The deepest way to know a professing Christian’s actual theology is not to ask them which historic confession they subscribe to but to watch how they treat other people.
"Can people tell from the emphasis we attach to material things whether we have set our affection on things above, or whether we are primarily attached to this world?" #BillyGraham
The Lord’s not playing. God help us if we are stupid enough to keep playing, politicking, deceiving, scheming, sheltering, manipulating, gas-lighting, exploiting, abusing & feigning innocency, doing everything under heaven in his name but actually submitting in humility to him.
“A fresh awakening will not come from getting all our biblical interpretations settled & agreed upon. It will come when we divest ourselves of our idols and return to Jesus.”
—@BethMooreLPM
I’m praying with much heart & faith that he will give you glimpses of ways he’s at work and insight into the depth of his love for you. I pray that some of what he’ll let you see will catch you by delightful surprise & you, with the Psalmist in 126, will laugh again & say of him,
There’s no end to the Lord’s kindness. I’ve seen it so tenderly displayed in a number of lives recently. Amazed once again how attentive he is to the minutest details. Know by faith how dearly he loves you, how deeply he cares & how intimately acquainted he is with your concerns.
The sermon isn’t a sermon until it gets to Jesus. Praying for all my fellow Gospel heralds today that all will preach Christ no matter the text or subject for he is all and in all.
"The greatest barrier to knowing God's will is simply that we want to run our own lives. Our problem is that a battle is going on in our hearts—a battle between our wills and God's will." #BillyGraham
Many religions may tell you how to get to God, how to earn his favor, how to climb the mountain to reach him. Christianity stands apart in that our God came down the mountain to get to us, to pursue us, to find us, forgive us and make us his own—by grace alone through faith alone
“We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,”
(Colossians 1:11)
“There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’”-C.S. Lewis
How I stay in peace:
-I trust God more and depend on myself less
-I stay in my lane and do what is mine to do
-I live in my present day, not in the past or in the future
-I cast my cares upon God, choose joy, and let God do what I cannot
🎧 Episode 88—https://t.co/AHlLMkthlP