Look for the Best in Others

"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." ~ Ward

Preoccupation with...

“The sin of worldliness is a preoccupation with the things of this temporal life. It's accepting and going along with the views and practices of society around us without discerning if they are biblical. I believe that the key to our tendencies toward worldliness lies primarily in the two words "going along". We simply go along with the values and practices of society.” ~ Jerry Bridges (Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate)

Don't Forget

"Has God ever convicted you of something while you’re reading the Bible, and a few hours later you’ve forgotten all about it? There’s something simple that has helped me to remember. I write down what God has shown me from His Word. That helps me feel more accountable for taking action." ~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Are You a Jesus' Fan?

‎"Most problems involving church people is because converts are Jesus fans not Jesus disciples." ~ Miles McPherson

He Knows

"God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He knew it already. It was I who didn't." ~ C. S. Lewis

Be Transformed

“When the child of God looks into the Word of God, and sees the Son of God, he is transformed by the Spirit of God into the image of God for the the glory of God.” ~ Warren Wiersbe

Weak People

"God is not looking for strong, self-made people. He’s looking for weak people who will find their strength not in themselves, not in their abilities, but in him." ~ Randy Alcorn

“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” ~ 2 Corinthians 12:10

Great Effect on the Souls of Those Who Enter

Marriage, unquestionably, is not a sacrament, as the Romish Church vainly asserts. But marriage is a state of life which has the greatest effect on the souls of those who enter into it. It helps them upwards or downwards. It leads them nearer to heaven or nearer to hell. We all depend much on the company we keep. Our characters are insensibly moulded by those with whom we pass our time. To none does this apply so much as to married people. Husbands and wives are continually doing either good or harm to one another’s souls.

Let all who are married, or think of being married, ponder these things well. Let them take example from the conduct of Joseph and Mary, and resolve to do likewise. Let them pray together, and read the Bible together, and go to the house of God together, and talk to one another about spiritual matters. Above all, let them beware of throwing obstacles and discouragements in one another’s way about, means of grace. Blessed are those husbands who say to their wives as Elkanah did to Hannah, “Do all that is in thy heart.” Happy are those wives who say to their husbands as Leah and Rachel did to Jacob, “Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.” (1 Sam. 1:23; Gen. 31:16.)

~ J.C. Ryle

Make Me Like Jesus

"David and Nancy Guthrie once told me, “It troubles us that the church’s one response to suffering is to pray that it will be taken away. Nobody’s first prayer is ‘Use this to help us become Christlike.’” ~ Randy Alcorn

The Making of a Christian

“The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.” ~ A. W. Tozer

Walking Sermon

"A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long." ~ J.C. Ryle

Surrender

"There may be some issue where God is calling you to surrender. I don’t know what you may be struggling with, but whatever it is, let me just encourage you: Don’t delay obedience." ~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Odd Number

‎"A real Christian is an odd number...He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order to be full, admits he is wrong so he can be declared right, goes down in order to get up, is strongest when he is weakest, richest when he is poorest, and happiest when he feels worst! He dies so he can live, gives away so he can keep, sees the invisible, hears the inaudible and knows that which passes knowledge. The man who has met God is not looking for something - he has found it. He is not searching for light - upon him the Light has already shined!" ~ A.W. Tozer

Shake Well

"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