” . . . envy never tells you the truth. It distorts your view of life, the life of others, and the character of God.”- Paul David Tripp “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction […]
“The soil of community is absolutely essential to God’s process of growth in our lives. . . . community is the other guardrail, along with Scripture, that keeps us on track while we grow as leaders in the body of Christ and in the world.”- Banning Liebscher “David departed from [Gath] and escaped to the […]
“The joy of Jesus remains in your life and your joy becomes full when you are serving others. This isn’t just a nice idea; it’s a deep truth you can experience.”- Banning Liebscher “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.”- John […]
“It’s common for people to enter environments where God is moving and to feel uncomfortable. . . . Your comfort level should not be the thing that determines whether you can believe something is of God or not.”- Banning Liebscher As Banning Liebscher continues Chapter 6 of Rooted, he underscores that Jesus not only wants, […]
“Your soulprint . . .[is] the truest thing about you. It’s your God-ordained passion, your God-given gifts, and your God-sized dreams. It’s the potential that can be tapped only in a relationship with the One who gave it to you in the first place.”- Mark Batterson As Mark Batterson concludes Chapter 9 of Whisper, he […]
“The only way to overcome these self-defeating dimensions of our personalities is ruthless self-discovery. And it’s so much more than self-help.”- Mark Batterson “Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.”- John Calvin As Mark Batterson continues Chapter 9 of Whisper, he discusses the third quadrant of the Johari window. 3. The blind […]
“The reason we are more than we know is because God is greater than we can imagine.”- Susie Larson “This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike ‘What’s next, Papa?’ God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We […]
“This is Satan’s modus operandi — to seize upon our trials, weaknesses, or unhealed places and magnify them and try to set up shop there.”- John Eldredge Continuing in the Fall section of Walking with God, John Eldredge states that our story of love puts us in such a vulnerable place. Rather than deal with […]
“We all hope, but hope comes in two flavors- hoping for something and hoping in someone.”- John Ortberg, Know Doubt In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”- 1 Corinthians 15:52 (KJV) It’s almost 7:30 pm […]
“The Holy Spirit is a year-round resident in the hearts of his children. As God’s story becomes our story, his power becomes our power.”- Max Lucado In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.”- Ephesians 1:13 Max […]
“We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.”- C. S. Lewis “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”- Psalm 25:5 Throughout my 22-year Lutheran elementary teaching ministry, whole family ministry constituted one of my […]
“Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.”- 1 Peter 1:22 (ESV) Dr. Wayne Stiles concludes Chapter 9 of Waiting on God by explaining that Peter uses two different terms for love in verse 22. Sincere brotherly love, Wayne states, refers […]