There’s nothing cool about turning against God. There’s nothing fun or cute or right about compromising who God wanted you to be.
Once we acknowledge that God is the main character, only then can we even begin to get to that place where we’re no longer tempted to let our emotions drive us. We.
But until a person can say deeply and honestly, “I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,” that person cannot say, “I choose otherwise.
If you honestly want to change, surround yourself with people who will help, people who believe you can do it.
She asked God to use this experience to help my heart break forever for those who don’t know Christ.
We don’t even know how to rest anymore.
His famous, soul-stirring “I have a dream” speech will still give you chills and break your heart today. Decades later, long after his life on earth tragically ended, the legacy of his burden lives on, improving lives for generations to come. All because one man allowed his burden to birth a dream.
And as you come to know Him, you’re becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different you will be.
The way we respond to challenges determines the stories we’ll tell one day. Your decision to trust God in life’s storms may be one of the best ongoing choices you ever make.
Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you have a tendency to drift into habitual sin- and you recognize this about yourself.
He is the God who loved you so much that His Son stripped Himself of all heavenly glory to live as an impoverished Jewish carpenter so He could shed His blood, suffer, and die for the forgiveness of our sins.
Better a little with God than a whole lot without Him. Better to have fewer houses, cars, appliances, clothes, toys, and bills than to have the whole world and lose your soul. Better something paid for that’s used and enjoyed and shared and worn out than something nice and shiny and new that won’t be paid for until 2019 and that you’re too stressed to enjoy. Better a little with the fear of the Lord than more of what everyone else has. Better than normal, instead of normal is best.
Rather than continuing on the normal sexual path toward pain, emptiness, and idolatry, you can allow God to heal you, change the way you think, and place deliberate safeguards in your life to protect you.
Each time you think something good, speak it. Never rob someone of the blessings of an unspoken treasure.
You must long for God more than normal. You must be willing to live to give, not live to gain.
But God does give us responsibility, and it takes biblical faith to do those things in dependence on God.
Wisdom is all about the simple, often tiny, obvious things, done consistently, one at a time.
When you reach out to God humbly, you’ll find that He’s already reaching out to you.
God decided that this time in history was perfect for you to glorify Him and make an eternal difference. So God gave you unique gifts, talents, passions, and experiences to propel you into your life purpose.
I’m convinced normal people miss the majority of God’s blessings because they’re too busy to notice them.