"For every blessing that God gives you, comes with responsibility"
We must learn to adopt a mindset that seeks to turn bad things into good and to make good things better until perfection is reached. Even if perfection isn’t reached in your lifetime, what’s the harm in striving for it?
If you’re considering ministry, work hard in the work the Lord has given you today, no matter what it is.
“Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s little nut that held its ground.” —unknown
Trying to “fix” another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.
Are there people in your life right now who need to hear your words of grace, See and feel your love, and encouragement?
Sometimes suffering occurs to get us back on the path -- Jesus' path. The point of suffering is not the pain -- it's to focus us on Jesus -- maybe it's time for you to bring ALL of your focus to Him? Other times people we know are suffering and become open to solutions -- when someone you know is in trouble do you offer worldly advice, or do you offer Jesus? Is there anybody in your life who needs Jesus? What can you do to offer them, Jesus?
If you get too familiar with a leader, you may see their weaknesses and be tempted to think they are no longer anointed by God. Do not lose your godly fear of them and come to the point where you think God is not speaking to them anymore, but He is speaking to you!
Raul Ries~
As we look at a frightening world, we can have courage—not because of who we are, but because God is with us.
βρέφος (brephos)
In Scripture, the same Greek word is used for an unborn child and a newborn child.
God doesn’t distinguish between an unborn child and a newborn child. He sees both as children, who He created in His image. Dustin Benge
“… Christ stood before God as our representative. He assumed the responsibility for our obedience to the law of God, and he assumed the responsibility to render to God satisfaction for our disobedience.” — Jerry Bridges, Who Am I, 23.
“Our safety does not lie in our own hands or strength; for if it did, we should lose it a thousand times every moment.” — Ursinus, Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism, 19. “… in God's way of dealing with humanity, there are only two men, Adam and Christ. All the rest of us are represented before God by one or the other of these two men.” —
Jerry Bridges, Who Am I, 18. "Trust God's knowledge when you cannot understand His ways." - Beeke and Smalley. RST, 1:735
“We are his property; therefore, he watches over us as his own, so that not so much as a hair can fall from our heads without the will of our heavenly Father.” —
Ursinus, Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism, 19.
“It is not wise to learn religion when we should need it. Let us be good cultivators for our souls, by storing up comforts out of the word of God.” — Richard Sibbes
"We take off the emblems of our own authority and status and cast it all down before the King, who, because of the immensity of His steadfast love, has clothed us in a robe of righteousness that we don't deserve." —Alistair Begg
"It's possible for us to be so consumed with a jealous spirit that we find it very difficult to look straight ahead as we live our lives. We're constantly wondering about the person behind us, in front of us, to the left, and to the right." —Alistair Begg
"The gospel is all about Christ from beginning to end." – Charles Spurgeon
"Know God, and you will grow to be like him." — Charles Spurgeon
"Short prayers are long enough." — Charles Spurgeon
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