"We are justified by God's grace through faith in Christ; and through our obedient lives, we allow others to see that Christ's righteousness is real in us."
— IntoOne
Source: IntoOne meditation
Justification, Grace, Works, Faith
Views: 426
"The classroom is where I am now. This is the place appointed by God for my instruction and sanctification—even here: where it seems God is doing nothing (He is, in fact, at work in unseen ways); … where He isn't doing what I want Him to (He is doing something better—preparing bread for me when what I asked was in actual fact a stone; or perhaps He is doing the very thing I prayed for, but in a way incomprehensible to me)."
— Elisabeth Elliot
Source: The Music of His Promises, p. 156
Appearance, construction
Views: 401
"It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply."
— A.W. Tozer
Source: The Root of the Righteous
Broken, used
Views: 360
"All joy carries with it a reminder. It is never a possession, but a longing—a longing for something that is long gone, far away, or yet to come."
— C.S. Lewis
Source: Surprised by Joy
Joy
Views: 442
"Praying is bringing to the Lord everything that troubles and distresses us. It means leaving our burden of cares with Him and going on without it."
— Corrie ten Boom
Source: A Prisoner and Yet...
Rest in peace
Views: 396
"If the purpose of marriage is simply to make me happy and enjoy an infatuation ..., then I'd have to get a new marriage every two or three years. But if I really wanted to see God transform me from the inside out, I'd need to concentrate on changing myself rather than on changing my spouse."
— Gary Thomas
Source: Sacred Marriage (Zondervan, rev. ed. 2015), ch. 2 "Romanticism's Ruse," p. 24