The more honest we are with our humanity, the more the power of God can be seen and recognized in us. our fragile, clay-like (from the earth) bodies and the immeasurable brightness of Christ is something that should be obvious so that everyone will know the power must be coming from God, because it certainly isn't coming from us.
Read more..Life is hard. How often we forget that this is the way it is supposed to be. We push against the difficult circumstances in our lives
Read more..The Riddle: Once you get it, you have to give it; and if you can’t give it, you never got it. What is it? God's Grace.
Read more..It's hard to love sinners when you are trying so hard not to be one.
Read more..I just don't see God as doling out ease and contentment. His business lies more in the areas of refining and shaping us to conform more to the image of Christ, and none of that comes easy.
Read more..It's the only bumper sticker I've ever really liked: WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM. I like it because it says at least two things.
Read more..Oswald Chambers has said that we don't truly own our faith unless we have struggled over it in some form. Belief is not pure acceptance.
Read more.."Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:39 NLT).
Read more..Thought for the day: Don't ever sell short what God can do "because of you."
Read more..Regret is like a hot potato. Hold onto it for any period of time and it will burn you. Regret basically leaves God out of the picture.
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