“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of His grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace. Every day should be a day or relating to God on the basis of His grace alone.”- Jeremy Bridges. In Chapter 5 […]
“Our earthly longings begin to fade when we realize how precious life is. We simply cannot fill the hole in our hearts that we are born with, no matter how hard we try.”- Meredith McDaniel Then the LORD said to Moses,”I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out […]
“Jesus shared truth but graciously. Jesus offered grace but truthfully. Grace and truth. Acceptance seeks to offer both.”- Max Lucado “Then all of you can join together in one voice, giving grace and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that […]
“The goal is to grow in the grace of giving. Grace is the genesis of generosity! Or you can flip that coin: generosity is the revelation of grace. Either way, grace is the game-changer! If the tithe causes your blood pressure to go up, you’re thinking about it the wrong way!”- Mark Batterson (emphasis author’s) […]
“Some [obstacles] seem like unscalable mountains, and it’s awfully tempting to go around them. My advice? Go through them, with God’s grace. And when God gets you to the other side, the mountain will have become a level path. The obstacle will have become the way.”- Mark Batterson Mark Batterson concludes Chapter 7 of Double […]
“I like to think of the blessing of God as an umbrella. An umbrella doesn’t change the forecast. Life will rain pain, that’s for sure. But the blessing of God does provide a covering of sorts, an extra layer of protection against the elements. . . . Of course, we have to position ourselves under […]
“Originally, Moses was an unlikely prospect for the Leadership Hall of Fame. The good news is that God doesn’t search through the Hall of Fame to find candidates for greatness. God often starts with losers. Washouts. Those with broken lives and downtrodden spirits.”- Charles Swindoll “There (Mt. Sinai) the angel of the LORD appeared to […]
“It often takes time and experimentation to learn a life-giving Sabbath rhythm. It doesn’t happen all of a sudden. Small steps, taken faithfully each week, add up to a satisfying and restoring pattern of weekly rejuvenation.”- Jeff Manion On Days 8 (“The Art of Rest”) and 9 (“Life-Giving Rhythm”) of Dream Big, Think Small, Jeff […]
“Don’t just act in loving ways toward people — make an effort to like them too. . . . For me, it goes back to learning how to forgive myself. To give grace when I fail and tone it down when I’m tempted to beat myself up. Because if I can’t bury the hatchet with […]
“God has posted his traffic signs everywhere we look. In the universe, in Scripture, even within our own hearts. Yet we persist in disregarding his directions. But God does not give us what we deserve. He has drenched his world in grace. It has no end. It knows no limits.”- Max Lucado “I am the […]
“The love Christ Jesus gave/ Be filling every heart for me,/ The love Christ Jesus gave/ Filling me for everyone.”- Traditional Scottish blessing, Nineteenth Century In Chapter 1 (“Blessing in the Beginning”) of Given: The Forgotten Meaning and Practice of Blessing, author Tina Boesch relates a conversation she had with a Turkish friend while living […]
“There’s so much freedom to be found when we get away from the obsession with what other people think. It feels wonderful to stop being someone else’s person and to start fitting neatly and perfectly into the personhood God has planned for you.”- Kyle Idleman “For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned […]