"Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me, and He has to get me into the attitude of mind and spirit where at any cost I will let Him sanctify me wholly." ~ Oswald Chambers
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Spiritual Maturation Involves
"We will begin to mature spiritually only when we realize that “goodness and wisdom make us happier than food and sex.” ~ Ellen Charry
God's Protection
"Christ changed the lives of countless warped personalities by the contagious assurance, illustrated in His own character, of the reality of God's protection." ~ Elton Trueblood
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Prayer Means...
"Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you." ~ E.S. Jones
Love Vs. Lust
"Love is the desire to benefit others at the expense of self. Lust is the desire to benefit self at the expense of others." ~ Ed Cole
Looking for a Wife???
"Single men, take note: Proverbs 31:30 makes a woman’s faith the defining characteristic of her suitability to be an excellent wife." ~ Gary Thomas
Don't FAIL!
"If you fail, father, to teach your son to fear God, the devil will teach him to hate God. If you fail to teach your son to guard his mind, the devil will gladly teach him to have an open mind. If you fail to teach your son to obey his parents, the devil will teach him to rebel and break his parent’s heart. If you fail to teach your son to select his companions, the devil will gladly choose them for him. If you fail to teach your son to control his body, the devil will teach him to give it over completely to lust. If you fail to teach your son to enjoy the marriage partner that God has given him, the devil will teach him to destroy the marriage. If you fail to teach your son to watch his words, the devil will fill his mouth with filth. If you fail to teach your son to pursue his work, the devil will make his laziness a tool of hell. If you fail to teach your son to manage his money, the devil will teach him to waste it on riotous living. And if you fail to teach your son to love his neighbor, the devil will gladly teach him to love only himself." ~ John MacArthur, (Crucial Lessons for a Wise Father, Selected Proverbs)
Thank God for All Work
"Thank God every day when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know." ~ Basil Carpenter
The World Is Reading You
"We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding." ~ Billy Graham
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Don't Lose Sight
"We lose ourselves when we lose sight of how God made us." ~ Mary Kassian (from True Woman '12)
Compound Interest...
"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance." ~ C.S. Lewis
Monday, October 1, 2012
Looking Down?
As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people, and of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you. ~ C.S. Lewis
Drawing Attention to...
"Our lives are not intended to draw attention to themselves. Rather, God intends that as His children, our lives should frame, compliment, and draw attention to the picture of God within us." ~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss
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