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And when you redefine the family other than what the Creator intended when he established it, then you look at the devolution of civilization.
When we tend to the areas of life that are important to us, when we make those things a priority, that's when we will flourish in those areas.
The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the world, not a threat
Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you!
Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief
We must never limit God's ability to turn even the worst, most vile experience in our lives into something productive, beneficial and positive.
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!
Belief overflows to behavior. First we need to change what we believe. when we truly change what we believe, we'll gladly change how we behave.
The most glorious reason you exist is for the proclamation of the glory of God to the ends of the world. And it's more than having a nice life.
Thank God for the way He made you. You are special, distinct, and unique. You were not made from a common mold. Thank Him that you are special.
Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.
Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.
When you come to the place where you can't do anything else, you must stand still and believe... When you can't do anything, let God do it all.
When a person is carrying their sin, it can be quite a load...I don't know what else to do with your sin but confess and ask God to forgive it.
More than fifty-five years ago my father told me, "The Bible does not belong on the shelf but in your hand, under your eye, and in your heart."
Our goal is transformed hearts that lead to transformed lives. Transformed lives do not lead to transformed hearts. Are you trackin' with that?
The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine might be the most helpful and profound book I've read in years. If you're in pastoral ministry grab a copy.
On the new earth heaven we will have perfect bodies, resistant to any ailment. Our new bodies will continue on forever, without missing a beat.
God's Word is your owner's manual for life. It contains principles for health, finance, marriage, other relationships, business, and much more.
Your spiritual gifts were not given for your own benefit but for the benefit of others, just as other people were given gifts for your benefit.
I was trying to point out I'm not opposed to gays having their partnership. I'm opposed to gays using the term marriage for their relationship.
There is one thing that motivates me. It is the global glory of God. I am first and foremost a missionary. I am an evangelist and a missionary.
God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. You see, God is not against building walls!
Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?'
Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
We want to encourage people. We want to help them. We want them to see all the good things God has placed in them and give them a right future.
The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.
I'm concerned about the plight of children. But I'm not on a mission to get all the available orphans in the world adopted into Christian homes.
It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer – it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves and cares for you.
Go God's way! His is the most reliable route to follow when life gets complicated. It will have its tough moments, but you will never regret it.
Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue.
Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice - godliness.
The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.
God is honored by large, difficult, and impossible requests when we ask, seek, knock, and trust our loving Father always to answer for our good.
I could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.
We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires.
Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.
When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.
The Bible says that in the last days, there would be false teachers. And, it also says that in the End Times that... there would be an apostasy.
We believe that this time of transition will make for a more dynamic Revolution Church, and will help us focus and expand our scope and mission.
Christians lost the battle in the public square over gay marriage because, frankly, we were outthought, outfought, and outmarketed on the issue.
A kingdom man is a man who visibly demonstrates the comprehensive rule of God underneath the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of his life.
What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It is the root.
When you use your faith, it gives you energy. It gives you the ability to be able to see beyond where you are right now and see into the future.
There are three categories of people in America: those who are afraid, those who don't know enough to be afraid, and those who know their Bibles.
The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord's discipline - whether nations, cities, or individuals - suffer devastating consequences.
The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.
The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing.
Make no mistake about the intention of these secularists: It is to discredit the voice of Christians so that America will tolerate only one view.
In the craziness of our world, it takes tremendous effort to find a quiet place. It takes time to quiet your mind and your heart before the Lord.