God always shows up. He always saves. He always rescues. His timing is not ours. His methods are unusually unconventional.
From James 4:8: “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
Angela Thomas Pharr (born 1962) is an American Christian writer.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. He was a leading voice in America’s transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think He must prefer quality to quantity.
From Proverbs 6:6-9: “Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways and be wise. Without having any chief or officer or ruler, it prepares its food in summer and gathers its sustenance in harvest. How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?”
George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish pastor and writer.
I’ve felt some great feelings on the baseball field . . . in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV . . . but the feeling you get when you give a kid a chance, that is a hundred times greater than that feeling.
Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.
Cal Ripken, Jr. (born 1960) is a former Major League Baseball player. Nicknamed the “Iron Man,” because of his playing in 2,632 consecutive games, he is a Hall-of-Fame honoree. His entire career of 21 seasons was spent with the Baltimore Orioles.
When God gives a vision of truth, it is never a question of what He will do, but of what we will do.
From Joshua 24:15: “Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
Whatever God did and was able to do and willing to do at any time, God is able and willing to do again, within the framework of His will.
From Psalm 29:3-4: “The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.”
Aiden Wilson (A. W.) Tozer (1897-1963) was an American pastor and Christian author. He served as spiritual mentor for many Christians.
All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song.
Women rely on friends. That’s where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Living for Christ is the most exciting adventure in the world.
From Titus 3:4-5: “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
What we know matters but who we are matters more.
Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are.
Brene Brown (born 1965) is an American researcher and author. Much of her work has studied courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy.
There cannot be any peace where there is uncertainty.
From Romans 15:13: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
D. L. Moody (1837-1899), also known as Dwight Lyman Moody, was an American evangelist and Christian teacher. He is frequently credited with inspiring modern mass revivalism.
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