“If Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, every other human-made formula for having peace with God is categorically false.” —Ruth Chou Simons in “The Way of the Wildflower” My prayer this week: In my searching for joy and peace, Lord,…
“There is no experience of pain or insult we might know that hasn’t wrung the heart of Christ—and because He knows such struggles, He invites us to come to Him as we experience them ourselves.’” —Alistair Begg My prayer this…
“God’s providence is not always easy. It’s not always painless. But it’s always good.” —Robert Wolgemuth My prayer this week: Heavenly Father, you are a good God. Some days I don’t take notice of this fact — especially when the days are difficult and dreary. But Romans 8:38-39 declares a…
“Through the Spirit’s power, we must be willing to take up our crosses and follow Jesus through death, knowing that in the new heavens, we will be sated, justice will roll down, and suffering and evil will be no more.…
“When it comes to irritations, it helps if I remember that I am not in charge of my day…God is. One of His preferred methods of training is through adjustments to irritations.” —Chuck Swindoll My prayer this week: God, it’s far too easy to…
“Our God didn’t wait for us to perfectly surrender before He came to perfectly save.” —Ruth Chou Simons My prayer this week: Dear Lord, what a relief! Thank you for loving me — for saving me — even before I deserved…
“Christ’s heart is equally grieved by grace-suppression and truth-suppression, by grace-twisting and truth-twisting. Truth without grace is legalism. Grace without truth is deception. Without truth there is no need for salvation. Without grace there is no hope for salvation. Since Jesus was the perfect…
“Unlike our halting attempts to make up for the wrongs we’ve done, the atonement Christ has made is total and final … The grace of this atonement lies in its vicariousness—meaning, atonement has been made for you but not by you. This is why Christians talk fondly and frequently of substitution.…
“When we grow careless of keeping our souls, God recovers our taste of good things by sharp crosses.” —Richard Sibbes My prayer this week: Thank you, God, for stepping in when I become forgetful that I was bought at a price (1 Corinthians 6:20). Fill my…
“God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.” —Abraham Joshua Heschel My prayer this week: Though you are a God of mercy and grace, don’t let me forget that you are also a God of justice and wrath. You are a holy…
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