Real contentment must come from within. You and I can not change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us.
It is futile for us to try to serve God without the power of the Holy Spirit. Talent, training, and experience cannot take the place of the power of the Spirit.
The secret of a happy life is to delight in duty. When duty becomes delight, then burdens become blessings
The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism will build us up. But if praise inflates us, then criticism will crush us; and both responses lead to our defeat.
People can't see your root system, but God can. Praying and meditating on the Word of God will cause your roots to go down deep into His love.
The eyes see what the heart loves. If the heart loves God and is single in this devotion, then the eyes will see God whether others see Him or not
Never underestimate the importance of simply being physically present in the place God wants you. You may not be asked to perform some dramatic ministry, but simply being there is a ministry.
Hypocrisy means deliberately pretending. None of us lives up to his ideals; none of us is all that he would like to be or all that he could be in Christ. But that is not hypocrisy. Falling short of our ideals is not hypocrisy. Pretending we have reached our ideals when we have not - that is hypocrisy.
The Christian life is a pilgrimage from earth to heaven, and our task is to take as many as possible with us as we make this journey.
Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
If life is to have meaning, and if God's will is to be done, all of us have to accept who we are and what we are, give it back to God, and thank Him for the way He made us. What I am is God's gift to me; what I do with it is my gift to Him.
The past can be a rudder that guides you or an anchor tha hinders you. Leave your mistakes with God and look to the future by faith.
We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination.
When we change the message of God, we change the God of the message.
Some of your greatest blessings come with patience.
Your heart grows by giving out, but your mind grows by taking in; and both are necessary to a happy and balanced life of service.
When it seems as if God is far away, remind yourself that He is near. Nearness is not a matter of geography. God is everywhere. Nearness is likeness. The more we become like the Lord, the nearer He is to us.
Life's trials are not easy. But in God's will, each has a purpose. Often He uses them to enlarge you.
The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.
Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.
Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow.
After all, a crisis doesn't make a person; it reveals what a person is made of.
It is a remarkable thing that some of the most optimistic and enthusiastic people you will meet are those who have been through intense suffering.
I will be satisfied to the extent that I see everything I have as a gift from God. Here is the truth: Everything you have – your money, talent, friendships, marriage, children, material possessions, health, home, bike, car, even the country you live in – is a gift from God that He had chosen out of His generous nature to give you.
Faithfulness in the small things will lead to blessing in the big things.
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