As God’s children, we are not to be observers; we’re to participate actively in the Lord’s work. Spectators sit and watch, but we are called to use our spiritual gifts and serve continually.
Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.
In thinking about His many blessings, you view God’s work from a new perspective.
Attitude and the spirit in which we communicate are as important as the words we say.
A man can preach no better than he prays.
If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.
If God has positioned us in a certain place, we must leave all the details to Him.
God’s arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won’t let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement.
Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time.
Helen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what’s your problem?
God is honored by large, difficult, and impossible requests when we ask, seek, knock, and trust our loving Father always to answer for our good.
A Christian has no right being in a fight unless it’s a spiritual fight.
We are either in the process of resisting God’s truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth.
Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer’s character and witness: Satan, the world system, and our own lustful “flesh” tendencies.
God takes full responsibility for the life wholly devoted to Him.
There is nothing worse than a life filled with adversity from which nothing good ever comes.
Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.
I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge – and many people go to Bible studies and don’t realize it isn’t enough to know what’s right, it’s applying the information and the knowledge that you have.
If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won’t want to face God in that area of our lives.
Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do.