I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
It hit me that the students were talking about me, not God. I was standing before a holy God and robbing Him of the glory that was rightfully His.
When it’s hard and you are doubtful, give more.
What are you doing right now that requires faith?
Lukewarm people love others but do not seek to love others as much as they love themselves.
Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.
Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don’t have to.
Our lives should be more than just focusing on our marriage but on focusing our marriage toward what God’s mission is for us as a couple.
God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept.
My biggest concern for this generation is your inability to focus, especially in prayer.
God specifically created us to be like Him. This is impossible to wrap our minds around, but God created us like Him in some respect and then set us in the midst of this world to represent Him!
In reality, not one of us will ever be worthy. It is useless to attempt earning it; you’ll never feel ready. It is unknown and uncomfortable. But there really is a God who forgives everything and loves endlessly.
I want to see people do more than simply raise their hand when they come to Christ. Where are the totally changed lives?
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they’re not obeying the things that He called them to do.
The very fact that a holy, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, merciful, fair, and just God loves you and me is nothing short of astonishing.