What we love about this life are the things that resonate with the life we were made for. The things we love are not merely the best this life has to offer—they are previews of the greater life to com...
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (NIV) What does Scripture mean when it tells us to fix our eyes on what w...
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (NIV)
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18, NIV).
Some of the best portrayals I’ve seen of the eternal Heaven are in children’s books. Why? Because they depict earthly scenes, with animals and people playing, and joyful activities. The books for adul...
Sometimes we read Scripture about rejoicing or trusting and think, Easy to say, but you’re not facing what I am. But few people have faced conditions as dire as Habakkuk, with the impending destructio...
Spurgeon used his wit to provoke laughter in private and in public. He said in one of his sermons, If by a laugh I can make men see the folly of an error better than in any other way, they shall laugh...
• In spending this money, am I acting as if I owned it, or am I acting as the Lord’s trustee? • What Scripture requires me to spend this money in this way? • Can I offer up this purchase as a sacrific...
The Bible indicates that God will not permit anything to happen that he can’t use to bring ultimate good to his people and to glorify himself. That’s his promise. Therefore, even the most terrible evi...
The Bible tells us we are pilgrims, strangers, aliens and ambassadors working far from home. Our citizenship is in Heaven. But we’ve become so attached to this world that we live for the wrong kingdom...
The Spirit’s work is not to make us holy, in order that we may be pardoned; but to show us the cross, where the pardon is to be found by the unholy; so that having found the pardon there, we may begin...
The average American shops six hours a week while spending forty minutes playing with his children.
The beginning of the way to heaven, is to feel that we are on the way to hell. —J. C. Ryle
The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell. For Christians, this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest th...
The circumstances surrounding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. —George Müller
The earth matters, our bodies matter, animals and trees matter, matter matters, because God created them and intends them to manifest his glory.
The fear of God is a profound respect for His holiness, which includes a fear of the consequences of disobeying Him.
The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it. —Charles Spurgeon We are more concerned about looking stupid (fear of people) than we are a...
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