Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don’t.
We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.
When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!
Where we might think of sin as slip-ups or missteps, God views sin as a godless attitude that leads to godless action.
CAN is 100 times more important than IQ.
Though you see nothing, he is acting.
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.
What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, “I Can.” You’ll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.
You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby’s diaper, forgive your boss’s temper, tolerate your spouse’s moodiness, you display traces of saintliness.
The purpose of the Bible is simply to proclaim God’s plan to save His children. It asserts that man is lost and needs to be saved. And it communicates the message that Jesus is the God in the flesh sent to save His children.
Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?
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.