James MacDonald

Complaining is an attitude choice that if left unchecked will wither my capacity to experience joy and genuine thankfulness.  

Chris Cruz

Jesus had to face his suffering head on, but what we see in his example is still surprising: suffering doesn't have to disfigure us or destroy us. Jesus provides a path through suffering. Jesus didn't die so that you and I would never have to experience pain or suffering. Instead, Jesus’ suffering makes it possible for our pain to be transformed. Instead of living with open wounds, we follow the example of Jesus and become people who carry glorious scars.

Ed Silvoso

  Darkness and hopelessness are terms that have no plural form, whereas light and hope do. Once you punch a hole in the darkness, light floods in.

Jill Parr

We can speak it. We can say it. We can know all the right words. We can learn the language. But until we can LIVE it, it’s just more Christian rhetoric. Actions back our words. Actions are the proof of what we believe. Be the change.

Author Unknown

The trouble with most Christians today is that they would rather be on the judgment seat than on the witness stand.

Katherine Walden

Watch your words about someone else, and even more so when others are criticising them behind their backs then acting kindly to their faces. Be the ONE who dares to confront those who gossip about others. It has to stop somewhere. Be the one who reminds others that there is a dangerous line they are crossing. Do so with love but remember -love does not condone gossip.

Bill Bright

All God wants of His followers is that we love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and that we trust His promises and obey His commands. He will then give us wisdom, grace, favour, manpower, finances--everything we need--to accomplish all that He has called us to do.
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Dawna De Silva

God has a recipe for combating fear. Its formula is simple: power + love + self-discipline 2 Tim 1:7). If we balance these ingredients equally, there is no tactic the devil can use to trick us into partnering with fear... When our formulas are out of balance, fear takes control of our lives.

Brian Hardin

Are we social believers who, in the privacy of our own hearts, have no relationship with God? That is what happened to the world in Jesus' time, and these questions are no less important today. God wants to set us apart so that we can be in the divine dance of life together with Him. Obedience isn't about ritual enslavement. It's about the persistent reminder in all things that He is near, and He's leading us on the narrow path that leads to life.

Jack Hayford

Our greatest victories are rarely won in an instant, but in the morning-by-morning application of His truth and power which overthrows the strongholds of darkness in our world and secures His purpose in us.