I have had prayers answered- most strangely so sometimes- but I think our heavenly Father’s loving kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.
Lewis Carroll
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Love Is A Commitment
March 13, 2014 
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“Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.”
Ravi Zacharias
We Need To Let Go
March 6, 2014 1 Comment
We need to let go of who we think we ought to be, in order to be who we really are.
Lasting Pleasures
March 5, 2014 3 Comments
One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy- whether he knows it or not.
O. A. Battista
Fewer Takers
March 4, 2014 1 Comment
Sin would have fewer takers if the consequences were immediate.
Charles Spurgeon
Work & Fruit
March 2, 2014 2 Comments
Have you ever noticed the difference in the Christian life between work and fruit? A machine can do work; only life can bear fruit.
Andrew Murray
Reflect Upon Your Present Blessings
February 27, 2014 2 Comments
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
Steady Perseverance In Holiness
February 26, 2014 2 Comments
The lives of some professing Christians are a series of stumbles; they are never quite down and yet they are seldom on their feet. This is not a fit thing for a believer. He is invited to walk with God; by faith he can attain steady perseverance in holiness, and he should do so.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Within A Yard Of Hell
February 24, 2014 0 Comments
Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.
Charles Studd
Be Patient
February 22, 2014 7 Comments
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
Francis de Sales
Knitting
February 18, 2014 9 Comments
Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that he is “finding his place in it,” while really it is finding its place in him.
C. S. Lewis
He Chose Us
February 16, 2014 2 Comments
I believe in the doctrine of election, because I am quite sure that if God had not chosen me I would never would have chosen him; and I am sure he chose me before I was born, or else he never would have chose me afterward.
C. H. SPURGEON
It’s Too Bad
February 12, 2014 4 Comments
It’s too bad I’m not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
Alan Alda
We Want The Crown Without The Cross.
February 12, 2014 4 Comments
Mankind wants glory. We want health. We want wealth. We want happiness. We want all our felt needs met, all our little human itches scratched. We want a painless life. We want the crown without the cross. We want the gain without the pain. We want the words of Christ’s salvation to be easy.
John MacArthur
My Worth To God
February 11, 2014 1 Comment
My worth to God in public is what I am in private.
Oswald Chambers
Sometimes I’d Like To Ask God…..
February 8, 2014 4 Comments
“Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering, and injustice when He could do something about it.”
“Well, why don’t you ask Him?”
“Because I’m afraid He would ask me the same question.”
Unknown
Cut Out & Stitch Up
February 7, 2014 3 Comments
I believe now that God is kind enough not only to work in our present and future, but He’s also able to reach into the past and cut out the wasted years and stitch up our lives in such a way that even the scars eventually are removed.
Jeannie C. Riley
The Sheep In Need
February 5, 2014 0 Comments
We must not be afraid to minister to one another. Even if the sheep in need is the one in the lead.
Jan Winebrenner & Debra Frazier
Seeing Through The Fog
February 3, 2014 3 Comments
Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.
Corrie Ten Boom
Christianity Is Not A Formula
January 30, 2014 9 Comments
“Christianity is not a formula, but the Person of Jesus Himself. Never think that Christianity is a matter of adjusting behavior, but rather, of letting Christ live through us in His strength and power.”
Malcolm Smith
A Stupendous Miracle
January 29, 2014 1 Comment
That the Potter should die for His clay is a stupendous miracle.
Lynn Landrum
Unexpressed Love
January 28, 2014 13 Comments
There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might have been said or might have been done that never can be said or done.
Arthur Hopkins
Silly Idea
January 27, 2014 5 Comments
A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is… A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.
C S Lewis
A Good Marriage
January 24, 2014 4 Comments
There is no more lovely, friendly or charming relationship, communion or company, than a good marriage.
Martin Luther
Christianity
January 22, 2014 2 Comments
Christianity must mean everything to us before it can mean anything to others.
Donald Soper
They Didn’t Stop
January 20, 2014 18 Comments
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.
William Feather
You Are The Only One
January 19, 2014 3 Comments
Remember, you are the only one who can keep you from becoming the person God wants you to be.
Neil Anderson
What Are We Waiting For?
January 17, 2014 3 Comments
There are fathers waiting until other obligations are less demanding to become acquainted with their sons. There are mothers who sincerely intend to be more attentive to their daughters. There are husbands and wives who are going to be more understanding. But time does not draw people closer. When in the world are we going to begin to live as if we understood that this is life? This is our time, our day…and it is passing. What are we waiting for?
Richard L. Evans
Union With Christ
January 17, 2014 0 Comments
“Union with Christ is really the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation…”
John Murray
To Become Christ-like
January 16, 2014 0 Comments
To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain.
Henry Drummond
Unmindful
January 14, 2014 2 Comments
It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.
Richard Whately
Tomorrow
January 11, 2014 3 Comments
Always put off until tomorrow what you shouldn’t do at all.
Morris Mandel
Nobody Ever Outgrows Scripture
January 10, 2014 1 Comment
Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the Book widens and deepens with our years.
Charles Spurgeon
Between Two Thieves
January 8, 2014 9 Comments
The cross must be raised again at the center of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the church. I am claiming that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves; on the town garbage heap, at a crossroads so cosmopolitan they had to write His title in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. At the kind of place where cynics talk smut, and thieves curse, and soldiers gamble, because that is where He died and that is what he died about and that is where churchmen ought to be and what churchmen should be about.
