Category: Practical Matters

“So what to do? Two Things, it seems to me. At least two. Use up each day. Fill it overflowing with good. Deliberately enjoy it. Two, begin now. Mend a fractured friendship, mail an overdue letter, repair a broken heart, lay aside a grievance, act on a noble impulse. As we all know, “The night…

“God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking His words and causing the power of them to persist across the years.”—A. W. Tozer  Psalm 139:13-16 NKJV For You formed my inward…

“May the grace of Christ our Saviour,|And the Father’s boundless love, | With the Holy Spirit’s favour,|Rest upon us from above.” — John Newton 2 John 1:3NLT Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and…

“God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises . . . leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Daniel 9:4 NLT  I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your…

“Our Father dwells in tents as well as in temples, but His favorite abiding-place is in the hearts of mankind.” — J. Fred Jones Psalm 46:1-11 NLT 1 God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. 2 So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble…

“As sure as God puts His children in the furnace he will be in the furnace with them.” — Charles H Spurgeon    Daniel 3:21-25 NLT 21 So they tied them up and threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments. 22 And because the king, in his anger, had demanded…

“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  Psalm 57:2 NLT I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me. …

“God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.” — Max Lucado   Psalm 106:1-2 NLT Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. 2 Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord? Who can ever praise…

“There is power in the name of Jesus… To break every chain, break every chain, break every chain.” – Tasha Cobbs Jeremiah 30:8 NLT  8 For in that day,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will break the yoke from their necks and snap their chains.    Maybe its because I’ve watched too many crime dramas, but…

“Without an encounter with Jesus, all we have is religion.” – Pastor John McDermott, Morningstar Church   Romans 4:13-16NLT 13 Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith. 14 If God’s promise…