“Our hearts can either be guarded from God in doubt and distrust, or peace will guard our hearts through relationship as we abide in Christ.”- Christa Black Gifford (emphasis author’s) In Chapter 3 (“The Doubting Heart”) of Heart Made Whole, Christa Black Gifford admits that every time she went through a trial, she immediately put […]
“When you’re pregnant with a word from the Lord, it might be months, years, or decades before the word comes full term and you can deliver it, but you have a responsibility to carry that word until then. How you carry that word matters greatly.”- Banning Liebscher “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am […]
“The secret to fruit-bearing and anxiety free living is less about doing and more about abiding.”- Max Lucado “Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”- John 15:4 (ESV) Max Lucado concludes Chapter 10 […]
“Make it your aim to cling to Christ. Abide in him. Is he not true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and worthy of praise?”- Max Lucado “Fix your thoughts on whaat is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirble. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” Philippians […]
“God owns all of life, and worshiping God means that we must revolve around him, not he us. So God shouldn’t be confined to his own compartment in our schedule. Jesus does not abide in his assigned time slot; we abide in him.”- Jared C. Wilson Jared Wilson continues Chapter 4 of The Imperfect Disciple […]