Often, your most effective ministry will be birthed out of your deepest suffering.
The blessedness of the redeemed will flow not only from the manifestation of the glory but also of the love of God. —
Charles Hodge
I’m not religious.
I’m saved.
Big difference.
Grace guarantees that God will love you even on your worst, most rebellious, self-oriented day. His love was purchased for you, not earned by you.
God’s timing may not be the timing you want, but His timing is what you Need!
Don’t block your blessings trying to teach somebody a lesson!
“There is no little sin because there is no little God to sin against.”
— Thomas Brooks
God is not punishing you. He is preparing you. trust His timing, not your pain.
There is a biblical solution to every problem.
— Jay E. Adams
"IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BIRTH SOMETHING GREAT, REMEMBER, PAIN, PATIENCE, AND PROCESS ARE NECESSARY!"
JESUS DID NOT SAY THAT THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD GO TO CHURCH, BUT HE DID SAY THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD GO TO THE WHOLE WORLD.
"MY DESTINY DEMANDS MY DELIVERANCE."
The work which has been entrusted to Christ is nothing less than that of reconciling the creation unto God.
J. Gresham Machen
“All my hopes and comforts may be summed up by saying, I have a rich and gracious Savior.” -
John Newton
“A man may be theologically knowing—and spiritually ignorant.”
— Stephen Charnock
The Bible is clear, there are only two kinds of people: believers and unbelievers, those who love God and those who hate God.
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner. -
JC Ryle
You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.
Charles Spurgeon
A small church made up of faithful believers is infinitely more powerful in the hand of God than a mega-church full of unregenerate members.
Gospel repentance is not a little hanging down of the head. It’s a working of the heart until your sin becomes more odious to you than any punishment for it.
—Richard Sibbes (1577-1635)
"You know that there is nothing which pleases our Lord more than when we try to be like him."
- Charles Spurgeon
What sweet communion a soul may have with God in the way of His providences. O that you would thus walk with Him! How much of heaven might be found on earth this way! John Flavel You are never healthy, you are never strong, you are never happy, you are never lifted up towards heaven except when you abide close to the person of the Son of God made flesh for you. Spurgeon
The whole Bible is authoritative over our lives, not just our favorite verses.
Dustin Benge
What unspeakable comfort it is for a poor soul, that sees nothing but sin and vileness in itself, at the same time to see what high esteem and value the great God has for him!
John Flavel
I AM STRONG when I stand, confident that the Lord my God is fighting for me.
IT IS NEVER THE WORD OF GOD AND ____________________, FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD.
We will all get knocked down. You can’t stop that, but it is up to you whether you get back up.
We who belong to the Lord have a great invitation to thoroughly express our hearts to Him in humble, dependent prayer. "Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him"
The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.
~C.H. Spurgeon~
The human intellect, even in its fallen state, is an awesome work of God, but it lies in darkness until it has been illuminated by the Holy Spirit.
~A.W. Tozer~
Some feel they are powerless over their impulses and addictions. That is not the case. Jesus is the ultimate "One Step Program." We have been given freedom in Christ. Will you deafen your ears the next time sinful nature screams to serve it?
“What a hollow ring there is to evangelism when it does not overflow from a Christ-filled heart.”
Sherwood E. Wirt
The only safe light for our path is the light which is reflected from Jesus Christ––the Light of the World. The man who has met God is not looking for something, he has found it already. He is not searching for light, upon him, the light has already has shined in him.
~A.W. Tozer~
One of the most significant errors we can make in the Christian life is thinking we can go it alone.
Dustin Benge
If the world understands you, you can be sure that you have become too much like the world.
Steven Lawson
God knows who you are, God made you how you are, God even put you where you are… So that you would seek for Him and find Him because He’s not far from you. Acts 17:26-27
Jason Powell
Have you ever bought an economy ticket for a flight, but for some reason you were upgraded to first class? Did you regret it, wondering what you were missing in the back of the plane? The upgrade from the old earth to the New Earth will be vastly superior.
Randy Alcorn
Whenever the church loses its confidence in the truth, the power, and the relevance of the gospel, it loses any compelling sense of mission.
When impossible odds meet an unstoppable God!
God is faithful
If you are not a son or daughter, then He cannot correct you. If you are in darkness, you are lost, and Satan rules over your life. It is depressing to be a slave of sin—a slave of Satan. Come to Christ, come to the Light, and He will save you!
Raul Ries
I may know all the doctrines of the Bible, but unless I know Christ, there is not one of them that can save me.
~C. H. Spurgeon~
I love it when talking to believers when they use the "B" word. It seems to be almost daily when I hear BUT! Then they will try to make their case. Most of the time they sound good. There is just one problem they tend to overlook some things in scripture.
Life is only lived wisely to the extent that it is spent in preparation for the eternity which follows.
~Dave Hunt~
“However holy or Christlike a Christian may become, he is still in the condition of ‘being changed’.”
~John R. W. Stott~
“What a hollow ring there is to evangelism when it does not overflow from a Christ-filled heart.” —Sherwood E. Wirt
Stay true to your beliefs even while trying to be a good "team" player.
Ready or not, Jesus is coming!
STOP FOCUSING ON THE PAST WHEN GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE NEW EVERY MORNING...
Doctrine is never meant merely to make us knowledgeable, but to make us godly.
~James Philip~
A lot of people allow themselves to compromise far past their core beliefs hoping to avoid a conflict. Others get hurt emotionally because they take any conflict or disagreement personally. Still, others have never learned how and when to walk away in a spirit of forgiveness, before things get ugly. Which area do you have the most difficulty in?
