“Life isn’t measured in minutes. It’s measured in moments. It’s not the length of days that really matters. [Life’s] the stewardship of moments. . . . In other words, make each day count.”- Mark Batterson “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”- Psalm 96:12 (NIV) “Preach [and live] […]
“Most people falsely assume that eternity starts at some point in the far-off future, and they live accordingly. Eternity is counterclockwise. Eternity is invading time every second of every minute of every hour of every day.”- Mark Batterson Mark Batterson concludes his Introduction to Win the Day as he notes that we often miss the […]
“I can’t make myself know God, but I can come to know him better. And because God is love, the more I come to know him, the more my love for him will grow. Love is a by-product of knowing. So I can spend this day loving God. And tomorrow I can seek to love […]
“Hope — when it’s founded in Christ — will never truly disappoint us.”- Ann Swindell ” . . . we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through […]
“What others most need to see in you is a reflection of what God is like.”- Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth “Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart.”- Psalm 24:3-4 Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth concludes Chapter 2 of Holiness with […]
“Keeping heaven on our minds is healthy for our souls.”- Pastor Judah Smith “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”- Colossians 3:2-3 In Chapter 10 (“Heaven”) of How’s Your Soul?, Judah Smith states that […]
“We need to view our waiting in the difficulties of our daily living as opportunities to demonstrate faith in a future promised by our sovereign God.”- Dr. Wayne Stiles Wayne Stiles concludes Chapter 11 of Waiting on God by acknowledging that we need affirmation of our hope. During Joseph’s life, God gave him encouragement all […]