Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Do you believe that the Bible is the actual Word of God and is to be taken literally word for word?
God's love is unconditional, but His blessings are conditional.
If you don't desire to spend time with Jesus to start your day, it's time to rethink your relationship with the One Who wants to spend time with you.
Prayerlessness has eternal consequences for the Christian as well as their friends and family.
A prayer-less Christian walks in his own power.
A prayer-less Christian ignores God.
Prayer-less Christians are likely to give their friends worldly advice instead of Godly advice.
Prayer-less Christians teeter on the brink of disaster.
You start the day with the one you love. Jesus or the world.

Monday, May 30, 2011

"Compare yourself only with Jesus." AW Tozer

Sunday, May 29, 2011

God keep me from saying anything that would be unloving; God shut my mouth if I am not to speak in tender love. Andrew Miller
Heaven is not a retirement home. You will serve Him more there.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
If we say Jesus is God (as He Claimed) then we should join ourselves to Him and depend on Him for all things. If we say He is Lord, we should be in absolute surrender to Him. If we say He is our Savior we should be trusting only Him for our salvation
Remember today that going to church is about giving our praise, worship and self to the One Who is worthy, not what will I get out of the service.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Worship offered with a rebellious heart is rejected worship.
Remember (church) that if a vessel that ought to be one whole is cracked into many pieces, it cannot be filled. Andrew Murray

Friday, May 27, 2011

A camouflaged Christian looks like the world.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Let our absolute surrender be one of simple, childlike, and unbounded trust. Andrew Murray
What has God promised you, and what can God do to fill a vessel absolutely surrendered to Him? Andrew Murray "Absolute Surrender"
A good conscience is complete obedience to God day by day, and fellowship with God every day in His Word, and prayer--that is a life of absolute surrender..Andrew Murray "Absolute Surrender"

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

1 Kings 20:4... My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.- This should b our response to Jesus
Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Isaiah 26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Psalms 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
A Christian's cup shouldn't be half full or half empty. It should b running over with the love of Jesus.
53% of Americans read the bible once a month, 22% rarely, and 24% never. USA Today, May 24 2011
Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
"The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshipping men. This she has not done deliberately, but little by little and without her knowledge; and her unawareness only makes her situation all the more tragic." Tozer
Psalms 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Sin is an active force that lies in wait seeking opportunities to infect us. We should therefore never believe the lie that sin is not to be feared. We should always be diligent in keeping our guard up against it. Gen 4 (FBI Workbook)
"The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God." AW Tozer

Saturday, May 21, 2011

"I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me and the cost is more than I can bear." Mel Gibson in The Patriot
Forgiveness is a beautiful word, until you have something to forgive. - C.S. Lewis

Thursday, May 19, 2011

When God looks at me, He sees the blood of His Son that cant be washed away & knows His Son paid for me with His own blood

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

"First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others." Thomas a Kempis
It is absolutely impossible to grow up as a Christian, or as a real man or woman, unless the Word of God abides in you. This is why the devil fights this whole matter of Bible study...Ray Stedman

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Many unbelievers are looking for 1 bad example of a Christian to feel justified n rejecting Christ. "walk properly before outsiders" 1Th4:12

Monday, May 16, 2011

"The most unhappy Christians in the church today are the ones who are walking in disobedience." AW Tozer

Friday, May 13, 2011

We are to be straight arrows in God"s quiver.
Is my ear sensitive enough to hear even the softest whisper of the Spirit? Oswald Chambers
"Micah 1:6... I will discover the foundations thereof." When God breaks down the walls, what kinda foundation will He find?
We are to be straight arrows in God"s quiver for His use.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

"The Holy Spirit is not necessary to the church; we have arranged it so that he is not required. He has been displaced by what we call 'programming' and by social activity." Tozer
"No educated man can afford to be ignorant of the Bible." Theodore Roosevelt
Revelation 21:6 ...I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
"There is no promise God cannot keep, no prayer God will not answer, and no problem too hard for Him to solve." -Adrian Rogers

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

"Yes, our wills are ours to make them Thine." Tennyson
"O, God, we don't want anything You have, we want You." Tozer
"Lord, give us that hunger to know You; deliver us from the pride that makes us want to use You. Let me pray today with John, 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' Amen." Tozer

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

"If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be." AW Tozer
Thoughts must be tested by the Word of God. David Jeremiah
You must throw out logic to be political correct.
"I refuse to fight over theories, but I am looking for the fellowship of the burning heart: men and women who are lost in worship, who love God until he is the sweetheart of the soul." Tozer

Monday, May 9, 2011

Everyone has to come to terms with the claims of Jesus Christ, or else be guilty of evading the question-CSLewis
"Christianity and the world do not mix. We cannot have a Christian world; unfortunately we can have a worldly Christian." Tozer
"Better 100 times to have less and have God than to have more and cloud the face of God." AW Tozer
"Whatever (doctrine) makes God less – less important, less wonderful, less glorious or less mighty – is not of God." Tozer
To the average church, God is desirable and may even be useful, but He is not necessary. Tozer
"A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven." Charles R. Swindoll
Sometimes we can be in the middle of a war and not know it. David Jeremiah

Saturday, May 7, 2011

If you're facing a challenging problem, don't be afraid. God will make a way. David Jeremiah
Let God's promises shine on your problems. Anonymous
Never allow this thought—"I am of no use where I am," because you certainly can be of no use where you are not!" Oswald Chambers
"I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother."
Abraham Lincoln
Lord, never let me betray my Savior. I love you Jesus, and tho I often grieve You my desire is to be faithful to death–Spurgeon
God could answer prayer any way He wants to, but He will always answer prayer the best way at the right time.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Look for yourself & you will find loneliness & despair. But look for Christ & you will find Him & everything else-CSLewis
God helps those who cannot help themselves - Spurgeon
"There has never been a time in history when the hard evidence of science was more confirmatory of belief in God than today."–Wm Lane Craig
Job 19:25
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Don't settle for Satan's 2nd best in anything.
Satan's promises are just like cotton candy. There's a lot of fluff and no substance.
Zachary Taylor (12th president) "It was for the love of the truths of this great Book that our fathers abandoned their native shore for the wilderness."

Thursday, May 5, 2011

A mighty fortress is our God. Do u know what this means for those who r in Christ?
All Christians are by baptism dedicated and devoted to Christ, and are under strict obligations to be holy. 1 Cor 1:2 Mathew Henry Commentary
"The key to prayer is simply praying." AW Tozer
You can tell the size of a Christian by what it takes to stop him. Adrien Rogers

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

"@RevRonDunn: The most helpless condition that we can get into is when we say we have no need to draw close to God."
One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness-CSLewis
"God, in no hurry whatsoever, painstakingly chips away, removing everything that isn't part of the image of Christ." AW Tozer
John Quincy Adams (6th president) "The first and only book deserving of universal attention is the Bible... It is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue."

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Nobody can do as much damage to the church of God as the man who is within its walls, but not within its life. Spurgeon
Thomas Jefferson: "The Bible makes the best people in the world."
Did Buddha die 4 you? Did Muhammed die 4 you? Has the world died 4 you? Did Jesus die 4 you? Who truly loves you?

Monday, May 2, 2011

"'The just shall live by faith' . . . NOT the just shall live by feelings." AW Tozer (Experiencing the Presence of God)
Remembering Jon Eric Bowman and other service members this morning who gave their lives in this war on terror that was brought on by Bin Laden
"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without the Bible." George Washington

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Born again at 40 in 2001, though I practiced Christianity since I was 13.