Fabulous Quote!

"In any museum we will find quite ordinary things - clothes, a walking stick, a pen, pieces of furniture - which are only of value because they were possessed and used by some great person.  It is the ownership which gives them worth. It is so with the Christian. The Christian may be a very ordinary person, but he acquires a new value and dignity and greatness because he belongs to God. The greatness of the Christian lies in the fact that he is God's."

                                                                                                                            -- William Barclay

Faith Transformed!

"The Christian life isn't difficult--it is impossible. If we don't know that, we will try to do things ourselves. Faith is not necessary when we think we can do it ourselves. Faith comes along when we realize that we cannot do it on our own." -- Joseph Garlingen

I think this is one of the most transformational truths I have ever encountered. Boy, if we could only figure this one out! Look out Satan!

Great Quote...

"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."

-- C. S. Lewis

Thy kingdom come...

I heard a fabulous quote while listening to a sermon on prayer this morning...

"Prayer is a wartime walkie-talkie, not an domestic intercom to summon the butler to change the thermostat."

This hits way too close to home for me. Lord, teach us to pray.

Ain't this true! I Love this quote!

"Jesus promised his disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble."

-- G. K. Chesterton

The Meaning of Life

"Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means."

-- Francis Schaeffer

Knowing God Quote...

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.

-- J. I. Packer

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just." -- Thomas Jefferson

Noteable Quote

I read this quote this morning, it speaks to what God is teaching me these days:

"Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome." -- Samuel Johnson

Ouch!

"If our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot because our charitable expenditure excludes them."

-- C. S. Lewis

"The real danger of legalism is that it produces a sense of attainment that short-circuits our call to live the life of Yes through Christ. Self-achievement brings a false sense of assurance that somehow we can live a pure life in our own ability. This attitude ultimately leads us to cut ourselves off from the heart of God and, in turn, to deny our true identity in Christ. "

-- David Edwards

Well Said Luther!

Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God's hands I still have.

-- Martin Luther

Good Quote...

I received this after my morning post. It fits well...

"Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us.

-- Oswald Chambers

Dangerous Love

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless- it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers of perturbations of love is Hell"

- C.S. Lewis

Have you been called to go out on a limb for God? You can bet it won't be easy. Limb-climbing has never been easy. Ask Joseph.Or, better yet, ask Jesus. He knows better than anyone the cost of hanging on a tree.

-- Max Lucado

Start Fresh

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. God's purpose is not limited by your past. He turned a murderer named Moses into a leader and a coward named Gideon in to a courageous hero, and he can do amazing things with the rest of your life, too. God specializes in giving people a fresh start.

-- Rick Warren

Until "Life" Do Us Part?

"There is not one marriage in today's culture that is not vulnerable. Why? Because we've allowed the culture to seep into our souls. ... Clearly we can no longer pattern our marriages after the people around us -- if we ever could. Not only does the world not know how to divorce-proof its marriages, it is well on the way to making broken relationships the norm!"

-- Dr. Fred Lowery

My Holy of Holies

I just read this article by John Ortberg. It is a must read. Click here to read the article. In light of my recent preaching escapade, I found his insights especially chastening.

It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms.

-- C. S. Lewis

Knowing of God vs. Knowing God

"Knowledge of God can be fully given to man only in a Person, never in a doctrine. Faith is not the holding of correct doctrine, but personal fellowship with the living God."

-- William Temple

"The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God."

-- A.W. Tozer