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I stand before my neighbors on my character; but in heaven I have no standing myself at all. I stand there in the character of my Savior. (Paul Rader)
The highest earthly enjoyments are but a shadow of the joy I find in reading God's Word. (Lady Jane Grey)
We put one foot on God's side and one on the side of human reasoning: then God widens the space until we either drop down in between or jump on to one side or the other. (Oswald Chambers)
God always gives His very best to those who leave the choice with Him. (Hudson Taylor)
In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. (Robert E. Lee)
The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us. In its stead are programs, methods, organizations, and a world of nervous activities which occupy time and attention. (A. W. Tozer)
A child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration. (Charles H. Spurgeon)
The grace of God exalts a man without inflating him, and humbles a man without debasing him. (Charles Hodge)
Being filled with the fullness of the Spirit does not mean getting more of the Spirit, but the Spirit getting more of you.
If you walk with God, you won't run with the world.
For the believer to be a friend of the world he must for all intents and purposes lower his standard to be accepted.
The Bible does not contain the Word of God; the Bible is the Word of God.
The central thread of the Bible [both O.T. and N.T.] is the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Any writings outside of the Bible that claim equality with Scripture are false and demonic.
God does not make us holy against our will, or without our cooperation.
Remember that prayer is not a monologue, but a dialogue.
In the matter of holiness there is a merging of human desire and Divine empowering.
The mark of true Bible study is not knowledge that puffs up, but love that builds up.
If you are laying up treasures on earth, you are walking away from them. If you are laying up treasures in heaven you are walking toward them. Remember your treasure is where your heart is.
Praying needs to be God centered and not self-centered. We can share with God our desires and hopes, but we should always seek His will and His glory. Genuine prayer trust that God will answer as He knows best.
Grace gives freedom from sin, not a license to sin.
Ability and opportunity is a liability until it is yielded to God.
The Christian, once in darkness, is now the light of the world, and should reprove the works of darkness by letting his light shine.
The Gospel is light, but only the Spirit can give sight. (A. W. Tozer)
The Christian life is not what I can do, but what Christ can do through me.
If Sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped around their legs. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for. (Charles Spurgeon)
Repentance and faith are at once the commands and the gifts of God; neglect them not. (Charles Spurgeon)
The Spirit-filled life is not a special, deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for His people. (A.W. Tozer)
As sure as ever God puts His children in the furnace, He will be in the furnace with them. ( Charles Spurgeon)
Worship God in the difficult circumstances, and when He chooses, He will alter them in two seconds. (Oswald Chambers)
We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God. (D.L. Moody)
The faithfulness of God is a reality in which we can place our trust.
When you believe a lie over a long period of time; it is hard to believe the truth when you hear it.
Keep your relationship with God up to date. Claim His promises and follow His directions.
God works through imperfect people and adverse circumstances to carry out His ongoing purpose.
Man has a free will, but lacks liberty.
The possibility of mercy comes only after a guilty verdict has been rendered.
True confession can occur only when we see God for who He is, when we see sin for what it is, and when we see ourselves for what we really are. (John MacArthur)
The forgiveness we seek in our daily walk is not pardon from an angry Judge, but mercy from a grieved Father.
When we affirm with God that we deserve nothing, we end any self-centeredness in our prayers.
Anticipating a promised reality is grounds for rejoicing in that reality.
When success isn't the issue, success becomes the reality.
Obedience doesn't lead to freedom. Freedom leads to obedience.
All of life, teaches Bible doctrine.
He makes our concerns His and is always present in our lives. He is forever healing, restoring and renewing in His own special way... In His own perfect time. (Oswald Chambers)
The Christian's life and influence is to be visible and obvious, not a secret or hidden. We must not camouflage our devotion to Christ, but humbly do all we can to allow its truest colors to be seen where we live.
We need to apprehend two aspects of God's great plan. The hope of His calling and the riches of His inheritance. (Eph.1:10)
The only sure way to prompt and sustain a quality prayer life is to maintain a regular and disciplined study of the Word of God. (John MacArthur)
The norm is; God prepares before He acts; Works in a process and is Sovereign over the process.
