say.
The man who loves and understands the will of God will not want anything outside of it.
~A.W. Tozer~
The Bible teaches us to die to our flesh and pick up the cross. The fruits we bear speak louder than words. When we practice pride, envy, and anger, we are not drawing people closer to Christ, we are pushing them away.
When we have “I don’t know why” situations in life, we have to make the hard choice to settle our minds with what we do know. Otherwise, the "I don’t know whys" will sweep us away into treacherous currents of doubt and disillusionment.
“Any good marriage is the secret territory, a necessary white space on society’s map. What others don’t know about it is what makes it yours.”
― Stephen King
When you understand what is best, you will neither offend nor take offense but will be filled with the fruit of the Spirit. Abounding in love will prompt you to live a useful life with the holiest of conduct.
The Quaker Thomas Kelly wrote in his Testament of Devotion, “There is a way of ordering our mental lives on more than one level at once. On one level we can be thinking, discussing, seeing, calculating, and meeting all the demands of external affairs. But deep within, behind the scenes, at a profound level, we may also be in prayer and adoration, song and worship, and a gentle receptiveness to divine breathings.”
God sent Jesus down to earth to die on the cross because He no longer wanted you to be alienated from Him, but wanted to have that relationship and fellowship restored.
Our awareness of His presence may falter, but the reality of his presence never changes. What if our daily communion never ceased? Would it be possible to live—minute by minute—in the presence of God? Is such a goal realistic? Within reach? If we are to be just like Jesus, you and I will strive for constant fellowship with God! -From Just Like Jesus
To trust in matters of things unseen is not a matter of blind faith. It is not credulity. It is a reasonable faith. ~R. C. Sproul~
Serving is our greatest honor as a believer. Jesus told Peter if he did not let Him wash his feet, he would have no part with him. When Peter recognized what the Lord was saying, Peter said not my feet only Lord. In other words, Peter was saying Lord to have me in your life and you in mine, give me a bath. This display of serving the least is our example to follow.
As believers, we have the ultimate hope that although we suffer and endure now, a time is coming when Jesus Christ will put a stop to all the hatred, all the evil, and all the suffering. And we who have put our faith in Him will be changed!
We will suffer now, just as Christ suffered. Yes, we will be rejected and feel the pain of rejection. But thankfully it won't last forever (though sometimes it feels that way)!
Scripture tells us Christianity is not a movement to enforce obedience to government, and it's not a call to action in order to change laws or clean up the streets of our cities. Rather, it speaks of God's power. His never-ending love and plan for the salvation of mankind.
Sin is like a seed—to cover it is to cultivate it.
Ask yourself one question, does it make sense?
“It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.” — Denis Waitley
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