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If Thy dear home be fuller, Lord,For that a little emptierMy house on earth, what rich rewardsThat guerdon were.
— Amy Carmichael
I am also praying for you, my beloved partner. God has a miracle breakthrough for your life.
— Mike   Evans
Doesn't the expansiveness of this make you think of the good Lord? Except we know the ocean ends while He goes on forever.
— Mindy Starns Clark, The Amish Nanny
I know that whatever the complex origins of my own homosexuality are, there have been conscious choices I've made to indulge - and therefore to intensify, probably - my homoerotic inclinations. As I look back over the course of my life, I regret the nights I have given in to temptations to lust that pulsed like hot, itching sores in my mind. And so I cling to this image - washed. I am washed, sanctified, justified through the work of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Whenever I look back on my baptism, I can remember that God has cleansed the stains of homosexual sin from the crevasses of my mind, heart, and body and included me in his family, the church, where I can find support, comfort, and provocation toward Christian maturity.
— Wesley Hill, Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality
The Path of Purpose is paved with healing. That healing goes as deep as the wound or only as deep as you let it.
— Linda F.  Williams, Whose Apple is it, Anyway! Empowering Purpose to Achieve Your God-Ordained Destiny
What you feed will lead your life.
— Jayce O'Neal
I don't know why divorce happens, but it does. Embracing it means stepping into the unknown future with a known God and trusting that He will be with you the entire way.
— Jen Grice, You Can Survive Divorce: Hope, Healing, and Encouragement for Your Journey
It's easy to be liked by strangers. It's very hard to be loved and connected to the people in your home when you're always bringing them your most exhausted self and resenting the fact that the scraps you're giving them aren't cutting it.
— Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
Brave doesn't always involve grand gestures, sometimes brave looks like staying when you want to leave, telling the truth when all you want to do is change the subject... sometimes brave looks like boring, and thats totally, absolutely, okay.
— Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
As I look back, in many instances, I simply followed the natural course of things. And great things happened, mostly. But over time I realized they weren't necessarily great things for me. They were maybe someone else's great things, and I was both taking up the space that was meant for them and not standing in my own space, like wearing someone else's shoes, leaving them barefoot.
— Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
May 30 word: Example"People believe a lot more of what they see you do than what they hear you do. That's why it is important that we take the responsibility to set a good, Biblical example. How we live in front of people and even behind closed doors at home is essential to being an effective witness.
— Joyce Meyer, Wake Up to the Word: 365 Devotions to Inspire You Each Day
The Bible informs, reforms and transforms. Other books merely informs
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Discovering Yourself
The seal marks you out as royalty determines how you carry yourself
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Divine Immunity
Oh, the quiet moments alone with God I sacrificed in order to cross a few things off the to-do list I worshiped.
— Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.
— Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
You cannot taste the oil until you pour out the vinegar.
— Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
As someone who has spent the last decade training young men and women for Christian service, I have been keen to help them see that the best kinds of ministry are, more often than not, long term and low key. I have tried to prepare them for a marathon, not a short, energetic sprint. In other words, to help them have a lifetime of sustainable sacrifice, rather than an energetic but brief ministry that quickly fades in exhaustion.
— Christopher Ash, Zeal Without Burnout: Seven Keys to a Lifelong Ministry of Sustainable Sacrifice
God never taught us to live like TV DINNERS in a freezer: Together, but totally separate. #community
— Jayce O'Neal
My parents are humans too. This has been one of my greatest awakenings in adulthood: my parents being regular people, too. They have baggage and losses, grown up in imperfect homes with imperfect families just as I did. Life hasn’t been easy on either of them between the mixture of poor decisions and bad breaks; this world lacks perfection for us all.
— Natalie Brenner, This Undeserved Life: Uncovering The Gifts of Grief and The Fullness of Life
He wants you to understand that there are no wasted moments. For His glory He uses everything that's happened, everything that's happening, and everything that will happen - past, present, and future.
— Louie Giglio, The Comeback: It's Not Too Late and You're Never Too Far
Repentance is root of regeneration.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Seek awaken in the inner spirit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you study the scriptures continually, you find sacredness of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Pray to God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Never stop praying.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
commitment stays on, both in good and in bad, for better for worste
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Repositioning Yourself for  Greater Success
I have experienced some fun moments that have built my courage, and showed me that if we will trust God with our potential embarrassment and step into the outer edges of our faith, fun things can happen.
— Adam Gellert, Activation: A Story of God's Transforming Power
We have one great assignment: to fully accomplish what we have been divinely charged by God to the very limit of our sincere strength, with due fear and courage, in wit and in truth, and within the scope of our Assigner: Jehovah!
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
We have one great assignment: to fully accomplish what we have been divinely charged by God to the very limit of our sincere strength with due fear courage, in wit and in truth, and within the scope of our Assigner: Jehovah!
