December 2011
47 posts
One reason we don’t grow in ordinary, grateful obedience as we should is that...
– Elyse Fitzpatrick (via einsteinpark)
I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove...
– Ezekiel 11:19 (via borntomakeanimpact)
Religion says:
God will love us if we change.
The Gospel says:
God’s love...
– Romans 5:8
Dude, Where's your bride?
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2011/11/03/dude-wheres-your-bride/
There is a difficulty about disagreeing with God. He is the source from which...
– Mere Christianity (1952)
God can’t fill you if you are too full of yourself.
– Max Lucado (via littlethingsaboutgod)
YOU CAN'T... He can.
“You can’t do it. You can’t muster up the discipline, You can’t muster up the intellect. You can’t muster up the strength. You can’t muster up the perseverance and the fortitude… He can. You can’t love the lost. You can’t love those who spit upon your face… He can.
- Don’t pray that God would teach you how to love like He loves. Pray that He would fill you with Himself and He would love them...
A good reminder
“To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power,” - 2 Thessolonians 1
“God fulfills and empowers our resolve for good and our work by faith.” - Richard Kim
Your brokenness is not the reason God cannot use you, rather it is because you...
– Just genz (via justgenesiz)
I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One...
– Francis Chan (via andifihavenotlove)
If God had granted all the silly prayers I’ve made in my life, where should I be...
– Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1964)
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as...
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via littlethingsaboutgod)
Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against You.
– Psalm 119:11 (via borntomakeanimpact)
sbgtf asked: seeing all your posts makes me wonder...you ever gonna share your testimony or what? jk. not on the internets. maybe in person though, yeah? ;)
But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His...
– C.S. Lewis (via sketchmedesire)
Hallelujah to the King: Do you know that right... →
wewontbequiet:
The God who holds the universe in His hand, the God with planets to spin and stars to hang, the God with angels to supervise and a world to sustain, the God who made all things from atoms to molecules; mountains to oceans; birds to dolphins; people to trees… is giving you His full attention?
Do…
Face to Face.
“Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.” - 2 John v12
“I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.” - 3 John v13-14
Technology just doesn’t cut it. There’s...
I once had a thousand desires, but in my one desire to know You, all else melted...
– Rumi (via quotes-ftw)
In Heaven there will be no anguish and no duty of turning away from our earthly...
– The Four Loves (1960)
Receiving Jesus as your Savior doesn’t make life easy, but your worst day with...
– Joyce Meyer (via jonjonlew)
I just want people to see Christ in me. I don't...
I don’t always knew where this life is going. I can’t see the end of the road,...
– Katie J. Davis (via littlethingsaboutgod)
Godtip #47
jonjonlew:
If you call yourself Christian, but have not made an effort to open up the Bible on your own, please re-evaluate your faith. This is not an accusation or challenge to start “acting” like a Christian, but it’s an honest question. If you haven’t read the Bible (or at least tried), do you even know what you believe in?
Are we then, not any different from the assembly in Acts 19:32 that...
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s...
– 1 Corinthians 3:17
Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if...
– 1 Peter 3:13-15
Speaking to me. Thank You.
(via allheartmindsoul)
We must have vision of a higher calling than simply resisting sin. If what it...
– Mattie Montgomery (via gotchrist)
Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating, but it is ridiculous for...
– Francis Chan (via littlethingsaboutgod)
awesome.
Thanks Dnam
“Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words.” - Francis of Assisi
“For it is in giving that we receive.” - Francis of Assisi
I preach as though Christ was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today, and...
– Martin Luther
Everybody thinks I'm crazy. They say, "You take...