"God doesn't care what we are good at--He uses our weaknesses."
~Unknown
“Psalm 37:4’s promise to “Delight yourself in the sight of the Lord,
and He shall give you the desires of your heart,” can often be misused. It’s
not a magical equation for getting what we want. But it is the key to being
truly fulfilled as I find my satisfaction in God and in my relationship with
Him. As I delight myself in Him, my desires change to God’s desires and what He
wants for my life.”
~Sarah Bubar
"In a thousand trials it is not just five hundred of them that work for the good of the believer, but nine hundred and ninety-nine, plus one."
~George Mueller
"Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but allow only faith to drop anchor."
~Bear Grylls
"I have never passed a more anxious or trying month in my life, but I never felt God so present with me."
~Hudson Taylor
JESUS: The Shepherd. Never driving…always leading, knowledgeable
of the surroundings, sure of the direction, aware of the perils, setting the
right pace, keeping the right course. Always watching, always keeping, always
providing, always defending…never forsaking!
~Author unknown
"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving."
~Amy Carmichael
“To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid “big” sins—is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?”
~François Fénelon
~François Fénelon
“In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us – that we be men and women of prayer, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough. That is the root of peace. We have that peace when the gracious God is all we seek. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.”
~Brennan Manning
There’s not one single aspect of the Christian life that we can handle apart from God’s grace.”
~Nancy Leigh DeMoss
“Let me be the real thing and not just someone who talks the talk, but authentically in love with You. I am only as intimate with God as I really choose to be. God, give me moments of solitude to be with you. Give me desire. Give me revelation. Thank You for being with me in every moment, every duty, every failure, and every battle. Thank You for making a way for me to COME, to draw near.”
~A. Ann
True Humility is not a morbid, self-degrading perspective. True humility is the correct estimation of myself – recognizing that my personal worth and value is only found in Christ.”
~Kimberly Wagner
“You need to understand that the One who is writing your story has bigger plans for you than you would ever have for yourself.”
~Paul Tripp
“Oh, do not let your hopes or fears come between you and Jesus. Follow hard after Him, and He will never fail you.”
~Morning and Evening
“If I fail, I’m going to try again, and again, and again. Are you going to try again if you fail? The challenges in our lives are there to strengthen our convictions. They are not there to run us over.”
~Nick Vujicic
The man who has God as his treasure has all things in one, and he has it purely, legitimately, and forever.”
~A. W. Tozer
Sacred possibilities become realities in your life when you trust the Lord’s character, believe His promises, depend on His Spirit, and obey His Word.”
~A Disciples Notebook
“I had the physical sense of being prayed for. Even when I knew nothing and received no letters, I felt warmth as if sitting near a fire…It was like hearing someone pray for me and think about me…I felt and knew I was not forgotten. This was sufficient to make me resist the most difficult moments.”
~Irina Ratushinskaia – Christian imprisoned in the former Soviet Union until 1987
“You can’t let your feelings and emotions shape your decisions. What should shape your decisions is who you are in God, what He is calling you to do, who He created you to be, what you are committed to, and what you stand for.”
~Cristina Rodriguez
“I’ve never met a bitter person who was thankful, or a thankful person who was bitter.”
~Nick Cujicic
"The measure of a day is not how many things were accomplished, but how much of it I walked with God."
~Unknown
"There is only One Savior. There is only One Lord. There is only One King. There is only One Person who will be coming back for His Bride, and His Bride will be those who made Him their first and foremost love, friend, King and Savior. His name is Jesus Christ, and He is passionate for you to know Him, love Him,
and worship Him alone."
~Unknown
"We don't need to be fenced in by our failures from the past; we can step out into the fields of the future and start fresh."
~A. A. W.
“A girl needs to be treasured, not targeted and should not present herself as a target, but as a treasure."
"New Year's Day is a good time to fix one's eyes on the only one who knows what the year is to hold."
~ Elisabeth Elliot
He (Christ) endured because of the JOY set before Him.
(Hebrews 12:2)
“Lord, I don't understand Your ways or thoughts at times, but what a beauty to know that my life is in the best place possible…Your hands, a sovereign God who knows what I'm fully capable of and gives me the strength to persevere.”
~Unknown
"Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God's plans, but God is not helpless among ruins. Our broken lives are not lost or useless. God's love is still working. He comes in and takes the calamity and uses it victoriously, working out
His wonderful plan of love..."
~Eric Liddell
“There is no greater love than the love that holds on where there seems nothing left to hold on to.” (Honor Books)
“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.”
~Jerry Bridges
“In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.”
(Psalm 62:7-8)
“You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read."
~Charlie "Tremendous Jones
"God has a purpose and plan in all He does...Keep moving on, living life to the fullest, serving others and looking to Jesus---no matter what His plan brings your way."
~Unknown
~Unknown
"Don't waste your life worrying and wondering about the future...live every day to the fullest, bring joy into every soul
you meet, and ultimately live to glorify God."
