14 5 / 2013
10 Great Quotes from Francis Chan
We say things like, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” and “Trust in the Lord with all your heart.” Then we live and plan like we don’t believe God even exists. We try to set our lives up so everything will be fine even if God doesn’t come through. But true faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His promises.
Our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
If life were stable, I’d never need God’s help. Since it’s not, I reach out for Him regularly. I am thankful for the unknowns and that I don’t have control, because it makes me run to God.
We are consumed by safety. Obsessed with it, actually. Now, I’m not saying it is wrong to pray for God’s protection, but I am questioning how we’ve made safety our highest priority. We’ve elevated safety to the neglect of whatever God’s best is, whatever would bring God the most glory, or whatever would accomplish His purposes in our lives and in the world.
Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe “even if there is no God.” But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way. We have to do things that cost us during our life on earth but will be more than worth it in eternity.
To be brutally honest, it doesn’t really matter what place you find yourself in right now. Your part is to bring Him glory—whether eating a sandwich on a lunch break, drinking coffee at 12:04 a.m. so you can stay awake to study, or watching your four-month-old take a nap. The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His. It is His movie, His world, His gift.
This is the God we serve, the God who knew us before He made us. The God who promises to remain with us and rescue us. The God who loves us and longs for us to love Him back.
God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.
A friend of mine once said that Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
It is easy to become disillusioned with the circumstances of our lives compared to others’. But in the presence of God, He gives us a deeper peace and joy that transcends it all.
(via spiritualinspiration)
14 5 / 2013
“God loves you even when you can’t find the strength enough to love yourself.”
(Source: hope-movement, via clayinthehandsofourfather)
14 5 / 2013
Be Faithful!
When it seems like you have hit a wall or come to a standstill spiritually, do the things you know to do. Pray. Fast. Read God’s Word. Worship. There are some things that only come through faithfulness, and to obtain them you must keep going whether you FEEL God or not. God is not based on our feelings - we KNOW He is there. We KNOW He is faithful. We must be grounded in this Truth and keep our eyes on Him if we are to be victorious.
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. ~ Romans 12:1-2
11 4 / 2013
The great equal sign….
I believe that it is extreemly hypocritical for people to believe and promote equality for a lifestyle and behavior, but believe that the fellow humans in the womb are not worthy of the same level of equality.
20 3 / 2013
"Obedience requires an actual follow-through, and people are not great at finishing what they begin. People generally are all great starters, because everyone likes quick, instantaneous provision and change. But most people moan if they have to wait thirty seconds longer than normal at the drive-thru! Everyone wants immediate results; few people are prepared to wait. But God is a builder, not a magician. He is a builder of life, and the finest buildings always take time. Life’s journey will always include a few valleys. But if you don’t give up trusting God, you will enjoy great victory on."
06 3 / 2013
"God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love."
(via inthatinstantwewerealive)
25 2 / 2013
"I wish I’d done everything on Earth with you."
(Source: theunquotables, via tolet-itgo)
25 2 / 2013
"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
(via peculiartreasuree)
