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Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.
I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.
Don’t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else.
Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.
If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze.
Your life is too valuable, your calling too great, & your God too awesome to waste your life on what doesn't matter.
God blesses his people with extravagant grace so they might extend his extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth
We can accomplish more in one month of dependence on the Spirit than we can in 100 years of dependence on ourselves.
Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.
Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.
When loving Him becomes obligation, one of the many things we have to do, we end up focusing even more on ourselves.
Jesus removes all that is superfluous & unclean from our prayers, & adds His perfection, beauty & fragrance to them!
Worship starts with seeing something great and then reflecting it to the world. Let's see God so we can reflect God.
God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.
Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.
Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.
If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you'd have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind.
The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.
What you BECOME on earth matters far more than what you DO. You're taking your character to heaven, not your career.
Well actually I don't think it's a bunch of bad things that send us to hell. I think it is rejection of God's grace.
The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don't deserve.
Jesus is the only Savior, but not everybody who is saved by Him is aware that He is the one who is doing the saving.
The real issue at hand is how God is going to respond to a culture when the majority of the people seek to veto Him.
Prayer is the God-given communication link between Heaven and Earth, time and eternity, the finite and the infinite.
It is in following Christ as our captain that we can win in our personal lives, families, churches, and communities.
The church is the only mechanism for mass mobilization. That's why the civil rights movement came out of the church.
The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us.
Grace loves without reference to what may or may not happen-which is precisely why such incredible things do happen!
Children should be able to see the Gospel modeled in the way their father loves their mother with a sacrificial love.
We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.
People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration.
"How" is what kills vision and dreams. Don't ask "How" until we figure out the "What". The "How" can kill the "What".
There are some rich people who, no matter how much God sends their way, never seem to put their hope in their riches.
People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.
God is responsible for the consequences of our obedience, WE are responsible for the consequences of our disobedience
God loves me so that I might make him— his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness—known among all nations.
I have questioned God sometimes whether prayers have gone unanswered. But answered prayer is still harder to believe.
Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.
A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance.
When you say, I don't know exactly what God is doing, but I know he's in control that's evidence you're trusting Him.
AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals. It is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.
AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.
When the enemy comes with shame and blame, tell him to go measure the distance from east to west and get back to you.
God's purposes and plans will not fail. Before you spend all your prayer time telling Him about yours, ask about His.
There is a direct correlation between your appreciation of what Christ has done for you and the expression of worship
The drug of choice in the modern age is levity. We want everything to be light and bubbly. We just want to feel good.
Every believer departing this old earth ...immediately transitions into heaven and is welcomed home by Jesus himself.