” ‘Salvation’ is a wonderful wide-ranging word and it would be a great mistake to think that it refers only to the forgiveness of our sins. God is as much concerned with our present and future as with our past. His plan is first to put right our relationship with him, and then progressively to set us free from our self-centeredness and bring us into harmony with other people. We owe our forgiveness and reconciliation chiefly to the death of Christ, but it is by his Spirit that we can be set free from ourselves and in his church that we can be united in a fellowship of love”–John Stott, Basic Christianity, 99.
“The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God . . . or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world”–Elisabeth Elliot.
“God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm”–William Cowper.
“Love is not just a sentiment. Love is a great controlling passion and it always expresses itself in terms of obedience”–Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
“Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not”–C.S. Lewis.
“Success is not final, failure not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts”–Winston Churchill.
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into thin air”–John Quincy Adams.
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“For every Scriptural teaching there is a secular counter part. It such a shame that those that use secular wisdom do not realize it has as its basis Holy Scripture.” Kenny Trahan
“If one person attempts to cross the interstate it is likely he wouldn’t make it across alive. If a hundred people attempted to cross the interstate together, at the same time, it would stop traffic; and more, likely no one would even be injured; and all would make it across.” Ronny Lamarque
“That statement (Ronnie) is a great illustration of the intent of Romans 12:5 working in the Body/Bride of Christ.” Fred Matthew
“Synergy in life demands that you are more than the sum of your experiences. The synergy of Christ demands tapping the unsearchable riches available for those who would follow Him.” Ed Matthew
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