Radically Loved

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. ― Brennan Manning

Continual Thanksgiving...

Prayer without ceasing is only possible in a life of continual thanksgiving ~ Ann Voskamp

Measure of a Life

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but it's donation. ~ Corrie Ten Boom

Talent Is God-given...

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. ~ John Wooden

How Much...

We have given people just enough Jesus to be bored, but not enough to transfix and transform. The Lamb of God bleats for us, but the Lion of Judah still roars. - Mark Batterson

His Presence

It is not my presence that has redemptive value but the presence of Christ in me. ~ Gustavo Crocker

Understand Others...

What could happen if we made it our goal to understand others before seeking to be understand? ~ David Busic

A New Thing...

If you want God to do a new thing, you can't keep doing the same old thing. If you want to experience the miraculous, you need to unlearn every assumption you've ever made, save one. God is able. ~ Mark Batterson

Test...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teacher you a lesson. 

~ Tom Bodett

Christian Service...

No relation to the church nor any position in it is so responsible and so full of possibilities as the pastorate. It has in it all the excellent things of Christian service and gives opportunities for the exercise of all the elements of heroism, sacrifice, and devotion to Christ. ~ Phineas F. Bresee

Lead Me...

Lord, I am blind and helpless, stupid and ignorant,
cause me to hear; cause me to know; teach me to do; lead me.

— Henry Martyn

An Original...

You are an original. God has shaped you for ministry. ~ H. Norman Wright

Don't Destroy the Bridge...

He who cannot forgive others destroys the bridge over which he himself must pass. ~ George Herbert

Debtors...

We are debtors to give the Gospel in the same manner we have received it. ~ P.F. Bresee

Prayerless...

A prayerless preacher is a powerless preacher. 
~ Mark Hollingsworth

Bring Up a Child

There is just one way to bring up a child in the way he should go and that is to travel that way yourself. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Feed One...

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one. ~ Mother Teresa

In Love...

Are we in love with God or just His stuff? 
~  Francis Chan

Floodwaters...

God will use floodwaters to carry us to a better place. ~ Jennifer Rothschild

Personal Gain?

When Christ interferes with our personal gain we usually beseech Him to leave. ~ Vance Havner

Misery Is Optional

Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy. ~ Tim Hansel

Bridges...

He who cannot forgive others destroys the bridge over which he himself must pass. ~ George Herbert

New Direction...

God knows not only how to put together the pieces of what may look like waste, but He also gives new form, new look, new content, new purpose, new direction, and even new use to what might otherwise be of no value. 

~ Eugénio R. Duarte

Jesus Cared...

Jesus cared! He went out of His way to find hurting 

people. ~ J. K. Warrick

Itching Ears...

The Bible says men have itching ears, but I have no commission from God to scratch them. 

~ Leonard Ravenhill 

Life...

God offers life, but not an improved old life. He offers life out of death. It stands always on the far side of the cross. ~ A.W. Tozer

Who You Are...

My children will not remember the words of wisdom I've passed along over the years, nor will your remember the good advice you've given. However, etched in their minds and planted in their hearts is a permanent picture of who you are and how you've lived before them. ~ Dorothy Kelley Patterson

Triumph of Evil

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke

Be the Reason...

Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.

Humility Is...

Humility is acknowledging I don’t have all the facts or all the answers and that other people are probably just doing what I would likely do in the same circumstances. (Circumstances include their own unique baggage, wounds, beliefs, etc.) ~ Kay Day

Human Answer Aren't Enough

Human answers will never be enough for those who are suffering; the pain is simply too great. Our response is to follow the example of Christ, standing in solidarity with the suffering, willing to weep with those who are weeping. 

~ Carla Sunberg

Your Mission...

Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. ~ Richard Bach

Hope in a Dark World

Believers in God find strength from their faith in the face of suffering... they have the hope that comes from knowing that, with God by their side, the tragedy they are facing is never the final word. ~ Adam Hamilton

Not Home...

If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probably explanation is that I was made for another world. ~ C.S. Lewis

All for Jesus

I feel that if I could live a thousand lives, I would like to live them all for Jesus. ~ Charles Spurgeon