Melissa Lien

Married to Tim, mom of four great kids, pastor's wife, embarking on the adventure of church planting in southern CA

[Melissa Lien @melclien]

"The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances." (Elisabeth Elliot)

[John H. Sather @johnhsather]

"The gospel-centered way to change one's behavior is by changing what you worship" @timkellernyc

[Jace Williamson @JaceWilliamson2]

“Saying “I need Jesus but not the church” is to say “I need Jesus but not everything Jesus says I need.”

–@ScottyWardSmith” #fb

[Jamie Woodham @jwoodham]

It's almost time for bed, so I guess I'll just check Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and one full season of a TV show on Netflix real quick.

[Tullian Tchividjian @TullianT]

"What keeps most of us from God is not the sin we know we have, but the righteousness we think we have." @NateLarkin (via @ScottyWardSmith)

[Josh Patrick @joshrpatrick]

"At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, for you, O God, have put my life back together." Proverbs 4:8 (The Message)

[Scotty Smith @ScottyWardSmith]

Let's eliminate this phrase from our arsenal: "Shame on you!" There are more effective & less damaging ways to deal with hard stuff.

[Tim Keller Wisdom @DailyKeller]

Everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.
- John Newton

[Crossroads LA Plant @LienLAplant]

"Jesus didn't say your church wins or my church wins. He said that his church wins." -Jim Putnam

[Steve Brown @DrSteveWBrown]

“You ought to live your life with such freedom and joy that uptight Christians will doubt your salvation.”

[Kimm Crandall @kimmcrandall]

"Where are the bags under Mary and Joseph’s eyes in all of the nativity scenes?" -Rachel Cohen http://t.co/4HTd7mzFUJ

[Timothy Lien @1517Brew]

9yr old: Hey Dad, could you take me to Walgreens, I need to get mom a present.
10 yr old (w/out looking up): Yeah, me too.
#coughsyrup?

[Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church @coralridgepc]

If our problem was political, God would have sent a politician. Our problem is sin, so He sent a Savior. #adventpt2

[Francis Su - mostly posting at 🦋 @mathyawp]

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. --G.K. Chesterton

[Timothy Lien @1517Brew]

5 yr old daughter: "I'm glad I was born when iPads were born."

[Eugene Peterson @PetersonDaily]

The poor are not a problem to be solved but a people to join.

[Josh Patrick @joshrpatrick]

“God will either give us what we ask or give us what we would have asked if we knew everything he knows.” Tim Keller

[Pacific Crossroads @LACrossroads]

Listen to Rankin's sermon from yesterday, "In Praise of Humility," here: http://t.co/aXBTBg2Qn6

[Jared C. Wilson @jaredcwilson]

It's hard to believe, but life actually gets easier when I stop thinking everyone else exists to make my life easier.