Courage comes from a heart that is CONVINCED it is loved.
Faith is not believing in my own unshakable belief. Faith is believing an unshakable God when everything in me trembles and quakes.
What a beautiful name. I love to watch how it falls off the lips of those who love Him. I shudder as it falls off the lips of those who don’t. Jesus.
God surpasses our dreams when we reach past our personal plans and agenda to grab the hand of Christ and walk the path he chose for us. He is obligated to keep us dissatisfied until we come to him and his plan for complete satisfaction.
Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ.
The moment we decide to throw more energy into fighting for our mate than with him, the crack of a fist on the enemy’s jaw splits the ears of angels.
Satan never wastes a fiery dart on an area covered in armor.
If my children think I’m genuine, no one else’s opinion matters to me.
Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.
God does not save us to make us forget our heritage, but to complete it.
We’re going to have to let truth scream louder to our souls than the lies that have infected us.
Inevitably, Saul’s faraway heart would turn to faraway actions.
A man is his tallest when he is down on his knees in prayer.
How has Paul kept his wonder? He never forgot who he had been.
What could make a man stands taller than a newborn son?
Trying to know God and serve Him before we come to love Him is exhausting.
When her daughter was frightened of a thunderstorm, the author pointed out the verse which declares the Heavens reveal the glory of God. When another storm occurred, her daughter ran to the window. “Mommy, God’s really showing off today!
So highly revered was commingle, that the Jews called him “the beauty of the Law”.
Someone suddenly had direct, unabashed access to my heart.
Try to resist copying a blueprint from another person’s ministry.
Even though Paul knew farewells were inevitable, he still formed deep relationships.
If you’ll follow Christ’s commands, you’ll follow Christ straight to your calling and you’ll have developed the strength, grit, and stability along the way to handle it.
Blessing is bowing down to receive the expressions of divine favor that in the inner recesses of the human heart and mind make life worth the bother.
Paul didn’t just see emotions. He saw the need they represented.
If a brokenhearted mother could sing, I could not remain silent.
I don’t know what kind of courage it took thousands of years ago, but I know how courageous women need to be today.
I have to have a daily, vibrant relationship with Jesus in order to survive that process toward healing.