There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with great purpose.
Faith is two empty hands held open to receive all of the Lord.
The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown and failure we may magnify the grace of God and recognize that it is the delight of the Spirit of God to work upon the platform of human impossibilities.
Before we can pray, “Lord, Thy Kingdom come,” we must be willing to pray, “My Kingdom go.”
THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?