If you would have the life holy before men, let the heart be pure before God.
~Thomas Manton~
Choosing an eternal perspective is a spiritual discipline that makes stress yield to God’s peace. Does that mean we will float through each day without facing trials, defeats, enemies or impossibilities? No – but it does mean that the backdrop against which we view those dark moments will be replaced with the truth that there is an eternal purpose in every pain and that is through the struggle out of that darkness that we gain the strength to fly and become all God created us to be – now and forever.
In the difficult times we face, many of us have problems that push us to the point of desperation. It is my prayer that instead of desperation defeating you, it motivates you to seek help. Whether God Himself provides your deliverance, or He uses someone else, trust He already has a plan to help.
The empty places in our hearts were created to be filled by God alone. The deepest thirst of our soul can only be quenched by Him. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Two are better than one when your better half is Jesus Christ.
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." Albert Einstein.
"It was the purpose of God from the very beginning to put together a people who are His very own, and it is the utterly undeserved privilege of each of us who names the name of Christ to be included in that community." —Alistair Begg
"Your marriage will either expand your ministry or diminish your ministry, but it’ll never be neutral." —Hershael York
"A culture of unbelief should never surprise us. It is the normal human response to the Gospel." —Colin Smith
"Make sure that your character fits your calling—that your personal and your pastoral life is consistent with your preaching life." –Hershael York
"Expository preaching is not for lazy men." —Hershael York
"To contend means to struggle. It does not mean the same as being contentious." —Alistair Begg
"The pastors that have been the best in encouraging the church, I think, are those people who have managed to speak most of the love of God…" –Alistair Begg
"We have no freedom to believe anything other than what Jesus taught. We have no freedom to behave in any other way than He demands." –Alistair Begg
"Loyalty to the anointed king meant, on the part of Jonathan, the rejection of his father." —
Alistair Begg
"Either we change our view of God to fit our immoral choices, or we bring our immoral tendencies under the jurisdiction of God." —Alistair Begg
"No one is so privileged as to bypass the need for conversion." —Alistair Begg
"Jesus came to save us from sin but for glory." —Hershael York
"It’s a fearful thing to one day stand before the Chief Shepherd and have to give an account for mistreating His sheep." —Hershael York
"It's far easier to love the idea of pastoring than it is to love the labor of pastoring." —
Hershael York
"People can tell when a man talks about faith without exercising faith." —Colin Smith
"Are you wholly convinced that you need the help of God to do what He has called you to do?" —Colin Smith
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