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Jesus didn't say that if you wanted to follow Him you could do it in a lukewarm manner. He said, 'Take up your cross and follow Me.'
God is the only true Giver, and He needs nothing from us. But still He wants us. He gave us life so that we might seek and know Him.
The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom.
His [Daniel] fast broke the power of the delayer and released the angels of God so that God's purposes could be revealed and served.
God's response to the belittlement of his name, from the beginning of time, has been the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on a Roman cross.
I think one day Madonna's going to say Jesus is Lord, one day Muhammad is going to say Jesus is Lord, Hitler will say Jesus is Lord.
I first start with weep with those who weep, rejoice with those who rejoice, be sympathetic, show tenderness and brotherly kindness.
War is and always has been a brutal exercise that destroys lives, families and communities. It is never something for which we hope.
God is the Father who is full of mercy. God is the Father who is full of comfort. That is the kind of relationship he offers to you.
Christians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true boss is.
Although all serious Christians recognize the importance that the Bible places on prayer, most fall short when it comes to doing it.
Whenever you define family as anything other than a man and a woman married together, you have just introduced an ethical nightmare.
Until we take seriously God's definition of the church and stop just 'having church,' we will not see transformation in our society.
When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.
It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
I am weaker and more sinful than I ever before believed, but through Jesus Christ I'm more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope.
We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.
So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work.
If you are seeking to obey the Lord, expect opposition. Expect obstacles. Expect difficulties. But also expect God to see you through
If he's going to be the counterfeit of Christ, the Antichrist has to be Jewish. The only thing we know is he must be male and Jewish.
There's a special place in hell for what some people have done but there's also a special place in God's heart for their forgiveness.
Being a godly father requires much perseverance and prayer as we seek God's guidance in being the types of fathers He wants us to be.
We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction.
God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you, too.
What can separate us from the love of God? An attempt to separate us by death simply releases us from the imprisonment of this world.
I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.
Sometimes God lets you be in a situation that only He can fix so that you can see that He is the One who fixes it. Rest. He's got it.
Long-term, gospel-motivate d obedience can only come from the grace of what Jesus has already done, not the guilt of what we must do.
It doesn't matter if you please the whole world and don't please Jesus. But if you please Jesus, it doesn't matter whom you displease.
... why are so many religious people arguing about the origin of the species but so few concerned about the extinction of the species?
Faith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can't light the torch of another if yours isn't burning.
Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.
Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core, a matter of faith.
The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to permeate our spirits.
I got a lot of heart. I am going to give it my all every day. I have no excuses. I come prepared every day. I put it in the hard work.
Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is the conquering of death.
Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
Never ask God to provide for you what you can provide for yourself. Get up and go get it because God will only provide what you can't.
Sin regardless of how you get there is a vulnerable and a dangerous place to be. Living in unforgiveness is living in an unsafe place.
We should want to evangelize because of the joy that God puts in our hearts. Ultimately, that's the best reason for sharing our faith.
Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.
I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity: Jesus I believe in you and I receive you.
Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.
A candidate's faith is not the only consideration, but should be a major consideration in electing the president of the United States.
When everything seems to go wrong, with peace of heart, you can press on. With peace of heart, you can press on, whatever life brings.
In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.
There are two answers to every question - God's answer and everybody else's - and everybody else is wrong when they disagree with him.
Many people want 'God bless America,' but they don't want 'One nation under God.' The problem is you can't have one without the other.
If you're not married, and your boyfriend is putting his hands on you, you know he ain't the one, because you know that will continue.
I must confess that it is a lot easier for me as a pastor to preach about prayer than to spend that same amount of time engaged in it.