“The main purpose of the book of Jonah is to get us to understand grace. . . . Ignorance of the depth of God’s grace causes our most severe problems. Until we understand it we are, like Jonah, just a shadow of what we could be and should be.”- Timothy Keller “The gospel is bearing […]
“Our bodies might be telling us to flee, but conflict can be a bridge to love. . . . I’m talking about the normal and often emotionally charged disagreements we have. And there are many, because to be human is to experience conflict. . . . Conflict is not a sign of unhealth. It’s unhealthy […]
“Seek God, not happiness — this is the fundamental rule of all meditation. If you seek God alone, you gain happiness that is its promise.”- Dietrich Bonhoeffer “Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all.”- Augustine In Chapter 12 (“Clematis”) of WayMaker, Ann Voskamp observes that place that stretch your limits […]
“The Psalms are the church’s prayer book [because] . . . they are the prayers of the people of God that find their fullest meaning in Christ’s own praying of them. We now pray these in Christ and in the name of Christ, and in him those prayers can become our own. . . . […]
“It is God’s love for us that he not only gives us his word but also lends us his ear. So it is his work that we do for our brother when we learn to listen to him. Christians, especially ministers, so often think they must always contribute something when they are in the company […]
“For Jesus, conversations with God began with desire, not discipline. He stayed close to God. Tethered.”- Sara Hagerty “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”- Luke 5:16 (NIV) Today Sara Hagerty discusses thoughts three and four of ways to grow toward friendship with God (Chapter 8, Unseen). 3. Follow Jesus’ example of being […]