Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ.
God doesn’t work on sense; He works on grace. God called you, and God called me. He knew what He was doing.
Satan knows that the nature of humankind is to act out of how we feel rather than what we know. One of our most important defenses against satanic influence will be learning how to behave out of what we know is truth rather than what we feel.
Sometimes, God may prioritize performing a miracle on our hearts and minds over a miracle concerning our circumstances.
A head full of biblical knowledge without a heart passionately in love with Christ is terribly dangerous – a stronghold waiting to happen. The head is full, but the heart and soul are still unsatisfied.
God’s idea of guarding his heart is to guard himself against diminishing love. He guards his love. Now if that doesn’t become revolutionary I am not saying it right.
Much guilt arises in the life of the believer from practicing the chameleon life of environmental adaptation.
I have picked up on the terminology of Brother Lawrence, who called praying unceasingly practicing God’s presence. In fact, practicing God’s presence has been my number one goal for the last year.
We’re stronger and braver TOGETHER. Do not let this world and this narcissistic culture make competitors out of the very people who are meant to be your comrades in arms.
God desires to change us from the inside out. Renewing our minds, starving our self-destructive tendencies, and teaching us to form new habits.
God desires that we become spiritually healthy enough through faith to have a conscience that rightly interprets the work of the Holy Spirit.
Nothing on earth compares to the strength God is willing to interject into lives caught in the act of believing.
As God took me through the journey that became the Bible study Breaking Free, He taught me to look for a common denominator among the things that triggered my destructive habits.
I don’t just commit sin. Apart from God, I am sinful. My problem is not just what I do; it’s who I am without His nature.
It is not about never doubting, it is about coming out on the other side with twice the faith you had going into your doubt.
There is not a single soul that jealousy looks good on. Nobody! It looks ugly on everybody and it makes us act ugly – it makes us act out of character.
Let’s all wise up. Some of us aren’t fighting the fire; we’re playing with fire. Flirting with the devil. Stop it! Stop it now before all hell literally breaks loose.
The Bible teaches that there are no lost causes. No permanent pit-dwellers except those who refuse to leave.
Sometimes truth is costly but not nearly as costly as deception.
No sin, no matter how momentarily pleasurable, comforting, or habitual, is worth missing what God has for us.