Grace always precedes truth.
Salvation is not about self-fulfillment; It's about denying self. It's not about self-love, it's about self hate. When pride dominates the sinner's life, there's certainly no room to love God. Loving God and others is the mark of salvation.
You kill the flesh by starving it to death.
Mercy without purity is permissiveness, purity without mercy is rigid self-righteousness.
Living for Christ makes dying gainful, so why fear death? (Charles Wayne Rosson)
All Christians are witnesses, either helping or hindering the cause of Christ.
Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light. (Steve Brown)
The Bible is the only book whose author is always present to explain its meaning.
Authentic Bible study involves more than human preparation, more than intellectual investigation, it requires Divine illumination.
Abiding in Christ is simply being with a Friend who loves you. [Steve Brown]
Abide in Christ and you will grow. You will be pruned, but you will grow. [Steve Brown]
If you abide in Christ, you will find out that He holds you. You don't hold Him.
The Christian life is not difficult; it is impossible. It has only been lived by one person, Jesus--and Jesus has promised to come and live in you. Paul says in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." The Christian life impossible as it is. Becomes possible, when we allow Christ to live His life through us.
The proclamation of the Gospel of Christ is never good news unless it first becomes bad news.
Before you are a Christian the Law has the specific function of bringing you to Christ. After you become a Christian, it has the specific function of measuring how well you are doing in your life of obedience.
The Law says, "You did that one good" or You really messed that one up." The Law speaks; it never leaves a Christian in the dark about whether he or she is doing right or wrong, growing or falling back, pleasing God or displeasing Him.
The Law was given to tell you what is wrong. The Law isn't the cure; Jesus is.
The Law is not God's prescription for unhappiness. It is God's maintenance manual to how things really work.
When a believer has Jesus Christ in his or her heart and violates the Law, they have violated their very essence. When a person who doesn't have Jesus Christ in his or her heart obeys the Law, they have violated their very essence.
If being a Christian is defined by obeying all the rules, then my dog is the best Christian in our house. (Jay Kesler)
When you are dirty it is not time to point out that others haven't taken a bath. (Steve Brown)
When we talk about heaven, we need to talk with a gleam in our eye. And when we talk about hell, we need to talk with a tear in our eye.
Commitment without courage lacks strength. Courage without commitment lacks staying power. Overcomers lack neither.
Purity and holiness are God's goals for Christians both now and in eternity.
The Christian life is not a sight life. (By faith we catch a vision of God). It is a faith life; to follow Jesus and do what God wants us to do in the power of the Spirit.
It is better to walk with God than to fraternize with unbelievers.
The word hope as used in the Bible means, "a confident expectation or future certainty, that has no element of chance or fate in it." Hope is the assurance God gives believers based on His promises and His faithfulness to His Word.
God allows what He hates, in order to accomplish what He loves.
Knowing doctrine, important as that is, will not save; but the study of sound doctrine will always point to Christ who does save. On the other hand; false doctrine with it's deception and error, will always lead to destruction.
God the Father is love; God the Son demonstrates love; God the Holy Spirit creates love in the believer's heart; and the church is effective because of love.
Whenever we separate the person of Christ from our own person, we live under the Law and not in Christ.
Faith connects you so intimately with Christ, that He and you become as it were one person. As such you may boldly say: "I am now one with Christ. Therefore Christ's righteousness, victory, and life are mine."
Salvation is a work of God for man, rather than a work of man for God. [Lewis Sperry Chafer]
Life is ten percent what happens to you, and ninety percent how you respond.
The key to overcoming temptation is resist, resist, resist, and if necessary flee!
Bear in mind that being exposed to temptation is not sin, it is giving in to temptation that is a sin.
God loves you just the way you are, but refuses to leave you that way; He wants you to be like Christ.
Transformation is the process of embarking on a journey with the Holy Spirit, trekking into unexplored secret avenues of our lives, going down paths we never knew existed, and accomplishing the impossible. We learn it is a journey based upon obedience, trust and reliance upon Him.
Watching television today is like riding through the sewers in a glass bottom boat.
