If you look to others you will be distracted; if you look to yourselves you will be discouraged; but if you look to Christ you'll be delighted.
If you are going to live by faith, then expect your faith to be tested. A faith that can't be tested can't be trusted.
Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.
Nothing paralyzes our lives like the attitude that things can never change. We need to remind ourselves that God can change things. Outlook determines outcome. If we see only the problems, we will be defeated; but if we see the possibilities in the problems, we can have victory.
Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.
Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
In our universe there is God and there are people and things. We were made so that we should worship God, love people and use things. However if we worship ourselves, we will ignore God, start loving things and begin to use people.
When you and I hurt deeply, what we really need is not an explanation from God but a revelation of God. We need to see how great God is; we need to recover our lost perspective on life. Things get out of proportion when we are suffering, and it takes a vision of something bigger than ourselves to get life's dimensions adjusted again
God doesn't always change the circumstances, but He can change us to meet the circumstances. That's what it means to live by faith.
God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.
You do not move ahead by constantly looking in a rear view mirror. The past is a rudder to guide you, not an anchor to drag you. We must learn from the past but not live in the past.
We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control--we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.
You are a Christian because somebody cared. Now it's your turn.
The greatest judgment God can send on His people is letting them have their own way.
We must never mistake the process for the result...there is suffering; but this is only the process. God isn't going to stop with the process; He wants to produce the final result. Suffering leads to glory; shame leads to honor; weakness leads to power. This is God's way of doing things.
People who walk by faith don't see obstacles, they see opportunities.
The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.
People can't see your root system, but God can. Praying and meditating on the Word of God will cause your roots to go down deep into His love.
No matter how much you may change or how life may change, God never changes, and His promises never fail.
The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism will build us up. But if praise inflates us, then criticism will crush us; and both responses lead to our defeat.
The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless... the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a restless heart usually leads to a reckless life.
The way we behave toward people indicates what we really believe about God.
Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.
The devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but the Father tests us to bring out the best in us.
If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
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