Since God made all things, nothing outside himself can dictate his plans. He alone forms the plan of the ages. John Piper
Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one’s will to God in deep humility. ~Charles Finney~
It can be pretty scary when we add anything extra or place conditions upon God's grace. What God wants of us is faith, belief, and trust in Him and the work He has already done. That's enough for me.
We cannot expect the world to believe that the Father sent the Son, that Jesus’ claims are true, and that Christianity is true unless the world sees some reality of the oneness of true Christians. ~Frances Schaeffer~
Millions who have rejected the Christian gospel have generally been too busy and too involved to ask themselves a simple question: "What really is God's intention toward me?" They could have found the plain and simple answer given by the Apostle John: "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world through him might be saved." This is a gravely significant message from the heart of God Himself! Yet, even in the full light it provides, people are indifferent. Upon our eyes there seems to have fallen a strange dimness; within our ears, a strange dullness. It is a wonder, and a terrible responsibility, that we should have this message in our possession and be so little stirred about it! I confess that it is very hard for me to accept the fact that it is now very rare for anyone to come into the house of God, silently confessing: "Dear Lord, I am ready and willing to hear what you will speak to me today!"
A. W. Tozer Sermon: Christ Came to Save
Businesses don't define how we are to think, they only reflect our interests.
In the fifties one of the most popular magazines in the United States was LIFE. In the sixties it was PEOPLE; in the seventies, the magazine was called US; and in the eighties it was SELF. Enter the internet age and the nineties and it is no longer a magazine. We graduated first to AOL which is both a news and information service, as well as a means of communication with others ("you've got mail"). In recent years MY SPACE ("a place for friends") and YOUTUBE ("broadcast yourself") topped the charts in terms of popularity, especially among young people. Then came FACEBOOK which, after only two years, had tens of millions of subscribers and was worth more than a billion dollars. And what, you might ask, does FACEBOOK sell that makes their product so valuable? As the company states: "A social utility that connects you with the people around you."
I’ve discovered over the years that no amount of outward success can give you inward acceptance. I’ve only been able to find that in the comfort of the One who will never reject me — Jesus. The One who will sit with me and remind me rejection from people doesn’t equal rejection from God. The One who whispers to my heart, “The voices of shame and rejection can come at you but they don’t have to reside in you.”
When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, stutter, hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the Gospel of which we have any cause to be ashamed. ~C.H. Spurgeon~
A Christian marriage is not bliss it takes work
Ruth Graham was asked in an interview have you ever considered divorcing Billy Graham and she said no, murder yes...
Shakespeare Quotes: The course of true love never did run smoothly *
A good marriage takes time but so does a bad one!
Make time for each other, and put it on the calendar if you have to
It is not always what you say but how you say it, even the right thing will not be received.
Build up or tier down, affirm or assault!
Be who you are at home as you are at work, Be nice even if!
"Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be the other people."- Zig Ziglar
Don't pretend to have faith that you don't have. Come honestly as you are. And Jesus said if you have faith like a mustard seed you can move mountains (see Matthew 17:20).
I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in lovingkindness and in compassion, and I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the LORD.” Hosea 2:19-20
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