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Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations.
No human being...is ever conceived outside God's will or ever conceived apart from God's image. Life is a gift from God created in His own image.
80% of the people who come into a Christ-following relationship is because a friend, co-worker, family member or neighbor invited them to church.
As they come forth, Lord, to sow, release upon them, Father, the power to get, to create, to receive wealth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The context of the gospel message is not our benefit or our salvation; the context of the gospel is the supremacy of Christ and the glory of God.
God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.
Many people allow their need for other people's approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.
God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
I think a lot of times God takes away your feelings, so you have to depend on faith. And faith is kind of like a tide. It rolls in and rolls out.
Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.
From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.
Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically.
Choose to be kind. Choose to forgive. Let your love grow and shine so that people may look at the example of your life and glorify God in Heaven.
Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.
I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.
You need to be in a church where the pastors are urging you, not so much to listen to what they say as to turn to the Bible from which they teach.
If there is a perceived difference between what you expect from others and what you expect from yourself, it will eventually erode your influence.
Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.
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!
Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.
There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.
It hit me that the students were talking about me, not God. I was standing before a holy God and robbing Him of the glory that was rightfully His.
I know it sounds cliche but I believe in an essential way, it's very true that being a Christian is having a relationship with God through Christ.
Take a deep breath and take this to heart; God has nothing to do with broken promises. When He says, I promise, mark it down it's going to happen.
God looked through eternity past and He saw you and He chose to reach out and redeem you by His own grace. It's hard to imagine that kind of love.
Too many times we're looking for ways to get around deep waters and dangerous fires, rather than through them. Has this ever been your experience?
When giving, praying, and fasting are practiced together in the life of a believer, it creates a type of threefold cord that is not easily broken.
I truly cannot imagine men with men, women with women, doing what they were not physically created to do, without abnormal stress and misbehavior.
I want you to have all the academic freedom you want as long as you wind up saying the bible account (of creation) is true and all others are not.
You can't compartmentalize unforgiveness. You can't control sin. You can't manage sin. Sin is never satisfied with the amount of you it possesses.
Christianity is not about not swearing. It’s not about not having impure thoughts. Really, it’s not about not at all. Christianity is about Jesus.
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.
Any false religion ultimately is a deception of Satan, to try and keep people from the only way to Heaven, which is through faith in Jesus Christ.
It is not possible to heal people and collect money. That gift is not for sale. When it is time to heal, it is time to give what God has given us.
Remember, when God is executing His plan in our lives, He also designs and arranges events which continue to unfold until His purpose is revealed.
What makes you a good citizen makes you a good Christian... Obey the law of your land by not crossing the borders of your nation with Ebola virus.
When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.
You may have an older audience in front of you holding the Bible and a younger audience holding an iPhone. You don't want to lose either audience.
We know what we are supposed to do and we don't want to do it, so we do the exact opposite anyway. And, it never goes well for us when we do that.
Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.
I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it.
The preacher's task is to declare what God has said, explain the meaning, and establish the implications so that no one will mistake its relevance.
When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.
The love of Christ comes from simple people who love simple people. Never be fooled by the spiritual leader who knows a lot but doesn't love a lot.
When the Lord makes it clear you're to follow Him in this new direction, focus fully on Him and refuse to be distracted by comparisons with others.
Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou.
Jesus is not some puny religious teacher begging for an invitation from anyone. He is the all-sovereign Lord who deserves submission from everyone.
The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.
Sure, Christianity is a world religion and I don't deny that. But having said that, this is, when it is all said and done, a relationship with God.