Marc Langefeld

Thank you God for all of your love, mercy, patience, grace and hope. Please help others to know and love your son, Jesus.

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

@MattSmethurst What a great quote!

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

Jesus gave himself up for us. Jesus the Son, though equal with the Father, gave up his glory and took on our human nature. But further, he willingly went to the cross and paid the penalty for our sins, removing our guilt and condemnation, so that we could be united with him (Romans 6: 5) and take on his nature (2 Peter 1: 4). He gave up his glory and power and became a servant. He died to his own interests and looked to our needs and interests instead (Romans 15: 1–3). Jesus’ sacrificial service to us has brought us into a deep union with him and he with us. - Tim Keller

[Brent Beshore @BrentBeshore]

Psalms 4-6; Acts 17:16-34

Know: “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”

Sleep is both a reminder and a gift. It reminds us that we are frail and finite creatures, unable to go too long without rest. And sleep is a gift from God, a provision of safety, repair, and restoration.

Jesus is the fountain of living water who gives us breath and life, and refreshes our bodies, minds, and souls. It is not wealth that gives good sleep, for like the man who built bigger barns we don’t know our appointed time. It is not relationships, for everyone we know will either watch us die, or us them. It is not power or fame, for those will perish and fade. Our Heavenly Father alone is the giver of good gifts, including sleep.

Be: a man who seeks the giver and not the gifts.

Do: Receive God’s good gifts with a heart of gratitude and thanksgiving!

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

God invites us to come as we are, not to stay as we are. God’s salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to salvation, offered as a free gift. – Tim Keller

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. – NIV 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” - C.S. Lewis

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. – NIV 2 Corinthians 4: 18

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

@BrentBeshore Beautifully written Brent! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

Beautiful testimony! Please take five minutes to watch it. It is worth your time.

Thank you for sharing Melissa!

[Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker @BiblicalBeauty]

'Pistol Pete' Maravich sharing his testimony of faith in Jesus Christ in 1987 less than one year before his death at the age of 40:

"I want all of you to know this tonight about Peter Maravich. You may never have heard of me. It makes no difference. I'm just one person on this earth saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. I want you to know this, that the change that came into my life was Jesus Christ.

It was not winning. I won all my life. I won every trophy, award, everything you can think of, but every time I won something, I wanted something more. I had to win again. It wasn't money, because money'll buy you everything but happiness. It'll pay your fare at every place but Heaven. Material things—I've driven everything some of you strive for from Rolls Royces to BMWs to Mercedes to Porsches. It wasn't religion because in the name of religion, Jesus Christ was placed upon that cross.

And the purest thing about Christianity is the fact that it's your choice. You can't work. You can't earn. I knew that, and I understood it now.

I want you to know this. The last thing I'd like to say is this, next week I'll be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I'll get that big ring. In fact, it's a bigger ring than I would have got for the championship, but I'll tell you something about all the awards. They all pale to the glory of Christ and what He's done in my life. It's amazing what He has done in my life.

I wouldn't trade my position in Christ for a thousand NBA championships or a thousand Hall of Fame rings or for a hundred billion dollars. There's nothing like the joy of Jesus Christ in your life."

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

Brent Beshore wrote beautifully. Please take a few minutes to read his advice to a wayward friend.

[Brent Beshore @BrentBeshore]

https://t.co/p822634eiv

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

One reason you might worry about money and be hesitant to be radically generous with your finances is because you’re looking for it to be a kind of security that only God can be.

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

“If a day in his courts be better than a thousand, what will eternity be in his presence! I hope the more you see, the more you love; the more you drink, the more you thirst; the more you do for him, the more you are ashamed you can do so little; and that the nearer you approach to your journey’s end, the more your pace is quickened.” - John Newton

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

“The times look dark and stormy, and call for much circumspection and prayer; but let us not forget that we have an infallible Pilot, and that the power, and wisdom, and honor of God, are embarked with us.” - John Newton

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

“Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” —Philippians 3:20

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
– NIV 2 Corinthians 4: 16

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

While on earth,
Jesus became vulnerable, as we are vulnerable;
rejected as we are rejected; and
tested, as we are tested.
In every case, His response was prayer.
– Philip Yancey

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. – NIV 2 Corinthians 4: 13-15

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

If dependence is the objective, then weakness is an advantage. Weakness forces us to throw ourselves in desperation before God and that is the only place in which we can learn the four words that transform our lives: God is always faithful. You and I may never know that God is all we need until he is literally all we have. – J.D. Greear

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. – NIV 2 Corinthians 4: 5-6

[Marc Langefeld @marcalexander08]

Ecclesiastes presents both sides of life on this planet: the promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy. If we start chasing pleasure as an end in itself, along the way we may lose sight of the One who gave us such good gifts as sexual drive, taste buds and the capacity to appreciate beauty. – Philip Yancey