“When we pray, ‘Your kingdom come,’ implicit in the petition is, ‘My kingdom go.’” —Anonymous My prayer this week: Lord Jesus, help me each day to reaffirm that you — and you alone — sit on the throne of my life. Empower me to demonstrate by my actions…
“Hell is full of people who think they deserve heaven. Heaven is full of people who know they deserve hell.” —Trevin Wax My prayer this week: Let my attitudes and my life be an echo of the words of the Apostle Paul: “At one time, we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and…
“When God is removed from the moral equation, virtue becomes shallow because it has no transcendent purpose. There’s no ultimate ‘why.’ Justice becomes selective. Compassion becomes conditional. Truth becomes negotiable. And ironically, the loudest moral voices often end up being the most brittle—quick to…
“After we die we’ll forever be learning about and experiencing God’s grace toward us. We’ll likely look back at our lives in this fallen world and see the riches of God’s grace and kindness to us, though our hardships may have seemed anything but grace-filled and kind. …
“Christianity does not echo the injunction to get out there and take what’s ours (and not let anyone get in our way). Instead, it has the audacity to claim the opposite: any good thing that you’re going to get in life is going to be something you receive. Existence itself…
“The great problem religious people have is they think God is way out there somewhere and they have to try as hard as they can to produce fruit—to say and do the right thing—to please this impossible-to-please God. But you will never produce the right…
“Though you are but dust, in Him is life. Though you are dying to self, His life and His love come to dwell right within you. And though you will know wilderness, you will be held with love, by Love Himself.” —Ann…
“God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.” —Francis Chan My prayer this week: Let my words, choices, and relationships be shaped by your compassion, dear God. Don’t let me get caught up in the weeds and worries of life, but grow in…
“Live slowly enough to think deeply about God.” —J.I. Packer My prayer this week: Heavenly Father, quiet the noise around me and deepen my awareness of your presence. Let my thoughts rest in who you are and shape my life with the wonder of your mighty love. Today, I will be…
“God could have paid our debt with a mountain of silver and gold if that was the cost. He could have made another world if that was the price of our sin. But he only had one son and even him he…
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