~Unknown
~Unknown
“When you can't trace His hand, trust His heart."
~Babbie Mason
“My God is still on the throne...even when everything seems to have fallen apart.”
~Unknown
“The Will of God never takes you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.”
~Unknown
“Dance with God. He'll let the perfect man cut in!”
~Unknown
“If you do not believe, you surely shall not last.”
~Isaiah 7:9b
"Can God, who gave His all for you, ever do wrong by you? Shall you accept the good from His hand and then charge Him with wrong doing when something does not go your way? Shall you thank Him when He blesses you with what you approve but not thank Him when it seems bad and painful for you?”
~J. White
“Is He worthy of praise only when His acts please you? His chosen way for you is always good and perfect and best. He is ever more worthy of thanksgiving and praise, even in the darkest times. Your trust in the dark so pleases your Heavenly Father. Your praise in pain honors Him.”
~J. White
"Your friend might help you reach some of your potential, but it's your enemies that drive you past your potential. Your enemies drive you to God - they are sent to make us pursue God more passionately."
~E.L.
“Do the hardships in life drive you to God - make you pursue God more passionately? That's where I want to be – Passionately pursuing God.”
~Unknown
“I'm not there yet. I'm not who I'd like to be. . . I pursue, and I painstakingly, after I lose heart, lose sight of that pursuit, come crawling slowly forwards once more. What keeps me coming back to Him is His amazing love for me - His love for me through the pain, and His love for me through the pleasures.”
~Unknown
"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us."
-Alexander Graham Bell
"I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry."
~Unknown
“When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.”
~Unknown
“The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.”
~Unknown
“The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.”
~Karen S. Magee
“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass…it's learning to
dance in the rain.”
~Unknown
“What seems like the right thing to do could also be the hardest thing you have ever done in your life.”
~Unknown
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
~Unknown
“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
~Winston Churchill
“Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Remember that nobody makes it alone. Have a grateful heart and be quick to acknowledge those who help you.”
~ Unknown
“Never underestimate the power of a kind word or deed.”
~Proverb
“I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and just seconds
to destroy it.”
~Unknown
“The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times
of challenge and controversy.”
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The best memories are the ones that you try to explain but
in the end….you just say…you had to be there.”
~Unknown
“Everybody wants happiness nobody wants pain but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.”
~unknown
“Funny how no matter how much we have, we’re never thankful.”
~Katie
“I asked for strength, and God gave me difficulties to make me strong;
I asked for wisdom, and God gave me problems to solve;
I asked for prosperity, and God gave me brawn and brains to work;
I asked for courage, and God gave me dangers to overcome;
I asked for patience, and God placed me in situations
I asked for wisdom, and God gave me problems to solve;
I asked for prosperity, and God gave me brawn and brains to work;
I asked for courage, and God gave me dangers to overcome;
I asked for patience, and God placed me in situations
where I was forced to wait;
I asked for love, and God gave me troubled people to help;
I asked for favors, and God gave me opportunities;
I asked for everything so I could enjoy life;
Instead, He gave me life so I could enjoy everything.
I received nothing I wanted, I received everything I needed.”
I asked for love, and God gave me troubled people to help;
I asked for favors, and God gave me opportunities;
I asked for everything so I could enjoy life;
Instead, He gave me life so I could enjoy everything.
I received nothing I wanted, I received everything I needed.”
~Unknown
"'Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh;
is there anything too hard for Me?'" (Jeremiah 32:27)
"'Always pray and never lose heart'" (Luke 18:1)
"Praise and glory to God for whom nothing is too hard"
~Elisabeth Elliot
"Measure thy life by loss and not by gain;
Not by wine drunk but by the wine poured forth,
For love's strength standeth in love's sacrifice.”
~Elisabeth Elliot
And he that suffereth most hath most to give."
~Ugo Bassi
"The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms." (Deuteronomy 33:27)
“God in His love always wills what is best for us,
in his wisdom He always knows what is best,
and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.”
~Jerry Bridges, Trusting God
“SMILE, even through your tears!”
~Unknown
“I have chosen somehow
(God only knows that at times it's like bridling a bucking bronco!)
to keep silent in my world of feelings and dreams, wishes and desires, and to lay them down at the altar of God, walking away believing there are, indeed, higher stakes in all of this than mere desires.”
~Elisabeth Elliot
"He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold" (Job 23:10) I don't need to know the way. I need only to trust my Guide.
~Elisabeth Elliot
"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him" (Ps. 62:5). In Him alone lie our security, our confidence, our trust.
~Elisabeth Elliot
“A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.”
~Elisabeth Elliot
God is in the waiting. "It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect" (Psalm18:32)
“If we are to honor God by trusting Him, and if we are to find peace for ourselves, we must come to the place where we can honestly say, ‘God, I do not hae to understand. I will just trust You.’”
~Jerry Bridges
