You may think that you are insignificant in the great plan of God, but you are not. You are tremendously important to God – so much so that Jesus died for you, and the Holy Spirit lives in you. You may seem small in your own eyes, and this is good; because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. However, don’t let your humility become sin by making you believe you can do nothing for God. God can use you to help Him accomplish His will on this earth.
There is no substitute for an understanding mind. Satan can defeat the ignorant believer, but he cannot overcome the Christian who knows his Bible and understands the purposes of God.
The person whose happiness depends on ideal circumstances is going to be miserable much of the time.
Sow a thought and you reap an action. Sow an action and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Is your Christian experience a set of definitions, a list of orthodox doctrines, or a living relationship with God?
When you find yourself sinking in the quicksand, there is little else you can do but cry to the Lord. Sometimes He allows the “quicksand” experiences to turn you to Him. Wait for God. Acknowledge that He is in control. Give Him the pieces of your broken heart and watch Him work for you. You can depend on His faithfulness.
This surely is a good rule: whenever you see a fault in any other man, or any other church, look for it in yourself and in your own church.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. ” Howard W. Newton.
Outlook determines outcome, and attitude determines action.
The primary task of the church and of the Christian minister is the preaching of the Word of God,” said Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. “The decadent periods and eras in the history of the church have always been those periods when preaching had declined.
Paul did not begin by attacking the false teachers and their doctrines. He began by exalting Jesus Christ and showing His preeminence in five areas: the gospel message, redemption, creation, the church, and Paul’s own ministry.
Saving faith involves the mind, the emotions, and the will. With the mind we understand the truth of the gospel, and with the heart we feel conviction and the need to be saved. But it is only when we exercise the will and commit ourselves to Christ that the process is complete. Faith is not mental assent to a body of doctrines, no matter how true those doctrines may be. Faith is not emotional concern. Faith is commitment to Jesus Christ.
Perhaps the deepest Christian fellowship and joy we can experience in this life is at the throne of grace, praying with and for one another.
The people who refuse to submit to God’s authority will never really discover who they are and what God wants them to do. No matter how successful they may be in the eyes of the world, unless they change they will be failures in the eyes of God.
Too many people attend church as consumers and not as stewards and worshipers. Church buildings have become shopping malls, not sanctuaries, and “doing church” means “doing business” and not worshiping God or encouraging others. “What’s in it for me?” is the most important concern of the average churchgoer, not “How can I become more like Christ and share what I have with others?” If our praying is what it ought to be, we will be transformed from greedy consumers into generous stewards.
It has well been said that an opinion is something that you hold, but a conviction is something that holds you. Most of us have very few convictions, but the ones we do have are important to us. Convictions are the compasses of life – that keep us moving in the right direction. They are the foundation stones that help us to stand firm when everything around us is shaking and changing.
The main evidence of maturity in the Christian life is a growing love for God and for God’s people, as well as a love for lost souls. It has well been said that love is the “circulatory system” of the body of Christ.
Grace never looks for a reason; it only looks for an opportunity.
Don’t waste time and energy being an imitation. Let God make you into an original.
People still ask questions and hope the answers will be what they think they already know. They need to pray this prayer by an anonymous believer: From the cowardice that shrinks from new truths, From the laziness that is content with half-truths, From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, O God of truth, deliver us!