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
dedication is consistency, consecration and separation
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Unlocking Closed Doors
When our hearts, minds, and souls are deep within the reality of living loved, we discover that most of those "rules" from Sunday school are simply our new characteristics and our family traits. They are the fruit born of a meaningful, life-changing relationship—they are the flowers of life in the Vine.
— Sarah Bessey, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women
u wil win if u do not quit
— Ikechukwu Joseph
The purpose of the Disciplines is freedom. Our aim is the freedom, not the Discipline. The moment we make the Discipline our central focus we will turn it into law and lose the corresponding freedom....Let us forever center on Christ and view the Spiritual Disciplines as a way of drawing us closer to His heart.
— Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
When he was finally done, Margaret responded, "I am so sorry I hurt you. I never had any intention of hurting you. God loves you, and I love you. He loves this village and He wants to bless you. When you get over being angry, will you remember I'm still your friend?" Perplexed, he turned and walked away. In words that are forever etched on my soul, Margaret said, "Satan doesn't know how to respond to the gentleness of God's Spirit.
— Jonathan Martin, Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think?
The Joseph in you must rise to the challenges of life and turn them into gold
— Ikechukwu Joseph, The Complete Leader: Jesus Christ the Accomplished Perfect Total Leader
Gold is found in the deep rough soil, so go for gold
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Achievers Handbook 1: (Over 100 Inspirational Keys to fulfill your Destiny)
when your life is out of balance your cheque bounces
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Strategic Spiritual Warfare
A must read book
—  the Holy Bible.
Often, it'a not one great, dramatic thing that God asks us to do but hundreds of little everyday things. If we want to be used by Him, if we're ready to be used and aren't all tangled up with your own plans and projects, then He'll show us the work He has for us.
— Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy
there must be instinct on d inside to have an increase on d outside
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Achievers Handbook 2: Over 100 Inspirational Keys to fulfill your Destiny
No one is exempt from pain.u got all d stuff and no peace or all d peace and no stuff.
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Lord Show Me Your Glory
Has your character ever been questioned because you ate or drank with sketchy people? Not everyone in the neighborhood is cleaned up and easy to be around. We need to be willing to follow Jesus and choose to be with others in uncomfortable situations, because we can't always expect people to come onto our turf; we must also be willing to enter their world. -The Art of Neighboring
— Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon
True leaders demonstrate initiatives-They lead the way for others to follow
— Ikechukwu Joseph, The Complete Leader: Jesus Christ the Accomplished Perfect Total Leader
God does not call the "qualified" but qualifies the called
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Unlocking God's Divine Favor
Every problem has an effect – every deserved curse has a consequence or result, an outcome or effect.
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Discover Uncover and Recover All: The Ziklag Experience
Create a trophy room in your heart. Each time you experience a victory, place a memory on the shelf. Before you face a challenge, take a quick tour of God’s accomplishments. Look at all the paychecks he has provided, all the blessings he has given, all the prayers he had answered. Imitate the shepherd boy David. Before he fought Goliath, the giant, he remembered how God had helped him kill a lion and a bear (1 Samuel 17:34-36). He faced his future by revisiting the past.
— Max Lucado
leaders don't watch things but make things happen-initiate change
— Ikechukwu Joseph, JESUS CHRIST:Beyond the Miracles,the Character: Lesson for Leaders (Jesus Christ
What do you have (talents,idea,contacts,a voice,strength)? God uses what you have to give you what you don't have.
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Strategic Spiritual Warfare
The tragic irony in all of this is that when we focus so strongly on our need to get better, we actually get worse.
— Tullian Tchividjian
Light inside of us can overcome, withstand or overshadow any darkness outside of us
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Insight for Fruitful Living
The truly noble heart sacrifices itself for others’ good, to defend the weak and the good against evil. To a heart like this, a heart devoted to chivalry, courage is a matter of form.
— J. Aaron Gruben
We can best honor our dead by livin' well. Moving' forward dusna mean y love them any less. It just means ye're still alive.
— Heather Blanton, A Lady in Defiance
...God is not dead; he really does communicate today. He's interested in every part of your life, your home, your finances, every kind of decision - and more than just the moral issues. His eye is always on you. He wants to lead you. But you have to believe that he will indeed speak to you when you wait before him in believing prayer, with a yielded heart to do his will.
— Jim Cymbala, Fresh Faith: What Happens When Real Faith Ignites God's People
Maybe, now and then, we have to give up a portion of our kingdoms--the things we hold dearest--to find what it is God wants for us.
— Heather Blanton, A Lady in Defiance
Sustainable life is Victory.
— Elizabeth Salalmanca-Brosig
In essence, we live only to die; the Christian dies only to live; it is a celebration of life, not death.
— Danny L.  Deaubé, I Will Praise You in the Storm: The Story of Stephen and Holly Deaubé, a Journey of Faith
Sustainable Life = Victory
— Elizabeth Salamanca-Brosig
Like an athlete trains, so must the student of life.
