Character is never built in a classroom; it is built in the circumstances of life.
Patience puts up with those you’d like to put down.
Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God was split from top to bottom, indicating that direct access to God was once again available.
Every temptation is an offer to doubt God’s love and wisdom.
At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.
Between this day and the next you will give your life to something. The decision on what that will be will shape your destiny.
If you always feel comfortable reading God’s Word, you’re either not reading ALL of it, or you aren’t letting it sink in.
If you have ever said, “I didn’t get anything out of worship today,” you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn’t for you. It’s for God.
If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them.
Your past, present, and future are taken care of as you put your trust in Jesus.
Without implementation, all of our Bible studies are worthless.
Unconditional love will turn a loser into a winner. You have no idea how many times your heavenly Father has wanted to reach out and grasp you in his arms when you felt like you blew it!
A person without conviction is a weak, jellyfish type of individual who mindlessly follows the crowd.
Familiarity breeds complacency.
Any time you get serious about using your life the way God wants you to use it, there are going to be people who oppose it.
The only reason you can love God or anybody else is because God first loved you. And he showed that love by sending Jesus Christ to Earth to die for you.
Life is not fair, but one day God’s going to settle the score. He’s going to right the wrongs. So, who can get better justice – you or God?
The Bible offers three metaphors that teach us God’s view of life: Life is a test, life is a trust, and life is a temporary assignment.
Salvation is not a religion. It’s not rules or regulations or rituals. Salvation is a relationship. That relationship doesn’t begin when you get to Heaven; it begins here on Earth.
Only in hindsight do we understand how God intended a problem for good.