Scot McKnight stirs the treasures of our Lord’s life in an engaging fashion. He did so with The Jesus Creed, and does so again with 40 Days Living the Jesus Creed. Make sure this new guide for living is on your shelf.
You’ll regret opening your mouth. You’ll rarely regret keeping it shut.
God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development.
When you recognize God as Creator, you will admire Him. When you recognize His wisdom, you will learn from Him. When you discover His strength, you will rely on Him. But only when He saves you will you worship Him.
Fear corrodes our confidence in God’s goodness.
First, God does not send people to hell. He simply honors their choice. Hell is the ultimate expression of God’s high regard for the dignity of man. He has never forced us to choose Him, even when that means we would choose Hell.
You see, it’s one thing to accept Him as Lord, another to recognize Him as Savior – but it’s another matter entirely to accept Him as Father.
Which would you prefer? To be king of the mountain for a day? Or to be a child of God for eternity?
Deflating inflated egos is so important to God that He offers to help.
You can endure change by pondering His permanence.
The most powerful life is the most simple life. The most powerful life is the life that knows where it’s going, that knows where the source of strength is; it is the life that stays free of clutter and happenstance and hurriedness.
Those in the circle of Christ had no doubt of his love; those in our circles should have no doubt about ours.
God’s love supply is never empty.
When you give a gift to one of God’s children, you give a gift to God.
The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you’ll ever get to God.
Filter your pain through the brevity of this life and the unending beauty of the next.
God grants us an uncommon life to the degree we surrender our common one.
You present a challenge to Satan’s plan. You carry something of God within you, something noble and holy, something the world needs – wisdom, kindness, mercy, skill. If Satan can neutralize you, he can mute your influence.
Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.
If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.