— Elizabeth Salamanca-Brosig
SAY IT IS WELL EVEN WHEN U ARE INSIDE D WELL.WE CAN STILL SEE GOD THRU D BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS.TRUST GOD.
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Divine Remembrance Your Divine Decoration
Your call has atime frame,a price to pay,urgency of attention.Your call has a purpose, a pursuit, vision, commission,honors and even excellency. So what are u called to
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Unlocking Closed Doors
Hope is the faith of miracles.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Those who never confront obstacles live with delays and postponements
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Unlocking Closed Doors
If we choose to turn left when God wants us to go right, we cannot expect God to support the plans we made on our own.
— Jim Cymbala, Fresh Faith: What Happens When Real Faith Ignites God's People
Naomi knew she should pray... Instead, she put her face in her hands and wept with all the force of a bursting dam.
— Heather Blanton, A Lady in Defiance
The truth be told, Lord, I don't like you very much right now.
— Heather Blanton, A Lady in Defiance
The love we extend to one another at Christmas, should blossom all year.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
When you pray for others you're praying for yourself.
— Okisha Jackson
Big shots are only little shots that keep shooting. I can see your sun rise out of obscurity. Keep shooting
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Repositioning Yourself for  Greater Success
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.
— Beth Moore, Audacious
Sometimes God speaks to a man in a whisper… But sometimes His Spirit explodes in a man suddenly, lighting up in shocking crimson brilliance the cowardly and sullied things he’s let his drowsy soul become mired in, and bringing unlooked for tears at the glimpse of the man he ought to have been all along. With that despairing realization the astounding truth blossoms like a bursting field of wildflowers or a brilliant new dawn shooting from the peak of a dark hill, that because of Christ’s work for him, he can change.
— J. Aaron Gruben, King: A Christian's Call to Imitate Christ's Kingship
(The enemy) laughs at your attempts to fix your own issues with timely words and hard work - tactics that might affect matters for a moment but can't begin to touch his underhanded, cunning efforts down where the root issues lie.
— Priscilla Shirer, Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
You may not understand what all's happening in your life right now, but any possible explanation pales in comparison to what you do know because of your faith in God's goodness and assurance.
— Priscilla Shirer, Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
Prepare a gentle but firm response to use the next time someone feels they have a right to comment on your life decisions. You might say something like, "I'm sure you have my best interest at heart, and I thank you for your concern. However, you didn't experience what I did, so you can't understand what I went through. I made the best decisions I could based on what happened in my life. I know you will honor my right to decide what is best for me, just as I allow you to decide what is best for you.
— Caroline Abbott, A Journey to Healing After Emotional Abuse
God wants me to love my husband the way he is today, not the way he will be tomorrow. I have to stop with my expectations and just let God be God. His job is to change my husband, my job is to love my husband, right where he is.
— Ngina Otiende, Blues to Bliss: Creating Your Happily-Ever-After In The Early Years
In marriage, God rarely starts with the issues on the table. He starts with the ones in our hearts
— Ngina Otiende, Blues to Bliss: Creating Your Happily-Ever-After In The Early Years
Every minute is eternity.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Christian Fiction is like a parable. The story is made up, but the truth is brought to life. Enjoy the story, but savor the truth.
— Mary Ann Brantley
Character is the real you-“the you in you that makes you the you, you are”. “the hidden man of the heart” (1Peter 3:4).
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Discovering Yourself
It is true that often she doesn't want advice; she wants a listening ear. At the same time, however, the wise wife will realize her husband's desire to help and advise is strong. She should refrain from getting angry and humor him a bit, as one wife did by saying, "Thanks for the input. I know I am not the brightest bulb on the tree when it comes to certain things. I am glad we have each other.
— Emerson Eggerichs
the way up is through service
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Strategic Spiritual Warfare
The Bible is the great treasure for the curious sinner, fresh water for thirsty painting soul, the revealed truth for the true seeker or worship per,the unrevealed truth for the wrong seekers, a guide to the blind and eternal food for the hungry soul.
— Ikechukwu Joseph
When we are in Christ His goals are now our goals, and we are to be busy with his work on earth.
— J. Aaron Gruben, King: A Christian's Call to Imitate Christ's Kingship
Hiding in His service.
— Steven Chopade
I would rather serve God and displease my flesh than serve my flesh and displease God.
— Mandy Fender
We just have to believe that God is bigger than the junk happening to us.
— Michelle Lynn Brown, Miracles in Disguise
Don’t try to build Me into your life anymore. Instead, build your life around Me.
— Eric Ludy, When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Approach to Guy/Girl Relationships
Most of us save our best behavior for those whom we barely know and show our worst side to those we know the best.
— Sheila Wray Gregoire, Nine Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage: Because a Great Relationship Doesn't Happen by Accident
Laughter—just good bone-shaking, belly-jiggling, light-in-the-head laughter, is a sure sign of health. The only one who hates it is Satan and all his wannabes.
— Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control
Ministering for others boosts your faith.
— Steven Chopade
We honestly think that we ourselves and those around us should be proficient with spiritual power, moving and acting with agility and endurance, wisdom and purity, able to conquer long-established habits of sloth and rebelliousness, simply on the basis of our desire and effort and sincerity...We have to train for the spiritual life.
— Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control
If there is no scent of Christ’s love on someone, then they bear no evidence of true devotion to Christ.
— Eric Ludy, When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Approach to Guy/Girl Relationships
The Pharisees had an ethic of avoidance, and Jesus had an ethic of involvement.
— Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control
Although we should affirm the wonder and mystery of sexual intimacy and romantic attraction as God's good creations, we need to set these aesthetic enjoyments within the context of the Christian virtues of fidelity, self-sacrifice, and patience in suffering.Bringing this together, our pastoral approach should be double-edged, seeking to challenge our culture's worship of sexual desire and personal fulfillment while offering a different vision of human flourishing. Christian formative involves both RESISTANCE and REDIRECTION. But is is the redirection of our desires that enables our resistance of cultural idolatries. Failure to attend to the dynamics of our desires leads to inevitable self-deception regarding the 'freedom' of our actions. Especially within our sexual lives, our hearts must be truly captivated by the goodness of the Christian vision of life, so that our whole self is drawn toward it, or our commitment to live in tune with it will be brittle.
— Jonathan Grant, Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age
For the place God calls us into isn’t doubt free—how can any place where we walk by faith and not by sight be that? No, the holy wild is where we have driving and haunting doubts, God-hungry doubts that pull us to our knees, force us to the Word, make us wrestle all night and not let go until He blesses us. The holy wild throngs with true skeptics.
— Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control
God’s definition of going well is unique, distinct, almost eccentric. His definition of wellness is not about health, finances, or job security. It’s not about unfailing protection from the vagaries and dangers of a broken world. It’s not about life being fair. It’s about acceptance.
— Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control
I am so very grateful that I serve a God who walks the difficult roads with us, whether we recognise Him there or not. I am so very grateful for a God who has experienced betrayal, fear and death himself and overcomes them all.
— Joan  Campbell, Encounters: Life Changing Moments with Jesus
You are God’s design to decorate this world. You are a repertoire of wisdom and an encyclopedia of God’s knowledge.
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Knowledge, Understanding, Wisdom: the tripartite force in the pursuit of Divine Access
I couldn't imagine my life without getting to know God. He knows me, He created me. He should be known.
— Robin Caldwell
He told us to believe, not beg.
— Steven Chopade
It is through us Christians that the world must know the love of the Savior
— Sunday Adelaja
The Good News of love must be a lifestyle, not a program for Christian
— Sunday Adelaja
Our task is not multiplying the number of our church members but making people happy
— Sunday Adelaja
Be determined to live a pure, holy and godly life; decide to honor, love and value other people, and to live a life that reflects Christ to others
— Sunday Adelaja
Your life "behind the scenes" must correspond to your life "on stage." What you preach must correspond to how you live
— Sunday Adelaja
A good Christian, never take advantage of other people
— Beta Metani' Marashi
Waiting on God is not in vain!
— Nancy Gavilanes, Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough
He's (God's) always preparing you for that glorious life, even in your tough times.
— Steven Chopade
Our faith institutions have the best product that God can offer
—  but we have the worst customer service imaginable.
if God starts it as alfa then he will end it as omega
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Knowledge, Understanding, Wisdom: the tripartite force in the pursuit of Divine Access
Loving God is laying down your life in service to the Creator so that He can give it back to you.
— Richard Foth, A Trip Around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life Into the Adventure of a Lifetime
God, I don't really understand You but I know I can hug YOU..
— Maria Gregory
At the end of the day most folks do exactly what they want to, so we need to focus on the want to.
— Richard Foth, A Trip Around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life Into the Adventure of a Lifetime
...your life is your sermon...Are you a good translation?
— Mark Batterson, A Trip Around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life Into the Adventure of a Lifetime
Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.
— Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
Children need your LOVE especially when they don't deserve it
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Salvation Colors: Children's Salvation Story Series, Book one
He's always preparing you for that glorious life, even in your tough times.
— Steven Chopade
God created every heart, every person for relationship. Connection has the power to both impact a person's life today as well as their eternal destiny.
— Amy E. Tobin, Still, Love Remains: God's Crimson Threads of Grace
Attempting the impossibility with a possibility God breaks the impossibility barriers.
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Unlocking Closed Doors
God makes his gospel attractive through his people.
— Gary Rohrmayer, Spiritual Conversations: Creating and Sustaining Them Without Being a Jerk
I am beginning to understand that I cannot interpret the probable action of Jesus until I know better what His spirit is. The greatest question in all of human life is summed up when we ask, 'What would Jesus do?' if, as we ask it, we also try to answer it from a growth in knowledge of Jesus himself. We just know Jesus before we can imitate Him.
