Permalink | 67 notes "He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd."
— Francis Chan (via stop-listen-and-learn)
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Permalink | 167 notes "I used to feel guilty when I didn’t pray. If I didn’t make it through my prayer list or spend half an hour in solitary prayer, I’d feel guilty for not praying more.
Guilt isn’t from God. Conviction is. Guilt drives us into a corner; conviction drives us to Christ. Somewhere along the way, I was liberated from prayer-by-guilt. Part of this liberty came when I realized that God doesn’t relate to me based on guilt but based on grace. Grace reminds me that when I was guilty of deep distrust in God and his promises, Christ died and kept God’s promises to absorb my guilt, so now I have every reason to trust. Grace reminds me that God relates to me based on what Jesus has done, not on what I have not done." —
Guilt isn’t from God. Conviction is. Guilt drives us into a corner; conviction drives us to Christ. Somewhere along the way, I was liberated from prayer-by-guilt. Part of this liberty came when I realized that God doesn’t relate to me based on guilt but based on grace. Grace reminds me that when I was guilty of deep distrust in God and his promises, Christ died and kept God’s promises to absorb my guilt, so now I have every reason to trust. Grace reminds me that God relates to me based on what Jesus has done, not on what I have not done." —
Jonathan Dodson, What to Do With Prayerlessness (via solideogloriaa)
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Permalink | 188 notes "Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails."
— Proverbs 19:21 (via ptchyblscrbbls)
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Permalink | 1,037 notes "Now, remember, you will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything else but Christ."
— C.H. Spurgeon (via abideinhislove)
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Permalink | 67 notes "God gave you this life, because you are strong enough to live it."
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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. -Matthew 5:6
