“We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us…
“The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.” – Proverbs 28:1. It was Catherine Booth, the co-founder of The Salvation Army, who said, “If we are to better the future we must disturb the present.” When’s the last time you took a few days to figure…
“The apostles went away rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Christ, that they were graced so far as to be disgraced for the name of Christ!” – Thomas Watson The 2016 movie Silence asks the question: what does it really cost to follow Jesus. The movie is based on…
“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over…
“It was obvious to me that I was different, and it wasn’t until much later in my walk with Christ that I grew to understand that in Him I was also the same.” – Trillia Newbell Revelation 7:9 says, “After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe…