Our soul longs for a connection with God. A connection that started in the Garden of Eden, was broken by the deception of Satan, & was restored by the bruised body of Jesus on Calvary, that started with surrender in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Suffering and success go together. If you are succeeding without suffering, it is because others before you have suffered; if you are suffering without succeeding, it is that others after you may. ~Adoniram Judson
Sometimes God will delay your promise during transition b/c He's still working on your perspective. Your perspective is tainted by your experience.~T. D. Jakes
Sometimes people won't let you evolve into who you're going to be because they're stuck on who you used to be. Their present is informed by their past. ~T. D. Jakes
As I sit and watch the birds come and go from the bird feeders, and the redheaded woodpecker continue to carve out a nest, I am reminded that as God cares for the sparrows, how much more He cares for you and me. Matt. 6:25-34
Take heart, the same God who spoke this world into existence, the same God who split the Red Sea to make a way, the same God who raised the dead, healed the sick, brought salvation and grace, is the same God today as He's always been and will continue to be.
Change is the constant companion of progress. ~ Kevin Gerald/Naked and Unafraid @StorysideChurch @ChampionsCentre
"You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible to say is true."~R. C. Sproul
"Our Lord says to you, 'Peace, child, peace. Relax. Let go
I will catch you. Do you trust me so little?" ~ C.S.Lewis
Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
"A true love of God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this."~ Jonathan Edwards
There is a difference between what you are talented to do and what God has anointed you to do. When you walk in your talent, you get the credit. When you walk in your anointing, God gets the credit.
~ Tim Ross
The direction of our mind will determine the destiny of our steps. We will walk towards what we're looking at. Keep your eyes on Jesus!
"We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth." ~ Blaise Pascal
Reflect upon your present blessings--of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. ~ Charles Dickens
It is not that we keep His commandments first, and that then He loves us; it that He loves us, and then we keep His commandments.~ Augustine