Without Worship, we go miserable. - AW Tozer
Worship kills worry. We were made for it; it’s our purpose.
Often, it’s not the devil attacking you. It’s just the consequences of your sin.
Remember this and be encouraged: marriage is less about perfection and more about perspective and perseverance.
Love and truth go together. One cannot truly love without being lovingly truthful. But often, we act lovingly without fighting for truth or we fight for truth without being loving... both have damaging effects.
A machine can do work; only a life can bear fruit.
~Andrew Murray~
Three simple steps: pay attention to God's voice, listen when He speaks through His Word, and move when He calls.
Nothing is trivial here if heaven looks on.
~Vance Havner~
When you fill your thoughts with the wrong things, there's no room for the right things.
I would rather spend my whole life believing God exists only to die to find out he doesn't, then spend my whole life doubting his existence only to die and find out he does exist.
THE POWER OF SERVING
Franklin Roosevelt's closest adviser during much of his presidency was a man named Harry Hopkins. During World War II, when his influence with Roosevelt was at its peak, Hopkins held no official Cabinet position. Moreover, Hopkins's closeness to Roosevelt caused many to regard him as a shadowy, sinister figure. As a result he was a major political liability to the President.
A political foe once asked Roosevelt, "Why do you keep Hopkins so close to you? You surely realize that people distrust him and resent his influence."
Roosevelt replied, "Someday you may well be sitting here where I am now as President of the United States. And when you are, you'll be looking at that door over there and knowing that practically everybody who walks through it wants something out of you. You'll learn what a lonely job this is, and you'll discover the need for somebody like Harry Hopkins, who asks for nothing except to serve you."
Winston Churchill rated Hopkins as one of the half-dozen most powerful men in the world in the early 1940s. And the sole source of Hopkins's power was his willingness to serve.
-- Discipleship Journal, 1987
For us to be ultimately defeated, we would have to be separated from Christ's love for us. We would have to be cut off from the loving care of our victorious Lord.
No spiritual foe can enforce such a separation between God and His redeemed children. Neither can any circumstance of impossibility separate us from our loving God.
Since He may come any day, it is well to be ready every day.
~J. Hudson Taylor~
If we are still here when the Rapture comes, we are going to be immediately transformed and in the presence of the Lord. Amazing!
Many people don't believe they can make a change merely because previous attempts have failed. Or they think change has to be a long, painful process; It's not when you are leaning on Jesus. New actions will produce new results now. Don’t let your emotions dictate the direction of your life or your decisions.
BASED ON YOUR Social media PAGEs ALONE WOULD YOU BE WORTHY OF HIRE?
WOULD PEOPLE BE CONFUSED TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE, OR DO? ARE YOU REAL OR ARE YOU SOMEBODY WHO POST YOU ARE ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS
"Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained, and a person can find every truth connected with his being, if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul." - As A Man Thinketh
Make a commitment to read more of the material that will help you discover who you are. Make a decision to grow. As Jim Rohn also says, "What you become directly influences what you get."
“Sit quietly to find and define your loves and hates. Then write down your whys. Write down your dreams, goals and plans on becoming financially free, retiring early and retiring as young as possible. Once it is in writing, you may want to show it to a friend who will support you in achieving your dreams. Take a look at this paper with your dreams, goals and plans on a regular basis. Talk about it often, ask for support, be willing to continually learn, and before you know it, things will begin to happen.
I have heard many people say: "Money doesn't buy happiness." That statement has some truth to it. But what money does do is buy me the time to do what I love and pay other people to do what I hate doing.”
“We can’t afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be.”
— Denis Waitley
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say..”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One of the marks of superior people is that they are action-oriented. One of the marks of average people is that they are talk-oriented.”
— Brian Tracy
“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”
— Anthony Robbins
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've everything to do, and you've done it.”
— Margaret Thatcher
LIVING IN THE PAST AND DWELLING IN PAST SINS OR CURRENT SINS WILL KILL FUTURE HOPE.
Opposition is not only evidence that God is blessing, but it is also an opportunity for us to grow. Some of your greatest blessings come with patience.
Warren Wiersbe
Some people feel so saved they never serve. Some serve at the hope of being saved. Does one of these sentences describe you?
God is trying to get your attention, but are there "crowds" in your life that are hindering your ability to listen to Him? Maybe these crowds are people, but maybe they are material possessions, or worries, anxieties, or fears that you're holding on to.
