The Church Is...

The Church is not a court of law, equipped to dole out condemnation and administer punitive justice. The courthouse is suited for such things as these.

The Church is filled with former prisoners, dead in sin, that have become slaves chained to Jesus Christ.

The Church is a hospital where the dead come to life. The Church speaks with a moral conscious, grounded in the Person of Jesus Christ, uncompromisingly and unapologetically living as channels of free flowing love and grace.

~ John Comstock

Fear Is...

Fear is satan's calling card. Whenever you accept his calling card, you'll receive a visit from him. ~ Watchman Nee

A Thorn in satan's Side

"A Christian should live in such a way as to be a thorn in satan's side." ~ Watchman Nee

Position of Obedience

When we put ourselves in a position of obedience, we give God the freedom to overwhelm the natural circumstances of this life with His supernatural power. ~ Gloria Copeland

Forget the Past

You need to be liberated. Don’t carry over experiences from the past. In fact, don’t carry over good experiences from the past either. Learn what it means to experience something fully, then drop it and move on to the next moment, uninfluenced by the previous one. You’d be traveling with such little baggage that you could pass through the eye of a needle. ~ Anthony de Mello 

Answer Prayers

"The purpose of God is not to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God." ~ Oswald Chambers

Effect of the Cross...

The effect of the cross is salvation, sanctification, healing, etc., but we are not to preach any of these, we are to preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The proclaiming of Jesus will do its own work. 

~ Oswald Chambers

Fear of Death...

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death. 
~ William Gurnall

Discipleship

If you would meet Him, the LORD of Lords, we wouldn’t have to put forty programs together to try to teach you to follow Him. As much as I believe in discipleship, most of us didn’t get properly discipled. I try to tell leaders all the time, "I can alleviate a lot of pressure from your life, by teaching you that you cannot disciple people that do not want to be discipled, regardless of how great your discipleship program is.

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You also can’t stop people from getting discipled who want to get discipled regardless of how sorry your discipleship program is."

That’s not a license to have a sorry discipleship program, but it is a revelation that when you get ready and you get hungry and you get serious about standing in God’s face, you don’t have to have a thousand people in the room, you don’t have to have the best youth building, you don’t have to have the highest budget, you don’t have to have the coolest music, you don’t have to have relevant pastors, you don’t have to have smoking lights. When the Spirit of God is in the room with a hungry soul, discipleship will take place!

~ Kevin Seymour

Pick Your Side...

Just as He makes His choice between the cross and this passing world, so must we.There is no middle ground. We have to pick sides. ~ Chris Tiegreen

Be Like Him...

"Has God been gracious? Be gracious. Has God forgiven? Forgive. Has God healed? Then heal. The Church is to mirror the Savior - the Bible calls it a reflection of His glory. The result is a community of grace. It lives grace, breathes grace, speaks grace." ~ Chris Tiegreen

Christian Character Is Not...

The expression of Christian character is not good doing, but God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has transformed you within, you will exhibit Divine characteristics in your life, not good human characteristics. ~ Oswald Chambers

Anger Hinders...

Anger does not bring about God's redemptive work; far more often it hinders what God is working to accomplish. ~ Henry Blackaby

Worship in Humility

As you worship, remember to humble yourself before your Creator--the One who loves you most. Be in awe.  ~M. Ellen