— Charles M. Sheldon
Together with God you can successfully handle any difficulty.
— Jim George
Sometimes caring feels like spoiling. Gratitude evens things out.
— Cynthia Ruchti
The God who delivered Hezekiah and the children of Israel is the same God who is eager to act on my behalf.
— Lori Hatcher
Evangelism is not a monologue, but a dialogue.
— Jim George
Don’t underestimate the importance of reading and understanding God’s Word.
— Jim George
If we stop to ponder the paths of our feet, would we: Allow our children to participate in sports or activities that will ultimately consume our family time, dictate our schedules, and cause us to miss church on a regular basis?
— Lori Hatcher, Hungry for God ... Starving for Time - Five-Minute Devotions for Busy Women
In the words of a pastor friend, "Christianity is less about holding on to God and more about God holding on to you.
— Lori Hatcher, Hungry for God ... Starving for Time - Five-Minute Devotions for Busy Women
Life is hard. If anyone tells you otherwise, they're lying. But life without faith is even harder.
— Lori Hatcher, Hungry for God ... Starving for Time - Five-Minute Devotions for Busy Women
God clearly communicates His will for us through His Word.
— Jim George
If a couple isn’t following God’s guidelines for life or being led by the Holy Spirit, disagreements and misunderstandings skyrocket.
— Elizabeth George
The act of committing yourself to the Lord daily allows Him to guide you.
— Elizabeth George, Small Changes for a Better Life: Daily Steps to Living God's Plan for You
The key is putting into practice what God has taught you through His Word.
— Elizabeth George
What we do determines much of what happens in the world to come, not just for ourselves, but for those around us.
— Lori Hatcher, Hungry for God ... Starving for Time - Five-Minute Devotions for Busy Women
Forgiveness is most Christlike when it is given to the undeserving.
— Jim George
One of God’s high callings for His people is that they be teachers of good things.
— Elizabeth George, A Woman's High Calling
Whatever it means to be a Christian, it at least involves the discovery of friends you did not know you had.
— Stanley Hauerwas, Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir
For Foucauld and the Little Brothers, life in the desert was not a flight from the world but rather a school of love and prayer to learn to enter more deeply into humanity. Their goal was to shout the gospel not so much with their mouths as with their lives.
— Brennan Manning, All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir
If you want to grow spiritually, the place to start is with God.
— Elizabeth George
I am redeemed and saved by grace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Where darkness had once overshadowed many of us, the radiant light of Christ exposed the truth that not one of us is truly ever alone.
— Jennifer       Smith, The Unveiled Wife: Embracing Intimacy with God and Your Husband
There is no victory without a war, no prize without a price, no crown without a cross
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Unlocking Closed Doors
May God fill you with much joy and peace of mind.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The reason why you can't is because you never tried
— J.C. Hennington, From The Elder
Is there a way to choose a few things and do them well rather than do a lot of things halfway or not at all? Can we accept the fact that we may be in a season when we need to say no with the understanding that the season will not last forever?
— Stephen W. Smith, The Lazarus Life: Spiritual Transformation for Ordinary People
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— Ifeoma Samuel, My 30 Days Journey to a fulfilled life
When women grow increasingly lax in their pursuit of Bible literacy, everyone in their circle of influence is affected. Rather than acting as salt and light, we become bland contributions to the environment we inhabit and shape, indistinguishable from those who have never been changed by the gospel. Home, church, community, and country desperately need the influence of women who know why they believe what they believe, grounded in the Word of God. They desperately need the influence of women who love deeply and actively the God proclaimed in the Bible.
— Jen Wilkin
God’s Word transforms you into someone who reflects His glory.
— Elizabeth George
John Wesley’s own grave holds the bones of many other people, including at least five ministers. One can only imagine the bickering.
— Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully: How a Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life
You've got to have faith to make the journey. For some, it might take 40 days; for others, 40 years. And, unfortunately, there will be many that will never see their promise become a reality at all - not because God can't do it - because they don't have the faith to believe that he really can
— Hannah Keeley, Crazy Mama: 9 Steps to a Not-So-Normal Life
Are there times in our lives when we come across a problem, and we look for our own solution? Are there times when perhaps we try to figure out how WE can solve a problem, rather than taking it to God? Perhaps we like to think we are doing a good thing by solving our own problems. Or maybe we think that the issue is so small, so why bother God with it– we will hold out for a bigger issue. The problem is that God wants to be a part of our lives. He has a great interest in EACH one of our lives. He doesn’t care how small or how large the issue. He wants to be involved. He is always there, ready for us to ask, ready for us to talk. He listens 24/7, wherever we are, and there are no cell phone overages and no waiting to say our piece.
