We minister by a candid declaration of God's truth, not by a deceptive operation of man's tricks. Also, we desire that our lives be a commendation of our message, not a contradiction of it: "commending ourselves to every man's conscience." As we proclaim God's truth, we humbly ask God to impact our lives by that truth, in order to become an example of what we preach.
"SAUL, A MAN WHO ONCE PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS, EVENTUALLY BECAME ONE (PAUL). THEREFORE, BEFORE YOU GET CRITICAL AND JUDGEMENTAL, KNOW THIS: NOBODY'S PAST IS TOO BROKEN OR BAD THAT THE LOVE OF JESUS CAN'T HEAL, FIX, RESTORE, REDEEM, AND USE."
AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT GOD STILL USES THE UNDERDOG TO OVERACHIEVE?!
"START PRAISING GOD NOW FOR WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN NEXT! EVERY NEED WILL BE MET AND EVERY PROMISE FULFILLED!"
NO WORRIES, THE DEVIL'S PLOTS CAN'T PULL RANK OVER GOD'S PLANS! YOU'RE GOOD! BEFORE WE ASK GOD FOR ANYTHING, WE MUST FIRST THANK HIM FOR EVERYTHING!
"WHEN GOD GETS THROUGH BLESSING YOU, EVERYONE WILL KNOW THAT IT IS TRULY THE HAND OF THE LORD THAT HAS DONE THIS MARVELOUS AND MIRACULOUS WORK IN YOUR LIFE. ALL WILL DECLARE, NOBODY BUT GOD COULD PRODUCE SUCH AN AMAZING OUTCOME!" IF YOU WANT TO HEAL AND STAY HEALED, STOP RETURNING TO THE SAME ENVIRONMENTS THAT KEEP MAKING YOU SICK! SAINTS, WE'RE NOT CALLED TO BE FAMOUS. WE'RE CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL. GET READY FOR A FAVORABLE REVERSE! YOU'VE BEEN LAST A LONG TIME NOW, GOD'S ABOUT TO PUT YOU FIRST! WHEN U FEEL LIKE U DON'T HAVE ANY BLESSINGS, REMEMBER UR HEART IS STILL BEATING. WHEN U FEEL LIKE U DON'T HAVE A PURPOSE, REMEMBER U STILL HAVE A PULSE! GOD KEPT U ALIVE BECAUSE HE STILL HAS A PLAN & A PROMISE 4 UR LIFE. BEING ON THE WAKE-UP LIST THIS MORNING WAS NO ACCIDENT!"
Do not say, ‘I am not prepared for coming to Christ’; for I know of no preparation a sinner can make for Christ, but that of seeing himself lost and undone without Him. —
Ebenezer Erskine (1680-1754), The Beauties of Ebenezer Erskine, Pg. 115
"The gospel is all about Christ from beginning to end." – Charles Spurgeon "As the air surrounds you, even so, does the mercy of your Lord." — Charles Spurgeon
"As I read each letter in that Book of God, I worship the eternal mind which inspired it." — Charles Spurgeon
"Lord, we will gladly be cast into the furnace rather than be cast out from your presence!" — Charles Spurgeon
“Now call this power free-will or what you please, [as long as] you make it not supreme, independent, and boundless, we are not at all troubled.” — John Owen
“Sorrows are the constant internal arrow pointing us to look outside of ourselves to find our final relief that can't be found here on earth.”
“If therefore faith is generated in the heart by an external, as well as an internal institution, it necessarily must consist in knowledge; for knowledge is the most proper and immediate effect of such institution.” — Herman Witsius, A Treatise On The Christian Faith, Sect. V.
"From these doctrines [original sin and total depravity] we should learn that sins in the outward life proceed from the sin in the heart, and therefore reform of the outward life w/o spiritual “That which faith comprehends, or at least supposes, is a knowledge of the things which are to be believed.” — Herman Witsius, A Treatise On The Christian Faith, Sect. V. “It is sometimes said that you can't legislate morality, but it is more accurate to say you can't legislate morality.” — Mark David Hall, Did America Have A Christian Founding? 97
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