Loading...
Loading...
10,771 results found
"God's ways are not our ways—and this is hope for the disinherited. Human ways crush; God's ways liberate. What seems defeat may be victory; what seems ending may be beginning. The oppressor cannot predict God; His thoughts overturn expectations." — Howard Thurman.
"Stillness is not inactivity but receptivity—active openness to God. We choose to be still; we decide to know. Grace meets us in the stillness, but we must position ourselves there. This is spiritual discipline: regularly choosing stillness to know God more deeply." — E.
"Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible. Romans 8:28 requires faith-eyes: circumstances may look hopeless, but the Spirit within witnesses that God is working. What you cannot see, faith knows." — A.W. Pentecostal spirituality emphasizes Spirit-witnessed trust in God's working.
"DECLARE it: The LORD is MY light! MY salvation! MY stronghold! SAY IT until you believe it! Fear has NO place when God is YOUR God! Whatever you're facing—WHOM SHALL I FEAR? The enemy is DEFEATED; the Light has WON!
"The Holy Spirit gives us parresia—boldness, courage to speak and act. Power for witness, love for the poor, prudence in decision. These are gifts of Confirmation, activated daily. The Spirit makes us missionary disciples, not timid spectators." — Pope Francis.
"In this dispensation of grace, the gift is freely offered to all. Sin's wages remain constant across ages—death. But the gift of eternal life is most clearly revealed in the church age. Until the rapture, the invitation stands: receive the...
"Do not lose heart—though the body decays, the spirit is renewed daily. Light affliction, momentary trouble—producing eternal glory beyond comparison. We fix our eyes on the unseen: what is visible is temporary; what is invisible is eternal. This is the believer's arithmetic." — Charles Spurgeon.
"YOU are the light—personally, individually. YOUR life is your testimony. YOUR good works—kindness, integrity, generosity—they see. Don't hide your faith; let YOUR light shine where YOU live, work, play. YOUR witness leads others to glorify YOUR Father." — Billy Graham.
"What does the Lord require? Not complex rituals but simple obedience: do justice, love mercy, walk humbly. This is religion distilled: right action (justice), right heart (mercy), right posture (humility). All the prophets in three phrases. This is what God wants." — Charles Spurgeon.
"Sin's wages include the death-dealing systems of violence, war, and coercion. The gift of life creates an alternative: communities of peace, sharing, and reconciliation. We choose which economy to live in—the wage system of death or the gift economy of...
"Delight is cultivated—we choose to fix our hearts on God; we practice His presence until joy overflows. This is cooperative grace: God offers Himself as our delight; we respond by delighting. Holy affections grow; desires are sanctified. Heart-transformation is the...
"Paul wrote to Timothy about 'perilous times' in the last days. We need the Spirit of power, love, and sound mind more than ever! As prophetic events unfold and fears multiply, the Spirit equips believers to stand firm until Christ returns.
"God's thoughts surprise us—a crucified Messiah, resurrection from the dead, the renewal of all things. His ways transcend our categories. We expected a warrior; He sent a servant. We expected judgment; He offered grace. God's higher thoughts overturn our expectations." — N.T.
"Grace is entirely God's gift—the Council of Trent affirmed this clearly. Yet grace invites our cooperation; it transforms us from within, enabling the good works that flow from salvation. We are saved by grace, and grace makes us capable of love." — Pope Benedict XVI.
"God can do EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY, ABOVE all you ask or think! Your biggest prayer is TOO SMALL! Your wildest dream is TOO TAME! The POWER at work in you is SUPERNATURAL! Expect MORE! Believe for MORE! God is the God of OVERFLOW!" — T.D.
"The renewed mind sees with missionary eyes: discerning God's will for this context, this culture, this moment. We do not conform to the patterns of our mission field, nor impose our own patterns. We are transformed to discern God's good purposes everywhere." — Lesslie Newbigin.
"Are you tired? Jesus says 'Come.' Not 'clean up first,' not 'try harder,' just 'come.' Come as you are, with all your weariness, and He will give you rest. This is the invitation of the gospel: Come to Jesus." — Billy Graham.
"The heart is utterly corrupted; nothing less than creation will do. David asks God to do what only God can do: make new. This is not repair but recreation, not modification but transformation. Our depravity runs so deep that only...
"Faith is an act of the intellect assenting to divine truth at the command of the will moved by grace. The 'substance' is the beginning of eternal life in us; the 'evidence' is that which makes the unseen convincing to...
"The church IS the community that does justice, loves mercy, walks humbly—together. This is not individual ethic but communal identity. The church embodies Micah 6:8 as alternative community. We practice justice within; we model it for the world. This is witness." — Stanley Hauerwas.
"Abundant life is not individual flourishing but communal existence—shared meals, mutual aid, common life. The thief is individualism that isolates; Jesus creates community that gives life. The church embodies abundant life together; alone we have mere survival." — Stanley Hauerwas.
"True faith—the faith that is substance and evidence—is a living faith that works through love. It is not mere assent but active trust that transforms life. The faith defined in Hebrews 11 is the faith demonstrated in Hebrews 11: faith that acts." — John Wesley.
"The life I now live in the flesh I live BY FAITH in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Faith is the breath of this new life. Not by feeling, not by sight, but by faith.
"I AM come that they might have LIFE—Christ Himself is the life. Not our works, not our striving, but HE. The thief's way is law that kills; Christ's way is gospel that gives life. Receive Him; receive life. It is...