— Tania Goody
Don’t limit yourself by trying to do life alone. God gave you His Spirit to dwell within so that you can get through each day and accomplish what He has called you to do in life. He didn’t give you His Spirit to simply reside within you, but to be this “incredible greatness” that will help you to rise above and press onward to finish the race.
— Tania Goody
Esau’s smile was like the face of God because it was grace-filled. It was compassionate and merciful. Esau did not approach wanting the vengeance he once desired. He came with forgiveness. When people see you today, will they say it is “like seeing the face of God” or something very different? Remember, we are to bring Jesus everywhere we go—forgiveness, love, mercy, grace, compassion, humility—everywhere we go.
— Tania Goody
For many years of my life, I was very fearful. I let fear rule different areas of my life and it caused me to be enslaved by fear. It also caused me to miss out on a lot of opportunities. God has a lot for you. Yes, YOU! There’s work to be done. There’s doors to be taken. There’s a need to stand firm. There’s a reason to speak up. Do not let fear rule you. Remember what God promises. Remember Who your God is and remember He is a big God, a faithful God, and that you have no reason to fear.
— Tania Goody
God doesn’t want meaningless gifts. In fact, God doesn’t need your gifts. He doesn’t need your weekly tithe. He doesn’t need you to help your neighbor shovel. He doesn’t need anything from you. But He wants your heart. He loves you. He doesn’t want you to feel obligated to do something for Him, but if you love Him, you will want to do things for Him. You’ll want to serve, to help, to live your life with open hands. The gifts you present won’t be meaningless—they will be out of love. It will be a sweet aroma to God and He will be pleased. Not because you’re following a routine but because you’re pouring out love.
— Tania Goody
Sometimes God wants to take you into the flood zone. He wants to get you right where you can see Him move mountains in your life. There may have been a moment where He has done remarkable things and you missed it all because you didn’t stand still, because you were focused on where you placed your feet rather than stopping to look around you. God still can cause waters to stand in a heap. God is the same God who parted both the Red Sea and the Jordan. You have the opportunity to stand firmly today – to stand firmly and to stand still wherever God leads you in life. If you rush through you may just miss the waters standing in the heap. If you don’t move your feet in the flood zone, you may miss out on the remarkable ways God wants to move in your life.
— Tania Goody
Character is the real you-“the you in you that makes you the you, you are
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Discovering Yourself
Christianity is just simple. Preach as if Jesus Christ is on the first seat listening to you. Work as if Jesus Christ is your immediate supervisor. Give as if you are giving to Christ. Eat and drink as if you are dining with Christ. Walk as if you are taking a stroll with Christ. Dance as if you are dancing with Christ. Think as if Christ is marking your thought. Dress as if you have a meeting with Christ. Clear your heart as if it is the only guest room available for your special guest, Christ. Speak as if you are speaking to Christ. Watch as if you are looking at Christ. Listen as if you have borrowed the ears of Christ. Respect time as if you borrowed from Christ. All else matters less and no problem then exists. Living to gratify mankind and ourselves is a mere hypocrisy in the first order and the underpinning of the woes of mankind.
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
We are, all of us, utterly committed and deeply devoted to our "style", our "way", our "approach to life." We have absolutely no intention of giving it up. Not even for love. So God creates an environment where we have to. It's called marriage.
— John Eldredge, Love and War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of
So you can't demand the broken to live as if they were whole. Discipline is not the issue
—  apply discipline and you'll make it worse. What is needed is healing.
A church that is committed to Christian Community Development sees not only the soul of a person as significant but also his or her whole life on Earth. It is being completely pro-life for a person, not only eternally, but also as the person lives on this earth. Therefore, Christian Community Development sees that the Church must be involved in every aspect of a person's life. In order to accomplish the wholistic aspect of ministry, pastors and leaders must be networkers. Christian Community Development builds coalitions in communities so that they can work together to solve the problems.
— Robert Lupton
Then it was easy to find who were making riches using God. Tey could be seen openly and could be cast out but now its next to impossible... Jus hang on God's on His way to separate the weeds from the grains....U don try doing it else 4get about them u Will land up as a weed
— Thomas Sam
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
— Anonymous
I am simply an average, everyday Christian guy who has been radically changed by the good news about God’s presence in His world. This has primarily happened as I have learned how to read the Bible for what it says, in the way it says it.
— Christopher M. Morgan, One Enduring Story: A Basic Guide to Safely Navigating the Biblical Terrain
Freedom without limits is when you choose to be a Bondman for "JESUS".... Sounds funny but it is the fact as well as the Truth
— Thomas Sam
God breaks, molds, shapes & fills U not 1ly for U to be blessed but to make U a blessing 2 al even UR foes, remember HE LOVED YOU WHEN YOU WERE HIS ENEMY.
— Thomas Sam
It’s only when we acknowledge God as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, that we can receive His love for us.
