Quote Friday

If I am soft to myself and slide comfortably into the vice of self-pity and self-sympathy; if I do not by the grace of God practice fortitude, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Amy Carmichael

Quote Friday

Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God, and as our knowledge grows at these three points so our practice of repentance has to be enlarged.

J.I. Packer

Coping with Infertility

I came across this post on True Women which deals with infertility and how to handle such pain.   It’s also helpful for anyone who’s suffered a crushing disappointment.

Quote Friday

What in the world makes us so embarrassed about the gospel?

John McArthur

Praying for Our Children

I add my “amen” to Andy’s prayer and give this one also:

Lord, apply your redemption to their hearts, by justifying their persons, and sanctifying their natures. Teach them to place their happiness in You, the blessed God, never seeking life among the dead things of earth, or asking for that which satisfies the deluded; but may they prize the light of Your smile, implore the joy of Your salvation, and find their heaven in You.

From The Valley of Vision, PA Carlisle (p392)

Quote Friday

Faith: acting like it’s so even when its not, in order that it might be so, just because God said so.

Tony Evans

Be Challenged

The Circle of Life

 

Conviction

Confession

Repentance

Joy

 

It’s simple, yet profound; easy, yet difficult. There’s no shortcut.

Quote Friday

Prayer suggested by God moves God, the ruler of all.

Unknown

Quote Friday

The solution to the world’s problems is not community. Why? Because the world’s community is ill! Don’t replace the gospel of Jesus with the gospel of community. If we are truly Christ centred, we will be led into community.

Ken Wilson