Author Unknown

Throughout the world, in nation after nation, men and women have died for their Christian faith. The very least we can do is live for our faith.

Seth Dahl

Twelve spies left the wilderness to go inspect the promised land God was giving them. Ten came back focused on the giants. Two came back focused on the promise. Ten died in the wilderness and they only saw the promised land from a spy’s point of view. Two not only entered it, but helped lead the nation into it. We are all spies. We are all looking at a land God is giving us. We all would love to enter it and live there. What we focus on will determine what happens. So...what are you focused on? What type of spy are you?

Jack Frost

Sonship is a heart that feels at rest and secure in God’s love; it believes it belongs, it is free from shame and self-condemnation, it walks in honor toward all people, and it is willing to humble itself before man and God. It is subject to God’s mission to experience His love and to give it away.

Chris Cruz

I realized fear is uncertainty in the nature of God. It's our Father’s good pleasure to take care of his children… when we lack confidence in who God is, we lack the confidence to overcome fear. The courage to follow God’s invitation, and to trust in his nature, will always feel like a sacrifice at first. The apostle Paul actually tells the Corinthian church, "We who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be made manifested in our mortal flesh. So, death works in us, but life in you," 2 Corinthians 4:10–12.) NASB He’s telling them there are parts of Christ that will never be formed an ass unless we are willing to sacrifice.

Author Unknown

"To which is gossip more similar, robbery or murder?" "Murder, because robbers can always give back what they’ve stolen, but gossips can never repair the damage they’ve done."

Richard J Foster

Our ordinary method of dealing with ingrained sin is to launch a frontal attack. We rely on will power and determination. Whatever the issue may be for us – anger, bitterness, pride, lust, fear – we determine never to do it again, we pray against it, fight against it and set our will against it….The moment we feel we can succeed and attain victory over our sin by the strength of our will alone, we are worshipping the will….When we despair of gaining inner transformation through human powers of will and determination, we are open to a wonderful new realization: inner righteousness is a gift from God to be graciously received. The needed change is God’s work, not ours. The demand is for an inside job, and only God can work from the inside.

Henry Cloud

Excuses are like a parking brake to stay where we are. We just keep paying the meter and the fines; the meter is ticking - put it in drive and move forward.

Christine Caine

What happens when you’ve prayed long and hard for something, but you don’t get the answer you wanted? You asked God, and you felt sure that he wanted it for you too. Yet you didn’t land that job, your kids didn’t return to church, your abilities are diminished, and the relationship you’ve been working on hasn’t been reconciled. In situations like these, we can often feel hurt, confused, disappointed, and even abandoned. But Scripture promises that God does not withhold any good thing from those who love him (Psalm 84:11). If you are walking through pain, heartache, setbacks, and disappointment, I want to encourage you with these truths today: God is good. God does good. God works all things together for good. God loves you. God is for you. You can trust his heart, even when you can’t trace his hand.

Sean Smith

Seth Dahl

One of the questions people spend their lives trying to answer is: Am I wanted? We often try to answer it with what we do (I know I did). We try to do what we think everyone else wants from us, and if we do them well, they’ll want us. We try to do what we think God wants from us, and maybe if we do it well, He’ll want us. The Cross shows us we are already wanted. Jesus didn’t want to go to the Cross. He endured the Cross because He wanted us.