— Stormie Omartian, Choose Love: The Three Simple Choices That Will Alter the Course of Your Life
you only talk to yourself when you pray without believing and having faith in your prayers
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
It’s in those private times that we are refreshed, strengthened, and rejuvenated. It’s then we can see our lives from God’s perspective and discover what is really important. That’s where we understand who it is we belong to and believe in.
— Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Woman
Many of us suffer because we think that if people don’t really love us, then we will have to live forever without love. But it’s not true. The greatest sense of love, which is available for us at all times, is God’s love.
— Stormie Omartian, Choose Love: The Three Simple Choices That Will Alter the Course of Your Life
Seeking God first will always put us in the correct position and aim us in the right direction to move into the future God has for us.
— Stormie Omartian, Choose Love: The Three Simple Choices That Will Alter the Course of Your Life
Conversion is the lifelong process of turning away from our plans and turning toward God's maddening, disruptive, creativity.
— M. Craig Barnes, When God Interrupts: Finding New Life Through Unwanted Change
The greatest sense of love, which is available for us at all times, is God’s love.
— Stormie Omartian, Choose Love Book of Prayers
If there has to be one flower that springs from the weeds, let that flower be YOU.
If fear appears at your door you have two options, either you choose to let it in or you choose to grab onto the Lord and the promise of His presence no matter what.
— Yilda B. Rivera, Courage Under Fire
Walking through each day without a clear guide, an accurate map, and a consistent light source is hazardous to your well-being. Fortunately, God’s Word provides us with the tools and help that we need.
— Stormie Omartian, Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On
If you are not awed in the presence of a Holy God, then I say you may be like the crowds we have been observing in the Gospel of Mark and think of Jesus as no more than a winning lottery ticket to solve your immediate problems. Once the ticket is cashed, you take the money and go your own way.
— Jonah Books.com
To define leadership then we must first look to the Godhead, the Triune God. In that way we begin with perfection, while at the same time need to understand that humanity is not of the essence of God. The great news is God is in charge. Nothing frustrates, threatens, or interrupts the plan of God; it begins in eternity and is completed in eternity (1 Peter 1:1, 2; Ephesians 1:3-14).
— Jonah Books.com
? If you are not awed in the presence of a Holy God, then I say you may be like the crowds we have been observing in the Gospel of Mark and think of Jesus as no more than a winning lottery ticket to solve your immediate problems. Once the ticket is cashed, you take the money and go your own way.
— Jonah Books.com
Every destiny comes with a destiny activator or proof producer. Someone God will use to bring out he best in you. Elisha needed an Elijah, Joshua needed a Moses, Lot needed an Abraham, and Timothy needed a Paul
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Discovering Yourself
God doesn't demand from you what He hasn't committed to your hands...yes
— Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Best Option
Leadership is not something that is added, but rather built in the DNA of creation, an orderly creation (1 Corinthians 12:12; 14:38-45; Titus 1:5; Genesis 1; 2). The real question is whether humanity has high-jacked Leadership?
— Jonah Books.com
When you step out in faith, God's mighty power steps into your life!
— Hector P. Perez
Most of the time we are so busy letting our actions speak for us that nobody can hear our words.
— Steve C. Roberts, One Minute Thoughts: A Daily Devotional
There are certain constants in life; the speed of light, freezing point of water, Christians whining... However there are conditions in which the speed of light can be changed and water may not freeze; both require intervention by an outside source; However, whether or not a Christian whines is solely up to them...
— Steve C. Roberts, One Minute Thoughts: A Daily Devotional
The Spirit teaches us how to participate with God in the restoration of all things
—  maybe the more common term for this would be mission...[I]t's a mission which connects our unique desires to the work of the Spirit to keep wooing creation back to the Creator.
One way to handle the discrepancy between our beliefs and our sinful inclinations is to repent, pray for grace and forgiveness, and struggle on in the belief that God will forge a greater harmony for us out of our battle with sin. That is the Christian approach. ~ p.75
— William Kilpatrick, Psychological Seduction
-Climb out of mediocrity, it has no integrity. Climb out of imitation it is a limitation. Climb higher than copying, it is double standard. Come up to be original
— Ikechukwu Joseph
If we as Christians do not speak out as authoritarian governments grow from within or come from outside, eventually we or our children will be the enemy of society and the state. No truly authoritarian government can tolerate those who have real absolute by which to judge its arbitrary absolutes and who speak out and act upon that absolute.
— Francis A. Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
Discipline is the wholehearted yes to the call of God. When I know myself called, summoned, addressed, taken possession of, known, acted upon, I have heard the Master. I put myself gladly, fully, and forever at His disposal, and to whatever He says my answer is yes.
— Elisabeth Elliot, Discipline: The Glad Surrender
Learn to say to the abuser in a firm voice, "Stop it." Do not explain yourself, your needs, or what you mean. Simply call a halt to the abuse, and let that be your final word.
