You are not your past.
You are not what you did.
You are not what others have done to you.
You are an ambassador for Christ.
You are God's masterpiece created in Christ Jesus to do the good works He prepared in advance for you to do.
You are a child of the living God.
we all want God to work out our situation. to change the circumstance. to take away the pain. to make life better.
but i wanna be better about seeking God’s will out of my situation more than i want it worked out. i wanna learn what he is teaching me here. i wanna pray for that.
You can follow a leader who has character and no charisma.
You can follow a leader who has character AND charisma.
But if you ever see a leader who has charisma and no character...
RUN.
We children of God were meant to be famous for our mercy, not our judgment. “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful,” Jesus said. This was not an Instagram post. It was a command. Righteousness has been reduced to being mean to the right people. Meanness is not a ministry.
We want to be overcomers with nothing to overcome. Courageous with nothing to fear. Loving with no catalyst to hate. Servants with no jerks to serve. Givers without our wallets involved. Carriers of causes instead of crosses. And Jesus is way too good to let us get away with it.
Teen math: If you have 6 half-full water bottles in your bedroom, you should probably get another new one out of the fridge. Also, if you have 4 pairs of shoes in the kitchen, don't wear those. Grab another pair that you can eventually leave in the kitchen.
“I’ve discovered that my soul needs rest too. Have you ever considered that your soul needs rest on a regular basis just like your body? It’s true. And there’s only one place our soul can find rest in God’s holy presence.” -Daily Power @craiggroeschel#DailyPower
“God doesn’t allow things to happen to mess with our heads; He uses these circumstances to shape our hearts. He knows difficulties and hardship and ambiguity are what cause us to grow because we are reminded of our absolute dependence upon Him.”
#EverybodyAlways