Good Words for Today
“He who has God and many other things has no more than he who has God alone.” C. S. Lewis
If you don't know what else to do, love your neighbor!
Clear eyes, Full heart, No fear, God is good.
How do you become lukewarm? Just do nothing, and that’s what you will become. A lukewarm Christian is nothing more than a “room temperature” Christian who has become just like his environment. Rather than changing the world around him, he has slowly let the world change him.
Three Life Lessons from Joshua 3 1) Waiting increases our dependence on God. 2) God brings us to places of despair so that we will realize our own inability. 3) Until we yield ourselves to God, we are not ready for the miracle we need.
"Never pass up an opportunity to keep your mouth shut." Elisabeth Elliot
Have you been forgiven? Then forgive. Have you found mercy? Then show mercy. Have you received a blessing? Then bless others. Take what God has given you and give it away to someone else. That’s the whole Christian life in just one sentence.
Too many people want . . . The outcome but not the obedience, The pleasure but not the pain, The answers but not the agony, The crown but not the cross. It doesn't work that way.
May the joy of the Lord be my strength so that I may have a cheerful heart no matter what happens today. Amen.
"Jesus loves me—He who died Heaven’s gate to open wide; He will wash away my sin, Let His little child come in."
Grace means there is always hope even when we have failed again and again. If you have blown it, there is grace for you. If you haven't blown it, you will sooner or later, and when you do, there will be grace for you when you need it.
Pray for your enemies that someday they may become your friends.
People ask, “Do you believe in divine healing?” That’s the only kind there is. It just comes in many different varieties.
May the things that matter most to God become the things that matter most to us.
God’s love is broad, reaching to the ends of the earth, so that anyone can be saved. But that salvation comes only through Jesus Christ. For those who will not come to God through Jesus, there is no other way. If you reject Jesus, God has no other plan of salvation.
Are you willing to wait for God? Until the answer is yes, you aren’t ready to fulfill God’s plan for your life.
"The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away."
Two things still true today: Without faith you cannot please God. God rewards those who earnestly seek him. *See Hebrews 11:6
Sin makes you stupid. Repentance makes you wise. Grace makes you strong.
Whatever we truly need, our Father will make sure that we have it because he is the “Father Almighty.” His name is El Shaddai—Almighty God.
God created us by an act of his own will—for his own pleasure. This is a high view of God’s sovereignty—and it puts us in our proper position—face down in the dust, humbled before our mighty Creator.
You are here because God wanted you here. It doesn’t matter if you were a surprise to your parents. You weren’t a surprise to God.
Lord Jesus, thank you for moving from heaven to provide what I need even before I know I need it. Amen.
"In the beginning God . . ." Everything starts with the God who created us. Start anywhere else and you will be perpetually confused. You'll never know who you are until you know who he is.
The prayer that changes the world begins and builds on what God has already revealed. When you pray, stand on the promises of God.
Thank God for men of faith who are not ashamed to stand up for Jesus. Thank God for fathers and grandfathers who set a godly example. Thank God for husbands who love and lead like Jesus.
If we know Jesus, we’re in great shape today and tomorrow and for eternity.
Lost people may not listen to our sermons or pay attention to our doctrine, but they notice the way we live under pressure. When we are broken by life, if Christ still shines through us, they may see our faith and come to believe that Jesus is alive today.
"Jesus didn't say, 'I am finished.' He said, 'It is finished.' He was just getting started." Tony Evans
Do you love Jesus? Good, then don’t be afraid to let the world know and don’t worry if others don’t understand.
We undervalue grace because we don't take our sin seriously. When we see our sin as treason against a holy God, then we understand why grace is our only hope of heaven.