Just as your earthly house is a place of refuge, so God’s house is a place of peace.
To have a pure heart, we must submit all thoughts to the authority of Christ. If we are willing to do that, he will change us to be like him.
God meets our needs one day at a time.
The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message of life in a dark world.
Forgiveness is not saying that the one who hurt you was right. Forgiveness is stating that God is faithful and he will do what is right.
It’s against God’s nature to remember forgiven sins.
To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sin is arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.
You are who God says you are. Spiritually alive. Heavenly positioned. Connected to the Father. A billboard of mercy. An honored child.
When a Christian stops growing, help is needed. If you are the same Christian you were a few months ago, be careful.
Aging is God’s idea. It’s one of the ways he keeps us headed homeward.
How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don’t have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.
Be kind to yourself. God thinks you’re worth his kindness. And he’s a good judge of character.
Don’t see yourself as a product of your parents DNA, but rather as a brand new idea from heaven.
When it comes to Christ, you’ve got to do the same. Call him crazy, or crown him as king. Dismiss him as a fraud, or declare him to be God. Walk away from him, or bow before him, but don’t play games with him.
When Jesus died on the cross, so did your sin; when He rose from the dead, so did your HOPE.
God has no cousins, only children.
Regardless of the circumstances that surrounded your arrival, you are not an accident. God planned you before you were born.
God is not a miser with his grace. Your cup may be low in cash or clout, but it is overflowing with mercy.
Changing directions in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is.
Gratitude. More aware of what you have than what you don’t. Recognizing the treasure in the simple – a child’s hug, fertile soil, a golden sunset. Relishing in the comfort of the common.