Holiness...

If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus. ~ Charles Spurgeon

Give Up...

How does one become a butterfly?...

You must want to fly so much

That you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

~ Trina Paulus

Entertaining Goats?

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats. 

~ C. H. Spurgeon

Outreach

The real problem with the structures of the church is that they do not often allow us to become engaged in the anguish of people whose need, and accents, and ways are different from our own. They do not allow us to feel. It was not enough for Moses to see the misery of a slave people. He had to identity with them–to be able to say ‘my people.' 

~ Elizabeth O’Connor,

God Is Not Deceived

God is not deceived by externals. ~ C.S. Lewis

Crazy Idea...

Reverse this crazy idea that if you run yourself dry, you have given the most. You give the world the most if you’re alive and healthy enough to serve tomorrow. ~ S. Cunningham

Loved...

A child should be loved for who he is, not for what he does. ~ David Jeremiah

Treasures of this World...

It's a lot harder to recognize the goodness of God's holy interruptions when we're satisfied with the treasures of this world. ~ Tiffany Smiling

Faithful Worship

Perhaps the best indicator of faithful worship isn’t the volume of the music or the brightness of the lighting but how many people are sitting on the edge of their seats. ~ C. Weems

Rewards of Heaven...

The rewards of heaven are reserved for those who are background players to the glory of God.

~ Chris Tiegreen

Robin and Sparrow...

Said the robin to the sparrow:

'I should really like to know,

why these anxious human beings

rush about and worry so.'

Said the sparrow to the robin:

Friend I think it must be that

they have no Heavenly Father,

such as cares for you and me

Mission Field

There are many mission fields, but family presents what may be the greatest untapped evangelistic opportunity before the church today. What is at stake is the salvation of millions of children under the evangelistic and discipleship ministry of fathers and mothers in the home. This is not the only mission field, to be sure, but it is perhaps the most neglected mission field before the church in our time. ~ Scott Brown

Missing God...

We'll keep missing God if we concentrate on what we've lost instead of what we have. ~ David Evans

Hope in Him

My personal response to unanswered prayers comes from the wisdom of Job, "yet will I hope in Him" (Job 13:15). ~ Frank Moore

Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;
    I will surely defend my ways to his face. (NIV)


Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. (KJV)

Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him. (NASB)


God might kill me, but I have no other hope.
    I am going to argue my case with him. (NLT)


15 [I do it because, though He slay me, yet will I wait for and trust Him and] behold, He will slay me; I have no hope—nevertheless, I will maintain and argue my ways before Him and even to His face. (AMPC)

Almost...

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. — Karen Blixen

Foolish Diversions

There is but little need to spend time with foolish diversions for time flies away so swiftly by itself; and, when once gone, is never to be recalled.

~ William Penn

Real Courage...

Real courage is . . . when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. 

~ Harper Lee

God Is Awake

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. ~ Victor Hugo

Miracles...

The Bible has worked moral miracles by thousands... It has wholly altered the source of men's lives. It has taught worldly people to seek first the kingdom of God...It has taught lovers of pleasure to become lovers of God. It has taught the stream of men's affections to run upwards instead of running downwards. All this it has done in every part of the world. All this it is doing still! ~ J.C. Ryle

The Bible Speaks to Me About My Witness

If we depend mainly on pastors and evangelists for evangelism, there will be little or no growth of the Kingdom. On the other hand, if the great army of the laity can be mobilized, growth will be explosive. Witnessing laymen will strengthen the pulpit, because many people will not believe the preaching of the pulpit until it is backed up by the testimony of the pew. Public testimony, both planned and spontaneous, is a powerful tool for drawing people to Christ. Some will not even make their first step into the church until personal witness has paved the way.

~ Charles ‘Chic’ Shaver

(The Bible Speaks to Me About My Witness)

Dust of the Ground

The basic chemicals in our body, can be found in the “dust of the ground.” However, these chemicals cannot arrange themselves into cell tissues, organs and systems. This can only happen with an input of intelligence. ~ Joseph Paturi

Greatest Need in Church...

The greatest need in the church today is for those who have experienced God’s grace and are filled with Christ—with His presence, His power, and His passion—to live authentic lives in their world. ~ David Graves

HE Understands

There’s nothing you’ve been through and no emotion you feel that God will not understand. ~ Michael

Do What Is Right...

We are not simply given the ability to avoid evil—we are given the power to 

do what is right. ~ David Busic

Comfort Zone...

If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone. ~ John C. Maxwell

Change...

All you can change is yourself, but sometimes that changes everything! ~ Gary W. Goldstein

Position to Pray

When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray. ~ Rumi

Life Is a Gift

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. 

~ Tony Robbins

We're All Connected

I do believe we’re all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other. 

~ Harvey Fierstein

Use of Life...

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. — William James

Learning Is a Gift

Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher. ~ Maya Watson

Your Church...

If you want your church to be a place that loves, disciples, and serves, then you need to love, seek to be a disciple, and find places to serve, even if you're not in the limelight. ~ C. Hosher

Unless

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. ~ Dr. Seuss

Grace...

Every time you fall down, at the bottom of every hole, is grace.

~ Ann Voskamp