A passion to obey God doesn’t come naturally. Salvation may spark love and a desire to please Him, but a passionate fire is built slowly from the timbers of spiritual knowledge, faith, and devotion.
From Romans 6:22-23: “But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
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.
We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.
From Luke 12:40: “You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
Adrian Rogers (1931-2005) was an American pastor and Christian author.
There is always a gift in any challenge.
The only true thing that brings out the best in anyone is love.
Bronnie Ware (born 1957) is an Australian author and songwriter.
There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ.
From Matthew 10:39: “Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake will find it.”
Vance Havner (1901-1986) was an American pastor and Christian author. During his many years of service to the Lord, he preached throughout America.
Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions . . . make a very big difference.
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Jane Goodall (born 1934) is an English-born primatologist and anthropologist. She is considered the world’s foremost expert on the family and social interactions of chimpanzees.
If I have learned anything during my journey on Planet Earth, it is that people need one another.
From Proverbs 27:9: “Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel.”
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.
From Colossians 1:16: “For in Him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through Him and for Him.”
Pay attention to the small things–the kite flies because of its tail.
No kind deed has ever lacked its reward.
Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests.
From 1 Corinthians 2:4-5: “My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.”
Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was an American theologian and Christian teacher.
