"Oftentimes people expect Christians to be perfect but the reality is... Spiritual perfection is imperfection! God then does His best work."
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"Oftentimes people expect Christians to be perfect but the reality is... Spiritual perfection is imperfection! God then does His best work."
"If I invite God into my life, I am and always will be good enough."
"You are a beloved child of God. But please remember this, too: You are human. You cannot expect to eat perfectly, look perfect, or be perfect. When you stumble, pick yourself up, even if you have to do it again and again."
"I long to look at my holiday season with eyes that see the Christ in Christmas."
"I may plan to make Christ the center of Christmas, but when I wait until December to focus on celebrating His birthday, I become entangled in Christmas lights, holiday baking, and festive engagements, often wondering if I've experienced the illusive "true meaning" of Christmas."
"So now we pause. Still. Ponder. Hush. Wait. Each day of Advent, He gives you the gift of time, so you have time to be still and wait. Wait for the coming of the God in the manger who makes Himself bread for us near starved. For the Savior in swaddlings who makes Himself the robe of righteousness for us worn out. For Jesus, who makes precisely what none of us can but all of us want: Christmas."
"He does not require that we live a perfect life. He only requires that we try to live as He wills. The only way to fail Him is by giving up."
"Jesus came to be the light for the world, and then there's the Christmas star and the idea of letting your light shine... But not blinding your neighbor with it."
"Victory occurs when you let God fight your battles."
"God has given you all you need to fight against the enemy."
"Face me and learn that I’m not alone, attack and you’ll find that my Leader stands beside me. I will bleed and I may die, but this warrior will not be shaken!” -Regan"
"I feel like a little tug in a great storm. But I'm fastened to a great ship on ahead. It's going into port and can't lose its way."
"Little decisions over time make a big impact on our lives."
"Sin is the monster we love to deny. It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven and empowered to overcome sin...but toying with an animal that is actually toying with us is a sure way to lose part of ourselves."
"Barefoot, exhausted and bloody, Harris Borden turned and left the underground prison that had been his home for the past twelve years and walked out into the Nevada desert."
"The "war" is being fought along the line between sin and righteousness in every family. It is being fought along the line between truth and falsehood in every school... Between justice and injustice in every legislature... Between integrity and corruption in every office... Between love and hate in every ethnic group... Between pride and humility in every sport... Between the beautiful and the ugly in every art... Between right doctrine and wrong doctrine in every church... Between sloth and diligence between coffee breaks. It is not a waste to fight the battle for truth and faith and love on any of these fronts."
"There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”Ephesians 4:4-6 (King James Version)"
"Knowledge and the study of God's Word is voided by the folding of unwilling hands."
"Then the Lord said: "If you had the faith the size of a mustard grain, you would say to this black mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea!' and it would obey you. Luke 17:6 New World Translation of the World Scriptures"
"Joy is only as satisfying as repentance is deep."
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