The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.
It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-
Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.
Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.
If you are not royalty, He is not King.
My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn't understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me. But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been, or might become.
Reconciliation always brings a springtime to the soul.
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls.
If lips and life do not agree, the testimony will not amount to much.
The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred , confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful.
I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was sink. When it took off from England, all kinds of passengers were aboard - millionaires, celebrities, people of moderate means, and poor folks down in the steerage. But a few hours later when they put the list in the Cunard office in New York, it carried only two categories - lost and saved. Grim tragedy had leveled all distinctions.
I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.
There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.
True faith always produces real conformity to Christ.
Program your mind with what God says about you and a transformation will take place.
Sometimes you have to put your own dreams on hold temporarily so you can help release a dream in somebody else. What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.
There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure.
I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first.
Arise my soul, and review your deeds which have preceeded from you. Scrutinize them closely, and shed the rain of your tears, declaring openly to Christ your thoughts and deeds, so that you may be justified.
All you may know of heaven or hell is within your own self.
Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.
This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness
Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.
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