"Even when we have questions that are not answered the way we would like, we can trust that our God is good and not even death is the end."
// @PlattDavid
"Prayer will not be very satisfying if you just want things. Maybe another way to put that . . . Prayer will not be very satisfying if you don’t want God." –@plattdavid
“The love God wants us to have isn’t just an emotion, but a conscious act of the will—a deliberate decision on our part to put others ahead of ourselves.” #BillyGraham
Our culture has a distorted picture of what it means to love someone. The focus is on self: my desires, needs, and happiness. But in Ruth 3, we see that God's love is a self-giving love that protects and provides for those in need. https://t.co/u9NPhsStR2
“When you don’t understand why something is happening, when you struggle to see how things are going to work out—know this—the God of the universe is always, always, always behind the scenes working for the good of His people and the glory of His name.” – @plattdavid
When we fail to remember God's faithfulness in the past, we rob God of the gratitude He deserves in the present and the trust He desires for the future. #praytheword https://t.co/vSdOX2fpWO
“Any sense of racial hierarchy or inequality (including that which has marked our country’s history based on skin color…any concept of racism) goes directly against the design of God…it is sinful to the core.” – @plattdavid#T4G18
“The truly free person is not the one who is adamant about self-expression; the truly free person is the one who willingly submits to self-denial for the sake of gaining Christ.” – Clark Fobes