A Christian in his surroundings should encourage everyone to be better, instead of being the one who stoops to be like everyone else.
Have you been called to go out on a limb for God? You can bet it won’t be easy. Limb-climbing has never been easy. Ask Joseph. Or, better yet, ask Jesus. He knows better than anyone the cost of hanging on a tree.
Actions in heaven begin when someone prays on earth. What an amazing thought!
God would prefer we have an occasional limp than a perpetual strut.
Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief.
God cast you in His play, wrote you into His story. He has a definite direction for your life. Fulfill it and enjoy fulfillment. Play the part God prepared for you and get ready for some great days.
Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?
The ultimate solution to POVERTY is found in the COMPASSION of God’s people.
It’s God’s job to run the world. Sometimes we accomplish more by doing less.
Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts.
A split second is nothing compared to twenty-four hours. On God’s clock you’re in the middle of your millisecond. Compared to eternity, what is seventy, eighty, ninety years?
No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we aren’t praying. When we pray, we aren’t worrying.
You are God’s child. His creation. Destined for heaven. You are a part of his family.
What Christ does in us and through us will always be ‘exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think.’
If God were only mighty, we would Salute Him. But since he is Merciful and Mighty, we can approach Him.
The worst part of all is that, without forgiveness, bitterness is all that is left.
You may not be down to your final heartbeat, but you may be down to your last paycheck, solution, or thimble of faith. Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear.
What to change your life? Begin by saying, “The Lord is my shepherd.”
You can do something no one else can do in a fashion no one else can do it.
Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.