We don’t have to be beautiful or brilliant or have all the answers to be blessed of God. All He asks is that we trust Him, that we stand before Him in integrity and faith.
From Proverbs 10:8-9: “The wise of heart will heed commandments, but one with foolish lips will come to ruin. Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
Whatever ailment we face, the Word of God is the medicine and the peace of God the cure.
From Romans 8:6: “To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.“
David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.
God did not make us perfect Christians in one stroke. He calls us as we are, and only His grace makes us what we are not.
From 1 Corinthians 15:9-10: “For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.
German-born Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident. Many of his writings express the role of Christianity in mankind’s daily lives. He paid the ultimate price for his activism against the Nazi regime during World War II.
Whatever I treasure the most will control my heart. Whatever controls my heart will control my behavior. May God be my treasure. He is big enough.
From Isaiah 40:12, 18: “Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of His hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? To whom, then, will you liken God, or what likeness compare with Him?”
Jonathan Byrd (born 1978) is an American professional golfer. He is known for integrating his Christian faith into his daily life as well as his golf career.
Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.
From 1 Peter 5:6-7: “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”
John Lancaster Spaulding was an American author and poet. He was a prolific writer about Christian themes and education.
So let me ask you: When are you going to stand up, to stand alone, to answer the call of God in this hour?
From Colossians 3:2: “Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
How grateful we are that God made His message so simple: Trust Jesus for what He did on the cross and know that He left an empty tomb.
From Luke 24:45-46: “Then He opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and He said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day.”
Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.
Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
“From 1 Corinthians 3:16: “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?“
Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later on a Christian writer and public speaker. As part of the Dutch resistance during World War II, she and her family protected hundreds of Jewish people from Nazi persecution. Eventually she was captured and sent to a concentration camp. She and a nephew were her family’s only survivors of the Holocaust.
Plant seeds of kindness.
From Luke 6:31: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
God’s grace sees beyond our deepest need. He meets us where we are, talking straight to us in terms that even we can understand.
From 2 Corinthians 5:17-18: “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
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