— Caroline Abbott, A Journey Through Emotional Abuse: From Bondage to Freedom
God is not afraid of pain. He does not try to keep us from it. He does not avoid it for Himself.
— Rachel Phifer, The Language of Sparrows
I want to grow old with you. I want your face to be the first thing I see in the morning and the last thing I see at night. I want to feel my children growing inside you. Sarah, my love. I want to worship the Lord with you, and hear your laughter until the day I die.
— Tessa Afshar, Harvest of Gold
If you go through life making every decision based on what issafest, you will look back one day and discover that you have missed out on the best. Allowing fear to run your life will only rob you of your future.
— Tessa Afshar, Harvest of Rubies
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit remind us that there is always more of God than we know, always more of God than we can explain, always more of God than we can show. The Trinity says God is not in a box but is bigger, much bigger than we imagine. God is more powerful than we sometimes want to believe or remember, but in remembering there is great comfort.
— Thomas R. Steagald, Every Disciple's Journey: Following Jesus to a God-Focused Faith
It is up to you. How far you want to go and how far you want to grow. Do not let that your worries, the unanswered questions or the abundant and free offer of distractions draw you away from the One who wants to illuminate your way . . .
— Yilda B. Rivera, Courage Under Fire
I have since come to understand the reality that sometimes God wants us to go through a process without ever achieving what we thought was the goal. God cares about the journey more than the end result.
— Shelene Bryan, Love, Skip, Jump: Start Living the Adventure of Yes
As we trust the Lord, we start “emptying” ourselves with things that tie us or entangle us in order to be filled by God’s grace and the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.
— Yilda B. Rivera, Courage Under Fire
Do not support your friend in his sin today, for tomorrow he is getting converted and he will a shame you.
— JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA
For one who is chosen to be among all the living, there is hope. For a living dog is better than a dead lion. While there is breath, there is hope. Even in hopeless situations, there is hope that the situation changes for the better.
— Gina Burgess, Refreshment in Refuge
Stand somewhere on the character of God, and you will see the impossibles becoming possibles
— JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA
Monastic spirituality concentrated on private disciplines, as if detaching oneself from "the world" (i.e. society) might make one holier. Anabaptist piety was similar in that regard. However, Calvin thought of sanctification as a family affair. How could one learn loving humility, patience, wisdom, and forgiveness in isolation from others?
— Michael S. Horton, Calvin on the Christian Life: Glorifying and Enjoying God Forever
The Greek word that Jesus said on the cross and that we interpret as“It is finished ” is the Greekword tetelestai. Tetelestaicomes from the verb teleo, which means to bring to an end, to complete,to accomplish.In the times of Jesus, receipts often had the word tetelestaiwritten on them. This word meant that the receipt or debt was paid in full.
— Jane Wheeler, It Is Finished: "Tetelestai": The Most Powerful Words Ever Spoken
The constant bombardment of the paranormal through media (Reality TV, Movies, Magazines etc.) is desensitizing our understanding of the cosmic warfare that is being waged by Satan.
— Jonah Books.com
If your freedom means immorality, the cross will cry over your freedom.
— JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA
Much of the genre pretty much sounds like popular acoustic songs you'd hear on mainstream radio. The only difference here is that the front man, instead of singing "I love her," switches the words to "I love him," referring to Jesus. Which ends up sounding just a tad gay. That irony is apparently lost on this spiritual set.
— Benyamin Cohen, My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith
Harmony is produced in ministry when everyone seeks to be a servant.
— Elizabeth George, Moments of Grace for a Woman's Heart
So Jesus confronts us with himself, sets before us a radical choice between obedience and disobedience, and calls us to an unconditional commitment of mind, will and life to his teaching.
— John R.W. Stott
Stop living a double life, God isn't looking for a part- time christian but he's looking for a full-time Christian.
— Werley Nortreus, Invite Jesus Into Your Life !
Amazing love and grace that Christ shared for all to be saved.
— Lailah Gfty Akita
What this letter does is bring us into an atmosphere in which the institution could only wilt and die. The Letter to Philemon
— F.F. Bruce, Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free
I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God
— William Carey, The Life of William Carey
The biblical lifestyle is always a witness of resistance to the status quo in politics, economics, and all society. It is a witness of resurrection from death. Paradoxically, those who embark on the biblical witness constantly risk death - through execution, exile, imprisonment, persecution, defamation, or harassment - at the behest of the rulers of this age. Yet those who do not resist the rulers of the present darkness are consigned to a moral death, the death of their humanness. That, of all the ways of dying, is the most ignominious.
— William Stringfellow, Instead of Death: New and Expanded Edition
The problem which confronts us as we approach modern man today is not how we are to change Christian teaching in order to make it more palatable, for to that would mean throwing away any chance of giving the real answer to man in despair; rather it is only a problem of how we many communicate the Gospel so that it is understood.
— Francis A. Schaeffer, The God Who Is There