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Jesus comes in joy and in sorrow,
Shares our hopes and our fears;
Jesus comes, whate’er will befall us,
Glads our hearts, dries our tears.

Alleluia! Alleluia!
Comes to save us from despair.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Till the dawn of endless day.

- Alleluia - Castle Island Hymns (from “Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring”)

I am sure God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to wait.

- C.S. Lewis (via trustchrist)

(Source: benedmonds)

Gathering for worship is a life-shaping moment in a congregation’s week, and our task as pastors is to seize that opportunity for an all-out assault on their hearts. As servants of God, we prepare people for death, and we prepare them for eternity. And most of them just think they’re ‘going to church.’

- Mike Cosper

Real hope doesn’t deny tragedy. It faces it head-on. Hope says “Yes, it’s really bad, but I still trust God.

- Rick Warren  (via littlethingsaboutgod)

(Source: hoperisesfirst)

David Hume, 18th century British philosopher who rejected historic Christianity, once met a friend hurrying along a London street and asked where he was going. The friend said he was off to hear George Whitfield preach. “But surely you don’t believe what Whitfield preaches do you?” “No, I don’t, but he does.

- J.R.W. Stott

Cause Your Word to come alive in me,
Give me faith for what I cannot see.
Give me passion for your purity,
Holy Spirit, breathe new life in me.

- Kristyn Getty

Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

- Saint Patrick

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. So flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

- 2 Timothy 2:20-22

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by doing so you will save both yourself and your hearers. Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

- 1 Timothy 4:12-5:1-2