When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.
George W. Bush
A faith that hasn't been tested can't be trusted. Adrian Rogers
Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you. Corrie ten Boom
The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!" A.W. Tozer
Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable. Vance Havner
God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves. Dwight L. Moody
To be like Christ is to be a Christian. Daniel Webster
God sweetens outward pain with inward peace. Thomas Watson
When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses. Richard Sibbes
The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory. Richard Sibbes
“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.”
John Wesley
“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”
Hans Urs von Balthasar
“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.”
Elisabeth Elliot
You cannot make your decisions based on criticisms. You have to do what you think is right. Rosalind Carter
God cannot reveal anything to us if we have not His spirit.
Oswald Chambers
If we live in constant fear of people's thoughts of us and avoid or fight their challenges & critiques, we won't grow. Lecrae
If you're overly defensive to correction & get upset or debate when challenged, you're insecure & fear people. Lecrae
“If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.” ~Thomas J. Watson Jr.~
Christ died that we might live. This is the opposite of abortion. Abortion kills that someone might live differently. John Piper
It isn’t sex by itself that makes abortion. It is sex plus covetousness: desiring things that God does not will for us to have because we are not willing to find our satisfaction in him. Illicit sex and unencumbered freedom without children: for these we covet, and abortion is the result. John Piper
An evidence that our will has been broken is that we begin to thank God for that which once seemed so bitter, knowing that His will is good and that, in His time and in His way, He is able to make the most bitter waters sweet. Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing Nancy Leigh DeMoss
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. George Muller
Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterward. Begin the day with God. Hudson Taylor
I once read the following definition of a fanatic: "A fanatic is a person who, having lost sight of his goal, redoubles his effort to get there." The fanatic runs around frantically getting nowhere. He is a basketball player without a basket, a tennis player without a net, a golfer without a green. For a Christian to make progress in ... learning to please God, he must have a clear idea of what his goal is. ... Jesus stated it this way: "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." R.C. Sproul
I am a disciple of the Messiah. I will not let up, look back or slow down. My past is redeemed, my future is secure. I am done with low living, small planning, smooth knees, mundane talking, chincy giving, and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised or rewarded. My face is set; my goal is sure. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few. My God is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, delayed or deluded. I will not flinch in the face of adversity, not negotiate at the table of the enemy or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I am a disciple of the Messiah. I must go until He comes, speak of all I know of Him and work until He stops me. And when He comes for His own, by the grace of God, He will have no problem recognizing me, because my colors are clear. Zimbabwean Pastor
All sin results from failure to act in faith. John MacArthur