Just in case you’ve been looking for the ultimate secret of success…..here it is….spelled out plainly…in one verse…
“When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted
…because…
the Lord blessed him.”
Genesis 26:12 NLT
You cannot make people like you. You cannot make people believe you. You cannot change their minds if they want to think the worst of you. You cannot demand esteem. Put that wasted effort into following Jesus &, in his name, in his love & in his ways, do your fellow humans good.
“To hunger for justice in a messianic context is to long for God to establish his just rule over the earth through his chosen king. Justice then is inescapably political. Hungering for justice is hungering for the kingdom.” Esau McCaulley (Reading While Black)
“To whatever extent I am able to convince myself that my sin isn’t really sin - that is, my little wrongs do not rise to the level of what Jesus dies for - I am not really excited about grace.” -PDT, Luke 18:9-14
“Everyday you attach your hopes, dreams, satisfaction and joy to something. Everyday you attach your identity to something and there are only two places to look. Creation or creator; crushing disappointment or lasting peace.” -PDT, James 4:13-5:6
You and I want to point to anything we can to prove that we are not law breakers, but law keepers. Yet the whole argument of the Bible is that if we were able to keep the law, Jesus would not have had to come.” -PDT, Heb. 2:10-18
In this episode the guys discuss what God's standards are for policing and why many African Americans are traumatized when those standards are not followed by law enforcement. https://t.co/oUdZ49UAfo
“Prayer is abandoning hope in independent capabilities and believing that in Christ you have been given everything you need for life and godliness.” -PDT, Luke 18:9-14
“Your hope in life and death is never to be found in the degree of your love for God. It is only ever found in the magnitude of his unrelenting and unshakable love for you.” -PDT, 1 John 4:10-21
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.” Prov. 31:8-9 NLT
“True freedom is never found in putting yourself in the center, with your choices and behaviors shaped by your allegiance to you. The true way to freedom is submission.” -PDT, 2 Cor. 5:15
“It’s important to realize that you can search for life in only two places: either you have found life to the fullest vertically or you are shopping for it horizontally.” -PDT, John 4:1-26