Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable –
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Here are some truisms to bless and edify you:
“Love that gives upward is worship; love that goes outward is affection; love that stoops is grace.”
-Donald G. Barnhouse.
“Don’t fear death. Fear the un-lived life!”
There are words in Latin which are very similar. “Cristos” means Christ and “crestos” means kindness. What a great confusion! It reminds us how Christians should be the kindest of people.
“The message is getting through when people who are under the Word get into the Word.”
-Tony Evans.
Love one another as sinners and help one another not to sin.
“The history of the church is the story of the conflict between open doors and closed minds.”
-Warren Wiersbe.
If I’m first in my own eyes I’ll be last in God’s eyes.
“Preaching is theology on fire!”
-James MacDonald.
Hypocrisy is calling Christ, Lord, but not obeying Him; calling Christ, Light, but not seeing Him; and calling Christ, Life, but not living for Him.
God’s providence will never take you to a place where His grace won’t sustain you.
We must keep the church in the world but keep the world out of the church.
“The fruit of the Spirit is not lemons!”
-Phil Callaway.