George Macleod
Walk In The Way
January 7, 2014 2 Comments
There is only one basis for really enjoying life, and that is, to walk in the way in which God leads you. Then you are prepared to find delight in all sorts of wayward incidents….When a man is drifting through life, seeking nothing outside of self-gratification, the world must become increasingly a barren and forbidding wilderness. But it is wonderful how many delights fall to the lot of him who is led by God. For such a one the clasp of a friend’s hand, a cool drink in the heat of noon, a merry salutation from a passing traveler, a glimpse of beauty by the road, a quiet resting place at night, are all full of unspeakable pleasure.
Leaves of Gold
What Love Is?
December 24, 2013 6 Comments
Some children were asked what love is. The responses were quite interesting and instructive for us adults.
One said “love is when my daddy makes a cup of coffee for my mummy and tastes a bit first before he gives it to her to make sure it’s ok.”
Another said ”love is when your puppy licks you, even when you’ve been out all day.”
one said “ you really shouldn’t say I love you unless you really mean it, but if you do mean it you should say it a lot, ‘cause people forget.”
One boy said “when someone loves you they say your name different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.
And finally one seven year old said “love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you just stop unwrapping your presents and listen.”
Have You Received This Gift?
December 20, 2013 5 Comments
“Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about? – Charlie Brown
“Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know… the birth of Santa!” – Bart Simpson
Are you aware of this simple fact, that God couldn’t possibly love you more than He does right now? That He loves you as much as a perfect God can? That He loves you perfectly, and there’s nothing you can do to make Him love you more? There’s nothing you can do to earn His approval; you have it. Are you aware of that? Do you realise how deeply God loves you?”
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
Have you received this gift?
Father, today and through this season, give me the ability and the willingness to realise how deeply and passionately You love me. Amen.
Impressions About Christmas
December 20, 2013 4 Comments
“One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Most of our impressions about Christmas revolve around concepts like “peace” and “harmony” and “unity.” But the first Christmas was filled with intense contrasts. On one hand, we have Herod who is willing to murder countless innocent babies in order to save his position as king. Then there are the three Magi, the wise men from the east:
On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. – Matthew 2:11
These were gifts of great monetary and symbolic value:
- MYRRH was a substance used in embalming fluid. This little boy had been born to die as the Savior of mankind! So in giving that gift, the wise men said, “You are Savior, You are worthy to be trusted, we trust You fully.”
- INCENSE was burned in the Tabernacle and in the Temple as an act of worship to God. In giving frankincense, they were saying, “You are God, and You are worthy to be worshiped!”
- GOLD was a gift given to kings. In giving the gold to Jesus, they said, “You are King, You are worthy to be followed.”
There was a time when your sinful nature was inclined to do what Herod did – clinging to and defending your position as king of your own life. But now that you are in Christ, now that your sinful nature has been crucified with Him (Romans 6), now that His Holy Spirit lives within you (Romans 8), you can listen to His voice that invites you to bow down and worship the Child as Savior and King today.
Jesus, my Lord! With great joy, I follow the leading of Your Spirit in my heart today. I bow before You as my Savior and my King. May my words, thoughts, and actions all be expressions of sincere worship to You. Amen.
How Better We Can Love
December 20, 2013 1 Comment
Is life not full of opportunities for learning love? Every man and woman every day has a thousand of them. The world is not a playground; it is a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday, but an education. And the one eternal lesson for us all is how better we can love.
Henry Drummond
“But You Gave Me Two”
December 18, 2013 7 Comments
A friend who was working in the Dominican Republic with Habitat for Humanity had befriended a small boy named Etin. He noticed that when Etin wore a shirt at all it was always the same dirty, tattered one. A box of used clothes had been left at the camp, and my friend found two shirts in it that were in reasonably good shape and about Etin’s size, so he gave them to the grateful boy. A few days later he saw another boy wearing one of the shirts. When he next met up with Etin he explained that the shirts were meant for him. Etin just looked at him and said, “But you gave me two!”
Unknown
Time Is Short
December 13, 2013 9 Comments
You who are letting miserable misunderstandings run on from year to year, meaning to clear them up some day; you who are keeping wretched quarrels alive because you cannot quite make up your minds that now is the day to sacrifice your pride and kill them; you who are letting your neighbor starve until you hear that he is dying of starvation or letting your friend’s heart ache for a word of appreciation or sympathy, which you mean to give him some day; if you could only know and see and feel all of a sudden that time is short, how it would break the “spell.” How you would go instantly and do the thing which you might never have another chance to do.
Phillips Brooks
Distinctive Mark Of A Christian
December 3, 2013 1 Comment
A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.
Billy Graham
The Spirit Of Christmas
December 1, 2013 9 Comments
“The spirit of Christmas needs to be superseded by the Spirit of Christ. The spirit of Christmas is annual; the Spirit of Christ is eternal. The spirit of Christmas is sentimental; the Spirit of Christ is supernatural. The spirit of Christmas is a human product; the Spirit of Christ is a divine person. That makes all the difference in the world.”
Stuart Briscoe
Verbal Sunshine
November 29, 2013 0 Comments
Be generous with encouragement. It is verbal sunshine. It costs nothing and it warms hearts.
Happy Thanksgiving
November 28, 2013 10 Comments
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 The Voice
Celebrate always, pray constantly, and give thanks to God no matter what circumstances you find yourself in. (This is God’s will for all of you in Jesus the Anointed.)
God’s Special Work Of Art
November 27, 2013 0 Comments
Each one of us is God’s special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives. God, the master artist, is most concerned about expressing Himself- His thoughts and His intentions- through what He paints in our character; He wants to paint a beautiful portrait of His Son in and through your life. A painting like no other in all of time.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Not Necessarily Doubting
November 26, 2013 3 Comments
We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
C. S. Lewis
Study The Word Of God
November 25, 2013 4 Comments
Study the word of God daily. You will sense Him speaking to you directly – refreshing your heart, feeding your mind and changing your life.
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