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A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.
To make the most of your life you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.
Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.
In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.
The Bible tells us that there are some things worth fighting for. In fact, the Bible says there's some things worth dying for.
Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.
Between this day and the next you will give your life to something. The decision on what that will be will shape your destiny.
Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.
If we fail to see that there are powers that cause people to be bowed down in bondage, we are going to fight the wrong battle.
As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.
An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.
Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.
Should Christians govern and are Christians the only ones who are truly qualified to govern, and the answer is, of course, Yes.
That in itself is an act of peacemaking, because we're seeking to align our wills with God's will, our dreams with God's dream.
Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.
There is no counsel like God's counsel. No comfort like His comfort. No wisdom more profound than the wisdom of the Scriptures.
God wants to cast out the fear and doubt in your life. Go before Him right now and say, "Lord, this is what I am afraid of ..."
As you commit your life to follow the Lord, He begins to plant His desires in your heart, then guides you according to His plan
That is relinquishing control in a culture that prioritizes control and doing what you need to do in order to advance yourself.
Then fear will grow pale and fade away, and you will be free, through your faith in our strong and living Savior, Jesus Christ.
We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken in us.
Christianity has always been the hope of God through Jesus played out in the lives of real people living in real circumstances.
No matter how many pleasures Satan offers you, his ultimate intention is to ruin you. Your destruction is his highest priority.
In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
The stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yard! America's chickens are coming home to roost!
As God's followers, we must be ever watchful not to allow diluted teachings or secular philosophies to creep into our doctrine.
Worship is our response to what we value most. As a result, worship fuels our actions, becoming the driving force of all we do.
Life comes from death. To the degree that I can live in the death of Jesus - to that degree I can channel God's life to others.
People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.
Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven't dealt with the root cause.
Many believe one can be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.
If you have truly been born again, it was the Holy Spirit who convicted you of sin and drew you into a relationship with Jesus.
Lord Jesus, bring comfort to all those who mourn and peace of heart to those under pressure and tension, in Jesus Christ's name
Rituals keep us from forgetting what must not be forgotten and keep us rooted in a past from which we must not be disconnected.
In our post-Freudian world, it is no longer a goal to become people of character who live out a God-ordained ideal of selfhood.
I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.
What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.
Every story of change there is always someone who didn't have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.
To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.
The skeptic may deny your doctrine or attack your church but he cannot honestly ignore the fact that your life has been changed.
When you care more about what others think of you than what God knows about you, you've lost perspective on what really matters.
I think it rather pathetic that so many people are looking forward to heaven to prove that their doctrinal position was correct.
There is no sin too great for God's grace. There is no habit too big for his healing. There is no label too strong for his love.
Gentleman, God created you with the heart of a warrior. Until there’s something you’re willing to die for, you can’t truly live.
God could have programmed us as robots to do whatever he tells us, but then we'd never have the freedom to love and worship him.
I am finding deep joy in depending on Christ for the guidance only He can provide as He produces the fruit of gospel in my life.
Only those who put tomorrow completely into God's hand and receive fully today what they need for their lives are really secure.
What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate you.
When you get honest with God, you can exchange the fig leaves you used to cover your sin with the righteousness of Jesus Christ.