Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
– Phillips Brooks –
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God wants to heal and restore your relationships – Chip Ingram
I know for me, going back the person I’ve bad-mouthed or lied to is absolutely humiliating! But isn’t it interesting that “humiliating” has the same root word as “humility”? Part of humility is taking responsibility for my sin and asking forgiveness even when it doesn’t feel good. God wants to heal and restore your relationships, but it’s not easy.
– Chip Ingram –
True Accountability – Joseph Mockler
Accountability without real accountability is not true accountability.
– Joseph Mockler –
Reprove and Praise – Thomas Adams
It was well done of Paul to reprove Peter to his face, and it was well done of Peter, to praise Paul in his absence.
– Thomas Adams –
Man in Favor with God – Greg Gordon
God can gift people, but it is something else when a man is in favour with God; when God can say “For this man’s sake, I will not judge this city or will show favour to this church.”
– Greg Gordon –
Jesus Must Be Your First Love – Leslie Ludy
Until Jesus Christ is the obsession of your heart, you’ll always be looking to mere men to meet your needs that only Him can fill. Only when you make Jesus Christ your first love, will you be ready for a love story that reflects His glory.
– Leslie Ludy –
How to Choose Friends – Thomas Brooks
Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.
– Thomas Brooks –
from Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks: Selections from the Writings of Thomas Brooks
Friendship with God Demands Obedience – Clovis Chappell
Whenever you make up your mind to refuse to go where God wants you to go and to do what God wants you to do, you must make up your mind at the same time to renounce the friendship of God. You cannot walk with Him and at the same time be in rebellion against Him … it is mere mockery, to say “Lord, Lord” and then refuse to do the things that He commands you to do.
– Clovis G. Chappell –
Faith Must Impact Everything – Elisabeth Elliot
A faith that doesn’t impact your daily life — your home, your marriage, your family, your work, etc — is no faith at all.
– Elisabeth Elliot –