The heart of Christ was relentlessly focused on one task—the cross of Calvary. He was so focused that his final words were, “It is finished!” Wouldn’t you love to look back on your life and know you had done what you were called to do?
When God denies us something, even when we have the best of motives, it is because He has an even greater plan.
The bad news is an essential piece of the Christian gospel, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ. If we don’t grasp the bad news of our condition outside of Christ, then we won't grasp the good news of what God has done for us in Christ.
Too often these days, Christians downplay the bad news because we don’t want to put anyone off. But, by ignoring the bad news, we diminish the amazing goodness of the good news.
In one form or another, the test comes to every Christian. It is the smallest of things that sometimes prevents the greatest results. A slight defect in the finest bell and it ceases to sound.
“If you want your life to flow more smoothly—if you want to be more productive, and learn to be more selective, and your prayers to be more effective—then live in the zone: Abide in Christ.” —Steve May
Success is best measured by healthy church growth (including new believers), and that requires the teaching of the word. It's funny how it works: where God's word goes church growth appears -- rapidly. Too often we think programs, slick marketing campaigns, or building projects are what we need to grow. All that's necessary is to preach and teach God's word. We make it complicated and expensive, but it's quite simple.
Of all forms of deception, self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud.
~A.W. Tozer~
To be truly free requires the power of personal discipline and the ability to be obedient.
God says that before you were free, you were a slave, in bondage to sin. When you have freedom in Christ, you have the freedom not to sin. So why would you want to take up that heavy and burdensome yoke again when Jesus says his yoke is light and easy (Matthew 11:28-30).
There is a way to joy. The key is walking with our gaze set on Jesus, even when the way is dotted with suffering. ~
What Jesus offered to those in His day is what He still offers to all mankind today – freedom. Freedom from religion, freedom from rituals, freedom from tradition. What He offers instead of rituals and traditions is to make you free.
What an oxymoron it is to maintain that Christ died for everyone but intercedes only for some. — Joel R. Beeke
“If we do not know who the Redeemer is, we are lost. But to have Him—to have a firm faith in the One who can rescue you from sin and hell-changes everything.” — Glorifying and Enjoying God
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The cure for coldness and hard-heartedness?: “We must bring our cold hearts to the fire of the love of Christ. … We must be always under the sunshine of the gospel.” Richard Sibbes
“When a man is filled with the Word of God you cannot keep him still. If a man has got the Word, he must speak or die.” – D. L. Moody
"As preachers, it is possible to adopt an outward demeanour of great meekness, while inside our appetite for applause is insatiable." -John Stott
"Don't try to be profound and eloquent, seek to be clear and seek to be simple." -David Guzik
'Jesus didn’t say, “I am finished.” He said, “It is finished.” He was just getting started.' - Tony Evans
God uses people who fail – because there aren’t any other kind around. Charles Spurgeon
In repentance, we recognize that our sins aren’t minor infractions, but violations of God‘s holy & perfect law. The sentence on sin is death, & true confession recognizes this. We lie prostrate before God as men & women deserving of death but raised up by Jesus Christ. Adriel S.
