“[Sabbath is a day to] cease from what is necessary and embrace what gives life. . . . to lay hold of whatever you’ve put off, and pushed away through lack of time, lack of room, lack of breath; it’s a day to shuck the have-to’s , and lay hold of the get-to’s.“- Mark Buchanan, […]
“[Where Prayer Becomes Real] is an invitation to embrace God’s love in the truth of who you really are. Embracing God’s love is allowing that love to guide you in prayer and trusting that even though you don’t know how to pray as you ought, God knows and understands.”- Kyle Strobel and John Coe “Likewise […]
“When you accept your wiring and embrace the tempo of life that works for you, a beautiful thing will happen: you’ll stop feeling inferior when you encounter people who like to live at a different pace. You’ll be inspired by them instead of discouraged by them.”- Jennifer Fulwiler In Chapter 10 (“You Can Live At […]
“One of the hardest steps for anybody who has been betrayed is accepting the grace of God. If God gives grace, His unmerited favor to my betrayer, can I be mad about that?”- Phil Waldrep Phil Waldrep concludes Chapter 9 of Beyond Betrayal as he underscores our need to remember that grace welcomes home the […]
“Tested, proven, genuine faith comes when we let God lead us into weakness. That is a reason to rejoice.”- Banning Liebscher “These [trials] have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may result in praise, glory, and honor when […]