Look, don’t judge Christianity by the imperfect examples that we have seen in history. Judge it by Jesus Christ.
God often goes to the gutter to find the recipient for His grace. He lifts him out, washes him and transforms him – making him into a child of God fit for His kingdom. That is God’s grace.
The most important thing a born again Christian can do is to pray.
You have only one life and it will soon be past, and only what’s done for Christ will last.
Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking God uses only ‘special’ people the strong, the intelligent, the beautiful. We don’t think He has a place for the rest of us. We are so wrong!
Prayer is the most important activity a born-again Christian can perform. It should head your list of priorities, for certainly the world around us desperately needs prayer. Prayer will open the door for God to do a glorious work in these last days. Prayer will stem the tide of evil.
The purpose is not that you might get more of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit might get more of you.
So live for the kingdom of God. Seek to bring glory to Jesus Christ and the Lord will use you. It is my prayer, my constant and daily prayer, that God would keep me useable.
God is more interested in what we are than in what we do. He looks for fruit; we try to produce works.