A faithful peacemaker is willing to speak the truth regardless of the consequences. John MacArthur
“God has infinite attention to spare for each one of us. You are as much alone with him as if you were the only being he had ever created.” - C.S. Lewis
"Child of God, you cost Christ too much for him to forget you." — Charles Spurgeon
"Huge as this great universe is, God has complete power over it, as you have over the ball which you toss in your hand." — Charles Spurgeon
"If I committed all the sins that have ever been committed, I should not have needed any greater Savior than I have now." — Charles Spurgeon
"If the Lord is your friend, who is he that can harm you? All is well." — Charles Spurgeon
"The present age is so flippant that if a man loves the Savior he is called a fanatic, and if he hates the powers of evil he is named a bigot." — Charles Spurgeon
"It is a mighty power which Christ has set up in this world, a power mightier than all secular states combined." — Charles Spurgeon
"God forgives the ungodly, not because they are good, but because he is good." — Charles Spurgeon
"Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners: forgiveness is for the guilty." — Charles Spurgeon
"The law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride. The gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair." — Charles Spurgeon
"To preach Christ without his cross is to betray him with a kiss." — Charles Spurgeon
"Our God not only hears prayer but also loves to hear it." — Charles Spurgeon
"None have more pride than those who dream that they have none." — Charles Spurgeon
"A good wife and health are a man's best wealth." — Charles Spurgeon
"A Christian must never stop repenting, for a I fear he never stops sinning." — Charles Spurgeon
"Pray for your children. Wrestle with God for them night and day." — Charles Spurgeon
"The gospel is all about Christ from beginning to end." – Charles Spurgeon
"Don't struggle, sinner, after righteousness in your own strength. Fall back and rest in the infinite love of God in Christ Jesus." — Charles Spurgeon
"Avoid a sugar-coated gospel. Seek that gospel which rips up, tears, and cuts, and even kills, for that is the gospel that makes alive again." — Charles Spurgeon
Grace is getting another chance even though you haven’t earned it or deserve it. (You may not even want it!)“ Fritz Ridenour
Everything that comes into your life is necessary. Nothing can be necessary that doesn’t come into your life. Tim Keller
Just a little tolerated sin can permeate through the whole body, rotting it away from the inside out. Chuck Smith
Things may seem to be going all wrong, but He knows as well as we; and He will arise in the right moment if we are really trusting Him so fully as to let Him work in His own way and time, for God has undertaken to work His sovereign will. AB Simpson
Every Christian needs to come to terms with the issue of obedience. True happiness and fulfillment come in obeying God’s commands. David Jeremiah
Abandon carnality. Grow up, mature, and develop through the Word of God. Let it feed your soul. Then walk in love and grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Chuck Smith
God is not looking for more stars; He’s looking for more servants. Howard Hendricks
Indifferentism about doctrine makes no heroes of the faith. —J. Gresham Machen
Often, the most unloving thing you can do for someone is to celebrate and affirm their sin.
"To preach Christ without his cross is to betray him with a kiss." — Charles Spurgeon
If you’re single and wanting to get married…. You can’t live like the devil and expect to attract someone living like Jesus.
If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ. -Leonard Ravenhill -
The purpose of the Bible is to bring men to Christ, to make them holy and prepare them for heaven. -A.W. Tozer -
Run from any counselor that gets fresh and new words from God.
God is always speaking into the chaos and pain of our world. But will we open our Bibles and listen?
"Traditions once called into being are first called useful, then they become necessary. At last they are too often made idols -and all must bow down to them, or be punished!" -J.C.Ryle.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs
"Blessed be God, our calamaties are matters of time, but our safety is a matter of eternity." Charles Spurgeon
“Brotherly love is still the distinguishing badge of every true Christian.” Matthew Henry
Our faith grows stronger during times of adversity than in days of prosperity. The darker the trial, the stronger the trust. Steven Lawson
Oh my hearer, if you are not in Christ you have nothing. Charles Spurgeon
I am His by purchase and I am His by conquest; I am His by donation and I am His by election; I am His by covenant and I am His by marriage; I am wholly His; I am peculiarly His; … I am universally His; I am eternally His. Thomas Brooks
“The remedy for many of the maladies that afflict the Evangelical church in the West is to return to a scriptural view of the gospel—the vicarious suffering and resurrection of Christ and the call to repentance and faith.” Paul Washer
A gracious soul may look through the darkest cloud and see God smiling on him. Thomas Brooks
"The Great Commission begins at home." Burk Parsons
We are raised in Christ, with Christ, by Christ, to be like Christ. Sinclair Ferguson
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. Martin Luther
Is there anyone who knows all our failures and still loves us? Is there anyone who can give meaning to our hopeless lives? Is there anyone who can wipe away rolling tears? Our heavenly Father can! Dustin Benge
Belief in God’s promises sustains us through dark times. Charles Spurgeon
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces. J. C. Ryle
All pangs R not the pangs of the new birth-The tree may blossom fairly in spring on which no fruit is 2 B found in harvest -Thomas Boston -
You can't live wrong and pray right. -Leonard Ravenhill -
Christians spend more time fretting about what the minister should do than praying for God‘s direction in their own lives. —William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 1:292
True strength comes from walking with the Lord. Charles Spurgeon
"God would never permit evil, if He could not bring good out of evil." -Augustine.
If Christ rejects you, tell us of it. If he refuses you, let us hear it. There was never such a case yet. Charles Spurgeon
ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT GOD IS, HE'LL BRING YOU OUT OF SITUATIONS THAT YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO, AND WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST YOU, NOR TELL A SOUL ABOUT IT.
Only Jesus Christ can save and He saves to the uttermost. Albert Mohler
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