Self-Reliance

Every element of self-reliance must be slain by the power of God.

~ Oswald Chambers

Wink at Sin?

We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep.

~ Vance Havner

Wrong???

It takes God a long while to get us away from thinking that unless everyone thinks as we do, they must be wrong.

~ Oswald Chambers

Sweet Justice...

Justice is so sweet when it puts others in their place, yet so frightening when it does the same with us.

~ Chris Tiegreen

Urgency of the Gospel

We have become dangerously comfortable. Believers ooze with wealth and let their addictions to comfort and security numb the radical urgency of the gospel. ~ Francis Chan

Comfortable with Fear

We can grow so comfortable with fear that we don't know how to live without it.

~ Henry Blackaby

HIS...Not Ours...

Profoundly speaking, we can never work for God. Jesus takes us over for His enterprises, His building schemes entirely, and no soul has any right to claim where he shall be put.

~ Oswald Chambers

Our Focus...

Our focus on the body (the flesh) isn't God's priority. ~ Tiffany Smiling

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

~ Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)

The Lord of Grace...

God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.

~ Joni Eareckson Tada

Worship Is...

Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. ~ William Temple

Casual Grace

Casual grace lets us think that sin's not that big a deal, we're not that bad to begin with, and God's not as holy as we thought.
~ Chris Tiegreen

Voice of God

The voice of God insists on a life altering response.

~ Chris Tiegreen

Suffering that doesn't...

Suffering that doesn't break us away from more of this world and into more of God is wasted suffering.

~ Ann Voskamp

Highest Form of Prayer...

Adoration is the highest form of prayer.

~ Louis Cassels

Intimate with God

A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man. ~ Leonard Ravenill

Forget...

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Carl W. Buechner

Don't Be Deceived...

14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, ~ Ephesians 4:14-15

Boldness...

God seems to speak most clearly and give His servants greater boldness in times of distress.

~ Chris Tiegreen

Power of God

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.
~ John 14:12 (NASB)

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. ~ Philippians 4:13 (NASB)

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NASB)

Truth - Confrontation

Truth carries with it confrontation.

~ Francis Schaeffer

Nothing...

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ~ Romans 8:35,37-39

Members or Souls?

Maybe we have just become canvassers looking for members instead of gatherers looking for souls.

~ Vance Havner

In Revival...

In revival, God begins with His own people, and His people begin with themselves.

~ Vance Havner

Jesus...

Jesus was God spelling Himself out in a language humanity could understand.

~ S.D. Gordon

New Version...

We are hearing a new version of Christianity. It involves no crucifixion of self, it presents no bleeding Savior.

~ Vance Havner

Happiness...

God cannot give us a happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.

~ C.S. Lewisis

Grace...Repentance...

If repentance isn't a daily part of your life, how is grace a daily part of your life?

~ Ann Voskamp

Men of the Cross

We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks of the cross.

~ Vance Havner

Do You Walk with HIM?

Many today are being spent in work for Jesus Christ, but they do not walk with Him.

~ Oswald Chambers

Earthly Blessing...

The greatest earthly blessing that God can give to any of us is health, with the exception of sickness. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

Holiness...

Gospel holiness is no less than the image of God stamped upon the heart.

~ John Wesley

Control?

Maybe more than we can't stand suffering, we can't stand not feeling in control.

Ann Voskamp

Your Life Has Purpose

Every life represents a purpose of God. Sin thwarts and mars and destroys that divine purpose in many a life. Nevertheless, it is important and it is inspiring to remember that you and your life represent a plan and purpose of God. Are you living up to that purpose? ~ Clarence Macartney

A Fire...

You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it. ~ Leonard Ravenhill

Hope...

Jesus' saturated soul gave hope to the sincerely thirsty and offended the satisfied dry.

~ Alicia Britt Chole