Sustaining grace promises not the absence of struggle but the presence of God.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. [ Job 33:4 NIV
The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up.
The cache of Christianity is Christ. Not money in the bank or a car in the garage or a healthy body or a better self-image. Secondary and tertiary fruits perhaps. But the Fort Knox of faith is Christ....
The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.
The key to spiritual growth is not increased church attendance or involvement in spiritual activities. People don’t grow in Christ because they are busy at church. They grow in Christ when they read a...
The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take.
The stone was moved—not for Jesus—but for the women; not so Jesus could come out, but so the women could see in!
The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity. [ 1 John 2:17 MSG
Then Jesus took the loaves of bread, thanked God for them, and gave them to the people … He did the same with the fish, giving as much as the people wanted. John 6:11
There is no one God won’t use.
This much is sure: contagious calm will happen to the degree that we turn to him.
This verse is a call, not to a feeling, but to a decision and a deeply rooted confidence that God exists, that he is in control, and that he is good.
Through is a favorite word of Gods... [follow with] (Isa. 43.2)
To live as God’s child is to know, at this very instant, that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him and succeed, or fail to please him and apologize, but because he wants to be...
We choose our response--rock or sponge? Resist or receive?
We have been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don't have peace, we assume the problem lies within us.
We rest in him, find our nourishment in him. His roof of grace protects us from storms of guilt. His walls of providence secure us from destructive winds. His fireplace warms us during the lonely wint...
What I urge is that you learn to master your life by living each day in a day-tight compartment and this will certainly ensure your safety throughout your entire journey of life.
What makes a Christian a Christian is not perfection but forgiveness.
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