Shine...

Don’t shine so others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see Him. ~ C.S. Lewis

Passion to Obey...

A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with Him. The more we love Him, the more we want Him to be a part of our affairs."Pass — Calvin Miller

Abusive Leaders

Abusive leaders aren't motivated by love or by what is best for the flock," he says. "They're motivated by what's best for them, by what fills a need in their lives, by how you can advance their cause, using you as their tool rather than serving you for your good. ~ Banning Liebscher

Majoring in the Minors

Most of us are experts at "majoring in the minors" while failing to do the really important things God demands of us. ~ Hamilton

Barren Pursuits...

As you release the barren pursuit of earthly pleasures, exchanging it for the surprising way of Jesus, you will experience lasting satisfaction as you embrace what matters most. ~ Tiffany Smiling

Best I Can...

I am simply trying as best I can and as fast as God gives me light to do the job I believe He has given me in trust to do. ~ George Washington Carver

The World Is too Much with Us...

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a solid boon!
The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.- Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

Overvalue, Undervalue...

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes

Strive to...

‎Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture. ~ J.C. Ryle

On His Side?

My great concern is not whether God is on our side. My great concern is to be on God’s side. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Best Tombstone

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ~ Charles H. Spurgeon

System of Government

“Our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment…Whatever makes a man a good Christian also makes him a good citizen.” ~ Daniel Webster

I Have a Dream...

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal”…I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Moved by Men...

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too… Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it will be ill, they will cure it. ~ William Penn

The Basis...

“The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evil men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.” ~ Noah Webster

Never Be Afraid

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ~ Corrie ten Boom 

Very Best...

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it! ~ Somerset Maugham.

Change Your Heart

God doesn't want to change your tongue. He wants to change your heart. When He does, your words become His. ~ Chris Tiegreen

Not Qualified...

Our sins defeat us unless we are willing to recognize them, confess them, and so become healed and whole and holy- not qualified, mind you, just holy. ~ Madeleine L'Engle

In Light of...

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Key...

The key to the Christian life: vital personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ made possible by the Holy Spirit. ~ Frank Moore

HIS Answer...

The Father's answer to our every question is to give us more of Jesus. ~ Watchman Nee

Love so Amazing...

Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. ~ Watts 

The World Is too Much with Us

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:

Little we see in nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a solid boon!The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;

The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.- Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
William Wordsworth, Romantic poet (1770 - 1850)

Circumstances...

All your circumstances are in the hand of God, therefore never think it strange concerning the circumstances your are in. 

~ Oswald Chambers 

Jesus Defeated Satan

Jesus defeated satan in Gethsemane on the cross, not by directly confronting the devil, but by fulfilling the destiny to which He had been called. The greatest battle that was ever won was accomplished by the apparent death of the victor, without even a word of rebuke to His adversary! ~ Francis Frangipane

Greatest Failure?

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

One Day...

Our wistful 'One day Lord,' needs to turn into 'Why not now, Lord?' 

~ Chris Tiegreen 

Safe Landing...

I want to know one thing - the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore.

~ John Wesley

Length and Width

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. ~ Diane Ackerman

Give...

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.

~ Jim Elliot