Brian Hardin

Go. It doesn't have to be far away. There's no need for fanfare, or publicity. You don't need anything to do it but your presence. Go to the adrift perplexed people around you; tell them that the kingdom is near. You've been treated generously, so live generously.  

Dan McCollam

David didn't need a throne to act like a king. Before he ever sat on a throne, he defended territories. He built and led an army. He counseled with dignitaries; he expanded the kingdom borders and he distributed spoils of war. David did everything a king is supposed to do without a throne or position. Likewise, train for where you want to reign.

Frank Harrington

Renewal is rooted in faith, not in resolutions! According to the surveys, resolutions are made for New Year's and forgotten an average of thirteen days later. Faith is the result of a decision about Christ. I cannot make a new me or a new you, but Christ can make you new and me new, as well, if we decide for Him.
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John White

There are no shortcuts to holiness. There is no easy way to conquer the flesh. Christian character is a matter of growth, not of secrets or formulas. Growth takes time. It also takes the discipline of prayer, of study, of heart searching, of sensitivity to the Holy Spirit's pleading, and of consistent obedience. It must always begin with a renewed thankfulness for the never-ending grace of God, and a sense of being set free repeatedly to a life of holiness.
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Harold Eberle

Because we have a free will, some people become good and others bad, but everyone has faults. With this view we tend to see society’s advancement as a struggle between good and evil. When the righteous rise up, good prevails. When the unrighteous rule, evil prevails. This means the moral and spiritual progress of humanity is not only dependent upon what God is doing in the world, but also what people do. The conditions of the earth are very much dependent upon us. Harold Eberle Daily Christian Quote Website ---------

Corrie Ten Boom

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Thomas Merton

It is... of supreme importance that we consent to live not for ourselves but for others. When we do this we will be able first of all to face and accept our own limitations. As long as we secretly adore ourselves, our own deficiencies will remain to torture us with an apparent defilement. But if we live for others, we will gradually discover that no one expects us to be 'as gods'. We will see that we are human, like everyone else, that we all have weaknesses and deficiencies, and that these limitations of ours play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and others need us. We are not all weak in the same spots, and so we supplement and complete one another, each one making up in himself for the lack in another.

Nathan Edwardson

God has a profound way of provoking us in all the necessary ways. If we’re not getting triggered, bothered or provoked in our journey towards God, then most likely we’ve stopped growing. God cares more about our growth than our comfort.

Sarah Bessey

I remember hearing a preacher once claim the miracle of a good parking spot. As in, she taught a church full of people how to pray for a good parking spot, how to claim it, and how to rejoice when it came. My side eye at this cannot be overestimated. If your greatest notion of suffering is having to walk a few more rows to the Target, then I think we can safely say you've lost the plot.

C S Lewis

The Nativity

Among the oxen (like an ox I'm slow) I see a glory in the stable grow Which, with the ox's dullness might at length Give me an ox's strength.

Among the asses (stubborn I as they) I see my Saviour where I looked for hay; So may my beast like folly learn at least The patience of a beast.

Among the sheep (I like a sheep have strayed) I watch the manger where my Lord is laid; Oh that my baa-ing nature would win thence Some woolly innocence!