Fullness of God?

When people describe us, do they describe us as being filled with all the fullness of God? 

~ Francis Chan

Everything or Nothing?

If Christ is not all to you He is nothing to you. He will never go into partnership as a part Saviour of men. If He be something He must be everything, and if He be not everything He is nothing to you. 

~ Charles Spurgeon

Beware...

Beware of people who make usefulness their ground of appeal. If you make usefulness the test then Jesus Christ was the greatest failure who ever lived...It is the work that God does through us that counts, not what we do for Him. ~ Oswald Chambers

Last Resort or First Defense?

We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all. 

~ Oswald Chambers

Servant...

Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord. ~ Watchman Nee

Shake Before Using...

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "Shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable. ~ Vance Havner

Communication...

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. 

~ Robert McCloskey.

Help...

God helps those who cannot help themselves. 
~ Charles H. Spurgeon

Faith Looks...

Faith looks not at what happens to him but at Him Whom he believes. ~ Watchman Nee

Chief Cause of Unhappiness

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now. 
~ Zig Ziglar 

Every Knee Shall Bow...

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not obligated to meet the culture where it is. The culture is obligated to bow its knee to Jesus Christ. ~ Jennifer LeClaire

In Us...Not Just for Us...

He seeks always to do something in us, not just for us...He has something to do in us before He can do something for us. 

~ T. Austin-Sparks

Whose Definition of Beauty?

Whose definition of beauty do we live by, the world's or the Father's? The Church has been impressed with what has attracted men. If our goal is to attract men to the Church, then what they think will govern our actions. Do we yearn to be attractive in Jesus' sight? ~ Donald Rumble

Fashioned by HIS Life

When fellowships are formed and controlled by our hands, we can only expect shakings. When they are fashioned by His Life, we can expect glory, and the manifestation of His wisdom. When He shakes, we have the ability to repent, and build correctly. 

~ Donald Rumble

The Board...

Let's be honest. If the rich young ruler came to many of our churches today, he would have been 'saved' and before long he would be considered a prized member and perhaps asked to join the church board. ~ John Bevere

Proof that Christ Lives...

As living stones, do our lives expose an empty tomb and a living, thriving, personal God? Are we proof that Christ lives? Do people walk into our churches and see us as living stones gathered in a spiritual house? If so, we'll never have to beg for visitors. ~ Beth Moore

Vital Christianity

The difference between vital Christianity, which is being alive in Christ, and Christianity as a religious system is that the latter is a dead burden that we must carry, and the former is a dynamic power that carries us. ~ Maxie Dunnam

At the Cross...

Beloved, the best place to meet God is not at the shack, but at the cross. For the gospel is the greatest story ever told, and better still, it is true. 

~ Michael Youssef

A Clean Heart

Nobody else can give you a clean heart but God.~ Leonard Ravenhill

Evil...

Satan is so much more in earnest than we are — he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost. ~ Amy Carmichael

Contact with God...

Keep your life so constant in its contact with God that His surprising power may break out on the right hand and on the left. Always be in a state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as He likes. ~ Oswald Chambers

Attitude Toward Money

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life. ~ Billy Graham 

Unnatural...

It must be unnatural for Jesus to leave anything dead. ~ Beth Moore

Easter is Coming...

Practically everyone has known the taste of Palm Sunday, the sweetness of success and popularity, and nearly all of us have tasted the bitterness of Good Friday, of failure and rejection. What saves us from an endless round of ups and downs, what frees us from the tyranny of events over which we have no control is our commitment to press forward in obedience to God - it is trust in God's love to bring about Easter morning, - knowing that the meaning of life is to be found in the knowledge and love of God,- and in sharing that knowledge and love with those who accompany us on the way. 
~ Rev. Richard J. Fairchild

Sowing Tares...

Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.~ Vance Havner

Committed...

God is committed to 'messing' with our mess. 
~ Beth Moore

Out of Egypt...

The clear purpose of God in bringing His people out of Egypt was to bring them to Himself. ~ John Bevere

Greed...

The principal hindrance to the advancement of the kingdom of God is greed… It seems that when the back of greed is broken, the human spirit soars into regions of unselfishness. I believe that it is safe to say there can be no continuous revival without ‘hilarious’ giving. And I fear no contradiction: wherever there is ‘hilarious’ giving there will soon be revival! ~ O.S. Hawkins

Not My Home

For believers, the only possible way of staying in this world is to know that we no longer belong to it. ~ T. Austin-Sparks

Lift Jesus Higher...

Jesus the Son of Man, who though lifted up to die was by that very act lifted up to reign. ~ Watchman Nee

The Mighty Warrior

The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”

~ Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)

Are We Different?

"How can we have a room full of people who say they have the Spirit of Almighty God living within them and yet their lives look just like those of everyone else?" ~ Francis Chan