Nothing has a greater impact on spiritual growth than reflection on Scripture. If churches could do only one thing to help people at all levels of spiritual maturity grow in their relationship with Christ, their choice is clear. They would inspire, encourage, and equip their people to read the Bible.1.
If the Bible is called the Good Book, it’s not because its people are. Blood flows as freely through the stories as the ink through the quills that penned them.
Do not meditate on the mess.
The path to peace is paved with prayer.
In the treatment of anxiety, a proper understanding of sovereignty is huge. Anxiety is often the consequence of perceived chaos. If we sense we are victims of unseen, turbulent, random forces, we are troubled.
The next time you fear the future, rejoice in the Lord’s sovereignty. Rejoice in what he has accomplished. Rejoice that he is able to do what you cannot do. Fill your mind with thoughts of God.
You can. With God’s help you can close the gap between the person you are and the person you want to be.
You wanted to know how you’ll make it on your own?” Manny asked as the sights and sounds of the lush Jerusalem garden gave way to the sterile hospital chapel. “You’ll never know. Because you never will be.
There is no separation. There is no chasm between you and the heavens. There is no divider, no veil between you and God’s love.
Fear of insignificance creates the result it dreads, arrives at the destination it tries to avoid, facilitates the scenario it disdains.
He made you you-nique.
Author Glennon Doyle Melton wrote, “Every time we open our mouths and speak, we are either saying let their be light or let their be darkness.
Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia. It dulls our miracle memory. It makes us forget what Jesus has done and how good God is.
The parched soil of fear needs steady rain.
Besides, consider what he did. He gave his Son. His only Son. Would you do that? Would you offer the life of your child for someone else? I wouldn’t. There are those for whom I would give my life. But ask me to make a list of those for whom I would kill my daughter? The sheet will be blank. I don’t need a pencil. The list has no names.
Sometimes we do the wrong thing for the right reason. We’ve all been there.
Today’s thoughts are tomorrow’s actions.
Not once did Christ use his supernatural powers for personal comfort.
A happy saint is one who is at the same time aware of the severity of sin and the immensity of grace.
Prayers move God. And God moves angels.