Good Words for Today
Death is a trade-in. One day we will trade in our broken down bodies for a new body designed by God.
Go to the cross and you will find your way home to God.
We are richer than we think, we are more blessed than we know, and we have more than we realize.
When God forgives, he removes our sins, he lifts them up, he takes them away, and he puts them so far away from us that we could never find them if we searched for them for a thousand years.
Father, teach me the joy of the present moment and the pleasure of living in the here and now. Amen.
"Eighty-six years I have served him, and he never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?" Polycarp, AD 155. The oldest account outside the New Testament of a Christian dying for his faith. This was his response when offered his freedom if only he would curse Christ and swear allegiance to Caesar. He was burned to death.
"I own no other master my heart shall be your throne: my life I give, henceforth to live, O Christ, for you alone." Thomas O. Chisholm
Giving thanks in the midst of sorrow and heartache is a testimony worth more than 10,000 words spoken when things are going well.
"We have many men of science; too few men of God. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount." General Omar N. Bradley
God is a better parent than you are. Will you trust him to take care of your children?
“When man is bored with God, even heaven does not have a better alternative.”Ravi Zacharias
"Thy sov’reign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore." From "Come, Thou Almighty King," 1757
You may lose your wealth, your health, your happiness, and your friends. But no one can take Jesus away from you.
Eternal Father, help me live so that those who come after me won’t be ashamed to follow in my steps. Amen.
"When the Lord wants to work a small miracle, He puts me in a difficult situation. When He wants to work a great miracle, He puts me in an impossible situation." Watchman Nee
What have you been sowing? Are you happy with what you’ve been reaping?
“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.” Charles Spurgeon
“Affliction works as our preacher and tutor. Sometimes a sickbed can teach us more than a sermon." Thomas Watson
O Lord, disturb us if that’s what needs to happen to shake us free from our excuses so that we will dare to follow you. Amen.
“When a man is getting better, he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less." C. S. Lewis
"Drive shallow tent pegs, because we are moving on in the morning." Corrie Ten Boom
"Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave." G. K. Chesterton
"The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning It's time to sing Your song again Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me Let me be singing when the evening comes." Matt Redman
"The door of opportunity swings on the hinges of opposition." Bob Jones, Sr.
"Faith is a decision you make to believe that the dark road you are traveling on will eventually yield to a sunrise." Tony Evans
“One sin makes many. The Devil’s hounds run in packs.” Alexander Maclaren
When we try to help other people, we . . . "must not be high in our expectations nor harsh in our resentments nor hard in our impositions, but endeavor to make the best we can of everything and think the best we can of everybody." Matthew Henry
“No saint shall fall finally or fatally. Sorrow may bring us to the earth, and death may bring us to the grave, but lower we cannot sink, and out of the lowest of all we shall arise to the highest of all." Charles Spurgeon
"God loves to view the holy strivings of a soul pressing forward to the skies." Charles Spurgeon
"The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word." Charles Stanley
“Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.” Francis Schaeffer
“Of all the acts of man, repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults . . . is to be conscious of none." Thomas Carlyle
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.” Charles Schultz
"Souls are expensive." Peter Odanga
"Though the waves and billows rise, there is at the helm a pilot who can guide our vessel in safety to the desired haven." Charles Simeon
Crucified people 1) face in only one direction, 2) can never turn back, 3) no longer have plans of their own. (based on A. W. Tozer)
A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in the little things is a big thing." Hudson Taylor
“Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.” Corrie Ten Boom
"And now, O Lord, this man of God, Who breaks the bread of life this morning -- Shadow him in the hollow of thy hand, And keep him out of the gunshot of the devil." James Weldon Johnson
"The Bible is the greatest of all books; to study it is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals." Charles Ryrie