Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you’re sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again.
God wants us to know we are saved, for saved people are dangerous people, willing to face off with the world, unafraid of the consequences since they know that, whatever happens, they will have eternal life.
God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.
May you live in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life.
When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.
He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.
Christ entered our world. As a result, we can enter His.
You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.
God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.
Don’t worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It’s not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.
The key is this: Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.
It’s not about winning or losing, but love and respect.
If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain, not even of our privileges. But everything changes when we open up to the possibility that God’s story is really our story too.
Grace is God as heart surgeon, cracking open your chest, removing your heart – poisoned as it is with pride and pain – and replacing it with his own.
What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.
Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.
Find joy in the ordinary.
Each one of us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement.
When grace happens, we receive not a nice compliment from God but a new heart. Give your heart to Christ, and he returns the favor.
God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.