A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.
Isn't God the one who urges us to Make a joyful noise unto the Lord? Why do we always think that means singing? Seems to me the most obvious joyful sound on earth is laughter... I've seen folks quote...
God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life.
[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
When you suffer and lose, that does not mean you are being disobedient to God. In fact, it might mean you're right in the center of His will. The path of obedience is often marked by times of sufferin...
Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.
Anything under God's control is never out of control.
When you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you'll get to rest and relax until He says, 'Go.
Fortunately, God made all varieties of people with a wide variety of interests and abilities. He has called people of every race and color who have been hurt by life in every manner imaginable. Even t...
If you life is an example of glorifying God, others won't see your good works and glorify YOU, because they'll know what you are doing is for God's glory.
Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial.
Second, always speak the truth without fear.
Ask yourself, Who's getting the glory in this ministry? You see, if we do ministry OUR way, it won't be for His glory, because our ways are not His ways.
You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us ha...
[Jesus] plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say "you *might* be my witnesses," or "you *could* be my witnesses," or even "you *should* be my witnesses." He...
Whatever we do, we must not treat the Great Commission like it's the Great Suggestion.
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
Like sin itself, Satan appeals to the senses. He originated and perfected the art of disguising evil as good.