True spirituality manifests itself in certain dominant desires. These are ever-present, deep-settled wants sufficiently powerful to motivate and control the life. . .
A. W. Tozer ~
He will never leave or forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:8).
He will give you strength (Psalm 89:21).
He will work things out for good (Romans 8:28).
He grants new life through Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
YOU CAN TRUST IN THIS!
“Joy is love exalted; peace is love in repose; long-suffering is love enduring; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in action; faith is love on the battlefield; meekness is love in school; and temperance is love in training.”
—Dwight L. Moody
Take a step of faith when God gives you a vision because you trust that the One who gave you the vision is going to make provision. And for the record, if the vision is from God, it will most definitely be beyond your means. • Mark Batterson
When you know who God is you get a new perspective on life.
Chuck Swindoll writes There is a broken heart in every seat of the church If we are preaching to the broken heart we will have full churches
Chuck Swindoll writes: “Loneliness is the most desolate word in all human language….It plays no favorites… yields no mercy… Crowds only make it worse; activity only drives its deeper… There simply is no anguish like the consuming anguish of loneliness. Ask the inmate in prison, or the soldier thousands of miles overseas, the man sitting in some bar last night, or the divorcee in their apartment, or the one who buried his or her life’s companion, or the couple whose arms ache for the child recently taken, or the single career-minded person who works and goes to bed or the married woman who lives with the emotionally absent husband.
Lysa TerKeurst ·
Rejection never has the final say. It may be a delay or distraction or even devastation for a season. But it’s never a final destination.
When impossible odds meet an unstoppable God!
Nothing is more fatal to us than to refuse
to give ourselves in obedience to God.
~John Calvin~
If we tell our young to respect us let's give them a reason to do that.
When we close our ears to God He will find unusual - and perhaps uncomfortable - ways to speak to us.
David Guzik
Those who would have the blessings of God’s testimonies must come under the bonds of His statutes.
~Matthew Henry~
John Bunyan (1628-1688)
Author of the classic Pilgrim’s Progress, wrote in the cover of his Bible, “Either this book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book.”
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.
Mark Twain
What He has spoken, He has done for each one of us, individually.
Not only does God require obedience, but an
obedience which issues from, is animated by,
and is an expression of, love.
~A. W. Pink~
Beware of those dark and confused, and muddy notions of faith, by which so many distress their souls. It is simply the grasp of a contrite heart on the outstretched hand of an Almighty Saviour. —JC Ryle, Old Paths, Pg. 160
The strong man who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows… compassion.” –– Abraham Erskine
Upon a Life I have not lived, Upon a Death I did not die, Another’s Life; Another’s Death: I stake my whole eternity. Not on the tears which I have shed; Not on the sorrows I have known: Another’s tears; Another’s griefs: On them I rest, on them alone. - Horatius Bonar
“All misery calleth sin mother.” –– George Swinnock, The Door of Salvation Opened, Works, 5:179
"God did not give us His gospel just so we could embrace it and be converted. Actaully, He offers it to us every day as a gift that keeps on giving to us everything we need for life and godliness." –– Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer, 5.
"You cannot bring others to Christ unless you have first been with him." — Charles Spurgeon
"In the depths of tribulation, the Bible will comfort." — Charles Spurgeon
"There is only one door to salvation, and that is Christ; There is one way, and that is Christ; One truth, and that is Christ; One life, and that is Christ." — Charles Spurgeon "Consider Jesus, often think of him, try to copy him." — Charles Spurgeon
"The world as we know it, the Bible says, is not as God made it. He made it, and it was good. He looked on it, and He said it was good. He made it in absolute perfection, but man spoiled it." —Alistair Begg
"Life's unfolding story always reveals to us that God is in the details." —Alistair Begg
"When the world is watching, the way we deal with death is an opportunity to proclaim that the King of heaven came to earth and transformed how we live and die." —Alistair Begg
His coming may be soon—today or tomorrow, but the time of Jesus' return is locked up in the counsels of God. Whenever He comes, the event will occur quickly. First Corinthians 15:52 describes the event as occurring "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye."
God makes a person greater than they could ever be apart from His working. God does this because He loves us. He loves us so much, He gave His only begotten Son, who became what we were in order that He might make us what He is. Chuck Smith
Sometimes it’s hard to shine through your own hurts and pain. Ask God daily to fill you with His Holy Spirit and the “light of life,” and your heartache and pain will be eased as you light the way for others. Ray Bentley
The gospel casts out a rope to hale sinners to land; but the sinner has no hands to lay hold on it; his very faith must be wrought in him by the Spirit. - Thomas Boston
"Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.” – J. C. Ryle
As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you. C.S. Lewis
What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand! George Whitefield
The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal for pride. J.C. Ryle
The grace of Christ has in it, potency enough to enable us to live godly wherever we are called to dwell -J.R. Miller - He may look on death with joy, who can look on forgiveness with faith. -Thomas Watson -
You can't go back in time and unmake the mistakes that made you drift miles away from the God, you once knew! But you can stop running away and turn around! It doesn't matter how far you've gone— you're one step away from mercy, forgiveness, and a new life! Turn to Jesus NOW!…
It is altogether doubtful whether any man can be saved who comes to Christ for His help with no intention to obey Him. -A.W. Tozer -
A tried Christian grows rich by his losses, he rises by his falls, he lives by dying, and he becomes full by being emptied. -C.H. Spurgeon
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