We are to live by trusting in the goodness of the Lord. "Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!" (Psalm 34:8). Jesus is the ultimate example of living by such trust.
Many of us are asking God for help. We're crying out for something we need. The question is, can we wait patiently, trusting that His timing is perfect? Can we believe He has our best in mind and is working on our behalf?
"On what basis are you able to take on all that comes against you? How do you know that you will succeed? Because the Lord has delivered, and the Lord will deliver." —Alistair Begg
"Who would have thought all of the massive problems of the world, all of the issues and problems and challenges of our individual lives, find their ultimate solution in the death of a Galilean carpenter on a Judean hillside, AD 33?” —Alistair Begg
It's time to proclaim, not just share. As good stewards of God's grace, we must use our gifts to speak the oracles of God with humility and confidence.
What do we think preaching is but the central act of Christian worship? As a matter of fact, everything else ought to build to the preaching of the Word, for that is when the God of whom we have been speaking and singing speaks to us from His eternal and perfect Word. -Al Mohler
Fear has paralyzed some Christians. They worry about the devil doing this or that. But we need to stop worrying about his next move and instead let him worry about what we are going to do under the command of Jesus Christ. Let’s march on proclaiming the Gospel!
A right heart leans on Christ, hangs on Christ, builds on Christ & cleaves to Christ.
Love for the brethren is far more than an agreeable society whose views are the same.
-A.W. Pink - Little concern over sin is a serious offense to the grace and mercy of God. -John Owen -
I beseech Christ for this one thing only, that He will enable me to endure all things courageously, and that He break me as a potter’s vessel or make me strong, as it pleases Him.
Huldrych Zwingli
"Most Christians, I suspect, do not think of themselves fundamentally as those who are 'in Christ'." -Sinclair Ferguson.
"We can’t change our past . . . We can’t change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that’s our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react." -Charles Swindoll
“Preaching ultimately has an eminently personal object, the Son of God himself. It is not simply ‘Christ crucified’ that Paul ‘placards’ in the preaching of the gospel but ‘Jesus Christ and him crucified.’” — Scott R. Swain, The Trinity: An Introduction, 130. “The Reformation view of justification is that when God declares a person to be just in His sight… it is on the grounds of something that is added to that person. And what is added to that person is the righteousness of Christ.” — R. C. Sproul, Luther and the Reformation, 95.
“Being a biblical man is not about how strong you are. It's about knowing who you are and what you have been called to do.”
“We must, of course, also speak of the Son's human obedience to the Father as a consequence of the incarnation (Phil. 2:6-8), wherein he fulfills his office as the second Adam (Rom. 5:12-21).” — Scott R. Swain, The Trinity: An Introduction, 119 n4. “Distrust springs from such a wrong view of God. You must take heed, therefore, not to entertain any conception of God other than what is found in Scripture.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 87 “… it is not always the case that individuals are comprehensive and consistent in following through their implications, and it is important not to impute a belief in those implications where they are in fact denied by an individual.” Sinclair Ferguson, The Whole Christ, 155.1.
"The Law shows us our sin and convicts us of our condemnation. Apart from the Law, we are only offering people a Savior they do not need for sins they are not aware of." - Kevin DeYoung
"The gospel is all about Christ from beginning to end." – Charles Spurgeon
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