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Thoughts are like a train, they'll take us somewhere. Protect by filling with the word of God.
If we don't put our faith to work we will soon discover that we have a faith that doesn't work!
It's not possible to be close to God without thinking about the lost. They never leave His mind.
Allow God to continually soften your heart so that it beats for what his heart beats for - people.
We have so many Christians who want to change the world, but they don't want to change themselves.
Being faithful doesn’t mean you are fearless. It just means that your faith is greater than your fear.
God loves it when His children pray BIG, BOLD PRAYERS. Don't be afraid to ask your Father for anything!
Sometimes, all you need to do is pull back a little to protect your heart, not turn your back entirely.
God uses the tension, complexity, and challenge of doing His kingdom work to transform us into champions.
We need to replace the lies of the enemy with the truth of God; to do so we need to know the truth of God.
The pain of recovery is sometimes worse than the pain of the injury. Allow Jesus Christ to heal your soul.
Spending time in the presence of Jesus is a non-negotiable. Don't wait until you have time to do it. MAKE time.
I have realized that nothing else matters besides this: Am I doing everything God has put me on this earth to do?
If the light that is on you is brighter than the light that is in you, the light that is on you will destroy you.
If you entrust God with your 'here,' He will take you 'there.' If you give Him your 'now,' He will take care of 'then.'
Let's not hold anything back in 2015. We only have one life to live and this is not a dress rehearsal!! # allornothing
I also came to understand that our authenticity (or lack thereof) is made evident by the fruit that our life is bearing.
At the threshold of every transition in our lives the devil send a spirit of fear. Therefore be strong and very courageous!
Often the very things that you think have disqualified you are the ones that qualify you to do what God has called you to do.
Fulfilling our destiny and realizing our potential all begins in our mind. That's why the devil tries to bombard our thinking.
When you care more about what others think of you than what God knows about you, you've lost perspective on what really matters.
God is able to take the mess of our past and turn it into a message. He takes the trials and tests and turns them into a testimony.
It is one thing to be awakened to injustice and quite another to be willing to be inconvenienced and interrupted to do something about it.
Our faith is really proven in the way we talk to ourselves. The loudest human voice you will listen to is your own. Choose your words wisely.
A commitment to growth is a commitment to risk, courage, faith, strength, hope, and a willingness to make mistakes, get back up and try again.
The same God who brought you here is the same God that will take you there! Stop worrying about how and trust Him. He who promised is faithful!
Sophie is asking mum ‘Why am I NOT a doll NOT an adult NOT a boy NOT a giraffe?’ It’s so easy to miss all we are when we focus on what we are not!
As you give God your time, your gifts, your resources and talents, He will use them to have a critically important and eternal impact on this world.
Christian life isn’t a one-person race. It’s a relay. You are not alone; you’re part of a team assembled by our unstoppable God to achieve his eternal purposes.
When there is a fight between your heart and your head, experience has taught me that the best thing you can do is pick up your Bible and remind yourself of what God says.
We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but rather a life-giving relationship with our Father.
Just as God gave Moses exactly what he needed to accomplish great things, he will equip us in the same way. If he calls us to slay giants, he will make us into giant slayers.
Our God is the God of the impossible. When we say yes to doing new things as we step into our destiny, we'll get to see God show up and equip us for the journey ahead in miraculous ways.
You need to return to the truth of God's Word that will last forever, not meditate on circumstance that will fade and change. It is this truth that enables us to go into the future undaunted.
Nothing about my birth - or yours - was random or accidental. I was born for this time - and so were you. We were each chosen for a particular, cosmically important task that can be done by no one else.
To step into tomorrow's possibilities you must let go of yesterday's realities. Be careful of your choices between what was, is and will be. It is very hard to fully step into your destiny while you are still holding on to your history.
Even if people have disappointed you or circumstances have not turned out as you had hoped or prayed, know that God is with you, cares for you, and loves you. He is working all these things together for your good right at this very moment.
One of the most important things that we as Christians can do is regularly fill our hearts and minds with God's Word. Bible Gateway is one great tool available that makes reading and studying Scriptures readily available to each of us at any moment.
I love this truth-filled reminder that the victory is already ours, the battle is already won; we have more than conquered whatever this world will try to throw at as because we're God's children; we have his kingdom in our hearts, and he loves us dearly.
The long series of disappointments you accumulate in a lifetime can stop you from moving forward into all the goodness God has planned for you – and that means they’ll be stopping not only you, but also all those God has destined you to reach along your life journey.
Even though I only just found out that I was adopted, God has always known, and he has always loved me. And since that has never changed, therefore nothing has essentially changed. I may not be who I thought I was, but I still am who he says I am. I am more. I am loved. I am his.
The biblical model is that God deliberately chooses imperfect vessels - those who have been wounded, those with physical or emotional limitations. Then he prepares them to serve and sends them out with their weakness still evident, so that his strength can be made perfect in that weakness.
We also need to be willing to make room in our lives for the impending birth of our dreams. This might mean emptying our life of clutter such as wasted time, energy, resources, or draining relationships. These things can jeopardize our dreams by distracting us at a time when we should be more focused than ever.
When you believe God is who he says he is, when you hang onto him and his Word in faith, his truth sets you free.6 The truth you store up in silence comes back to you in the storm, and it lifts you away as on a life raft from the fears and disappointments that would otherwise pull you under. When you abide in his Word, he abides in you.
Settling for what is comfortable is one of the biggest enemies to our enlargement... In every season of life...we need to be committed to enlarging our personal capacity (even when it's not comfortable). We need to refuse to be satisfied with our latest accomplishments, as what we've accomplished is no longer our potential because it has been realized.
Healthy things grow, and growing things change. If we allow fear or doubt or shame or insecurity to hold us back from something new God is calling us to do, we may miss out on his greatest purpose for our life. As believers, we go from strength to strength, from glory to glory. And in order to keep expanding God's kingdom, we have to keep growing and trying new things.
God is faithful. He'll fulfill every promise he's made. There's no disease God cannot heal, no heart he cannot mend, no bondage he cannot break, no enemy he cannot defeat, no mountain he cannot move, and no need he cannot meet. And because that same Spirit lives inside each of us, we move forward undaunted; we are unstoppable; and we live unshakeable. Focus on our unshakeable God instead of the chaos around you and he will carry you through the challenges and on to victory.
The amazing thing is that throughout Scripture and history it seems God has chosen the most seemingly unlikely and unqualified people to fulfill his plan and purpose on the earth. Most often, the response of those people has been to insist on their own unworthiness. And if they don’t-the people around them may do so, loudly and shrilly. And therein lies a danger: If we allow other people to tell us what we are and are not qualified to do, we will limit what God wants to do with us.