QUOTES

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken.

~Chuck Smith~

Though we have been raised to life and light with Christ, we can easily become drowsy, lulled into a kind of sleepy darkness. We stop shining with the light of Christ, leaving our part of the world in darkness and our neighbors without redemptive illumination.

A match in darkness is a light to see our path, a night light.

The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things, but that he is good in motive because he has been made good by the supernatural grace of God. #myutmost | utmost.org

Chuck Colson once said, “Christians are called to redeem entire cultures, not just individuals.”

THE FOUR WAYS CHRISTIANS RESPOND TO CULTURE: 1. WITHDRAW FROM IT 2. LOOK DOWN ON IT 3. GO ALONG WITH IT 4. TRANSFORM IT

Jesus does not want you to be lukewarm. He does not want you to be nauseatingly indecisive. Complacency, mediocrity, and apathy are a death knell to a local church, just as they put limits on the individual follower of Jesus. Check your spiritual temperature today!

The Lord hates to see any of us slip into the comfort zone, where it is easy to shift into neutral, cruise and never do anything meaningful.

That’s when our spirits shrivel up, our vision dies and along with it, our hopes, dreams, and our faith. Ray Bently

They tell me I rub the fur the wrong way. I Don’t.

Let the cat turn around!

~Billy Sunday~

The amount you give will not determine the amount you get back." That should not be even a thought. We don't give to get back.

Never work just for money or for power; they are temporary. Knowledge is forever.

“It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.” — Denis Waitley

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” — William Makepeace Thackeray

“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.” — Brian Tracy

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” — Jim Rohn

“I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.” — Martha Washington

"Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will." (Bonhoeffer)

Remember, God can take our messes and turn them into a message of love, faith and hope!

-- Mike Huckabee

The real horror of being outside of Christ is that there is no

shelter from the wrath of God.

~Eric Alexander~

"It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean."

Tony Robbins

"It is not what we get, but who we become, what we contribute, that gives meaning to our lives."

Tony Robbins

"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.

“Spiritual fellowship is not a luxury but a necessity, vital to our spiritual growth and health.” — Jerry Bridges

Though I have never seen God, yet I have felt the presence and the influence of God within my life. I have heard His still small voice and I have seen His power at work in my life and in the lives of others around me. Chuck Smith

Never let go of what you do know because of something you don’t know. Chuck Smith

Everyone recognizes that Job endured his afflictions with patience. The secret of his patience is faith. It is because of what Job believed that he was able to patiently endure all the sufferings that he did not understand. Chuck Smith

An important key to authority is humility.

He chose to be with them in their trials rather than delivering them from their trials. We shouldn’t be surprised when the same thing happens to us. Larry Osbourne

Why was I born? Why were you born? He created us to know and trust Him, that we might dwell with God in the glory of His kingdom forever. Chuck Smith

God is sovereign. Not Satan. Not man. Not God and man. Not world rulers. Not the stars. Not blind fate. Not luck. Not Khama.

The best argument to bring sinners to believe in Jesus is Jesus. Charles Spurgeon The only sin Jesus ever had was ours, and the only righteousness we can ever have is His.

A.W. Tozer

Truth trumps consequences. Ian Hamilton

The preaching of the pure Word of God is the first mark of a healthy church. J.C. Ryle God sweetens outward pain with inward peace. Thomas Watson

When all of my attempts at exegesis fail, I worship. - G. Campbell Morgan No human will is entirely free. It is either a slave of sin or a slave of Christ, but never free. Steven Lawson There is no beast in wolf or lion or serpent that is so brutish as the beast in man. Charles Spurgeon As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived. Charles Spurgeon

“There is a danger of forgetting what one has to say while working out a clever way to say it.” - Augustine of Hippo

“And to an infinite artist, a Creator in love with His craft, there is no unimportant corner, there is no thrown-away image, no tattered thread in the novel left untied.” -N. D. Wilson

"If you wish to attain to true knowledge of the Scriptures, hasten to acquire first an unshakeable humility of heart. That alone will lead you, not to the knowledge that puffs up, but to that which enlightens, by the perfecting of love." —John Cassian

'May the epitaph of every preacher be that of Jacob: "The LORD alone guided Him. No foreign god was with him." (Deut. 32:12)' - Michael Schultz Jr

"An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly." - A.W. Tozer

Having a bad experience with a Christian or a local church is not a reason to avoid the Church or Christianity as a whole. Just like having a bad experience with a nurse or a hospital is not a reason to avoid all healthcare as a whole. God didn’t mistreat you. People did.

WHO CARES ABOUT WHAT "THEY SAID"? WHAT "THEY SAID" HAS NO POWER! THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME "THEIR" WORD CREATED A HEAVEN OR EARTH?! STOP LISTENING TO "THEM". REFOCUS AND DO WHAT "GOD SAID" TO DO!

"NEVER MEASURE GOD'S UNLIMITED POWER BY YOUR LIMITED EXPECTATIONS."

"The Plot of the Enemy Against Your Life Will Never Overthrow the Plan of God For Your Life."

"Don’t miss a Spiritual Connection, hanging on to a Physical Distraction!"

"Ministering IN the COMMUNITY is Just as Important as Ministering OUT of the COUNTRY."

"Not Every INVITATION Deserves Your 'YES'. There's as much a Blessing in DECLINING as ACCEPTING. Know When to Politely Say 'NO THANK YOU'."

The first step towards heaven is to see clearly that we deserve hell. —JC Ryle, Old Paths, Pg. 173

Beware, my reader, if you despise God's Truth you will fall into love with Satan's lies. -A.W. Pink - Ignorance of the Scripture is the root of all error and makes a man helpless in the hand of the devil. -J.C. Ryle -