I find television very educating, every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. (Groucho Marx)
Worship is not an activity as much as an attitude of the heart.
Our great purpose is to know Him, to love Him, and to know and love Him better each day.
The art of thanksgiving is thanks living. (Wilferd A. Peterson)
There is no telling how much power God can put into a man. When divine strength comes, human weakness is no more a hindrance. (Charles H. Spurgeon)
The thing that awakens the deepest well of gratitude in a human being is that God has forgiven sin. (Oswald Chambers)
The great thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though our world might last a hundred years. (C. S. Lewis)
You have created us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it rest in You. (Saint Augustine)
He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave. (Matthew Henry)
The best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is never to forget the presence of Christ. (William Barclay)
God intended for our tongues to be instruments of prayer, praise, and meaningful participation in healthy relationships. Instead of using what we say to manipulate or hurt others, we should practice using our words to encourage and love others.
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. (Washington Irving)
Life is a series of events orchestrated by God, each one filled with meaning to be grasped and explored.
The theme of thanksgiving is woven like a golden ribbon throughout the fabric of Scripture.
A day that begins and ends with prayer and praise will never come unraveled.
Nothing brightens life, as much as the spirit of thanksgiving.
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. (Colossians 3:17)
A smile is a little curve that can straighten out a lot of things.
Don't begrudge the difficulties of life. They are like a plow that breaks up the surface of your heart, making room for the seed of the Word.
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. (George Muller)
Heaven will be the perfection we have always longed for. (Billy Graham)
There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. (C. S. Lewis)
The tears of sadness over earthly separations cannot be compared to the tears of joy over eternal togetherness.
God's supervision is so blessedly true that at any given moment whatever we face we may say, for this cause came I unto this hour. (John Stam)--- Missionary and martyr
Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and He proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust His skill and thank Him for His Prescription. (Isaac Newton)
The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for Him. The one aim of the call of God is the satisfaction of God, not a call to do something for Him. (Oswald Chambers)
God designed every one of His children to be a unique individual, with a specific plan and purpose. Our sense of adequacy should not depend on others' expectations or even on our own abilities. Rather, we are capable only to the extent that we depend upon the perfectly sufficient, indwelling Holy Spirit, who enables us to do and become all that God has designed for us. (Charles Stanley)
God intends for us to live out of His energy and strength, not our own.
Once you are persuaded that you can do nothing apart from the Holy Spirit (John 15:5), then you position yourself to be used fully by God.
The more we learn God's principles, the more fully will His Word support our life. (Charles Stanley)
The Holy Spirit is the believer's strength, encouragement, and constant companion. Everyone else may abandon, criticize, or ignore us, but God will never forsake His children.
Our inadequacy enables God to demonstrate the great things He can do with so little.
We need to look beyond our limitations to Jesus Christ's total sufficiency. Only then can we live joyful and encouraging lives, lives that radiate confidence, even when we are painfully aware of our personal shortcomings.
Theological, spiritual, and moral arrogance, is a sure sign of theological, spiritual, and moral bankruptcy. (Steve Brown)
Because God's Word is transcendent, and perpetually relevant to all people in all times, everywhere. Bible teachers ought to teach the Word clearly and boldly, without compromise or concern for how people respond.
Waiting on the Lord is not a waste of time; it is a declaration that God is in charge.
A lifestyle that encompasses stillness before the Lord will bring us greater intimacy with Him.
The goodness of the Lord will be poured out upon those who choose to be still before Him. (Lamentations 3:25)
No one is inherently qualified to serve as a minister of Christ. God Himself must save sinners, sanctify them, and transform them from the unqualified into the instruments He can use.
When a Christian matures in his walk with the Lord, he sees himself getting smaller and smaller until, like the morning star, he gives way to the rising sun. (John MacArthur)
Whether you're a person of great or small stature in the eyes of the world, your life and resources have been given to you only so that you can reflect glory to the Lord Jesus Christ and make His praises known. (John MacArthur)
When the Devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.
Missed opportunities are missed blessings.
JESUS is the reason... for the JOY we share, the LOVE we give, and the HOPE that fills our hearts with PEACE.
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