3 hours ago · 1 note
3 hours ago · 1 note
❝ WE’RE ALL SAYING DON’T SETTLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, BUT I’M GOING TO TAKE IT FURTHER AND SAY: BE GREEDY. GO TO GOD AND SAY, “I WANT SOMEONE WHO IS ON FIRE FOR YOU AND I WANT A VISION FOR A WHOLE BIG BEAUTIFUL THING, AND I WANT YOU TO START PREPARING ME FOR THAT.” IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, THAT MUST BE A FANTASTIC THING TO HEAR, AND HOW WOULD HE SAY NO TO THAT? ❞
6 hours ago · 0 notes
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FREQUENTLY WE PRAY THAT GOD WOULD NOT FORSAKE US IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL AND TEMPTATION, BUT WE TOO MUCH FORGET THAT WE HAVE NEED TO USE THIS PRAYER AT ALL TIMES. THERE IS NO MOMENT OF OUR LIFE, HOWEVER HOLY, IN WHICH WE CAN DO WITHOUT HIS CONSTANT UPHOLDING. …FORSAKE ME NOT IN MY JOYS, LEST THEY ABSORB MY HEART. FORSAKE ME NOT IN MY SORROWS, LEST I MURMUR AGAINST YOU. FORSAKE ME NOT IN THE DAY OF MY REPENTANCE, LEST I LOSE THE HOPE OF PARDON, AND FALL INTO DESPAIR; AND FORSAKE ME NOT IN THE DAY OF MY STRONGEST FAITH, LEST FAITH DEGENERATE INTO PRESUMPTION. FORSAKE ME NOT, FOR WITHOUT YOU I AM WEAK, BUT WITH YOU I AM STRONG. FORSAKE ME NOT, FOR MY PATH IS DANGEROUS, AND FULL OF SNARES, AND I CANNOT DO WITHOUT YOUR GUIDANCE.
7 hours ago · 0 notes
WHEN PEOPLE SAY, “ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME”, I WONDER IF THEY REALIZE THAT HE ACTUALLY WILL.
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“GOD HAS PAID US THE INTOLERABLE COMPLIMENT OF LOVING US, IN THE DEEPEST, MOST TRAGIC, MOST INEXORABLE SENSE.”
— C.S. Lewis,
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9 hours ago · 2 notes
“The best churches stay focused on the basics. And that means sin and salvation. Sadly, many churches–even if they affirm the right doctrine on paper–act and preach as if the biggest problem in the world is lack of education, or material poverty, or the declining morals in our country, or the threat of global warming. As a result we preach cultural improvement instead of Christ. We preach justice without Jesus. We lose sight that the biggest problem (though not the only problem) confronting the churchgoer every Sunday is that he is a sinner in need of a Savior.”
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(via louisianapeach)
