QUOTES

NEVER BE ASHAMED OF YOUR AGE. FAR TOO MANY DIDN'T LIVE TO SEE HALF OF IT! YOUR BLESSINGS THAT WERE ON BACKORDER ARE BEING SHIPPED FIRST-CLASS PRIORITY OVERNIGHT EXPRESS! YOU CAN'T HANG AROUND MESSY PEOPLE AND EXPECT TO KEEP YOUR CHARACTER CLEAN! THE BEST PART ABOUT GETTING BACK ON YOUR FEET IS KNOWING WHO NOT TO WALK WITH AGAIN.

MANY DAYS I'VE HAD TO HOLD ON BY A STRING, AND I ONLY MADE IT BECAUSE IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT! YOU CAN'T CONSISTENTLY GIVE GOD LESS WHILE CONSISTENTLY ASKING HIM TO GIVE YOU MORE. HE IS A GOD OF JUST AND BALANCED SCALES. GOD WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A CALLING HE DIDN'T EQUIP YOU TO ANSWER! STAY PRAYERFUL, USE WISDOM, AND BE DISCERNING! FAR TOO MANY HAVE ANSWERED A CALL TO FLESH, THINKING IT WAS A CALL OF FAITH. “WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT LAYS SOMETHING ON YOUR HEART, MOVE WITHOUT HESITATION. YOU NEVER KNOW WHOSE LIFE IS DEPENDING ON YOUR IMMEDIATE OBEDIENCE.” BUILD A TEAM SO STRONG AS A UNITED FRONT, THAT NO ONE KNOWS (OR CARES) WHO'S THE CAPTAIN, COACH, OR STAR PLAYER! "TREAT OTHERS AS SMALL VICTORIES AS THEY'VE JUST WON THE SUPER BOWL! YOU'D BE AMAZED AT HOW LIFE-CHANGING A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT CAN BE FOR SOMEONE WHO THINKS THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NO BIG DEAL!" BE PREPARED! GOD OFTEN STRENGTHENS US BY STRETCHING US! IT MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE, BUT IT WILL GET RID OF OUR WEAK SPOTS!” SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA LET FOLKS KNOW: IF YOU DON'T CHECK ON ME WHEN YOU DON'T NEED ME, DON'T CHECK ON ME WHEN YOU DO! YES, GOD IS INDEED GENEROUS WITH HIS FORGIVENESS, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE TAKE HIS GRACE FOR GRANTED. WHEN HE BRINGS YOU OUT, STAY OUT! BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME YOU REENTER, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT...BEFORE THE TRUMPET SOUNDS! DON'T FOCUS SO HARD ON THE PERSON THAT HURT YOU, THAT YOU LOSE SIGHT OF THE PERSON WHO CAN HEAL YOU. HIS NAME IS JESUS. AND EVEN HIS WOUNDS CARRY HEALING. A STRIPE FOR EVEN THE DEEPEST OF SCARS!

New covenant servants (followers of Jesus Christ) are "earthen vessels" (ordinary clay pots). Yet, in the container of their redeemed humanity dwells "this treasure" (the Son of God Himself). This arrangement calls for the treasure (Jesus), not the vessels (you and me), to be the object of all trust and the recipient of all glory:

Bob Hoekstra

Satan loves disunity, divisions, factions, dissensions, uproars, falsehoods, distortions, lies, compromise, cowardice, distraction, slander, and counterfeits.

Satan hates the body of Christ!

Dustin Benge

The biggest problem in the church is the body thinking the church is the building and not the individuals who go to the building!

A reverent fear of God is the key to faithfulness in any situation. ~Alan Redpath~ Faithfulness knows no difference between small and great duties. ~John Ruskin~

To be like Jesus is to please the Father and abandon self, have compassion, put others first, serving not to be served.

Jimmy O Keef

If you cannot make the world completely pious,

then do what you can.

~Martin Luther~