God on your side

In the heat of the American Civil War, one of President Lincoln's advisors said he was grateful that God was on the side of the Union. Lincoln replied, "Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

Kick the dog

"Don't kick the dog. The dog is dead."
-Lou Piniella

Stress

Mihlay Csikszentmihalyi, once said, "It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable."

Lazy path

The path of lazy people is overgrown with briers; the diligent walk down a smooth road. -Proverbs 15:19

Fate

Fate is the bridge between where you're at and where God wants you to be.

Forgiveness

"Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive." CS Lewis

Certainty

Do you know everything?
Well, do you know half of everything?
Ok, I'll give you credit for knowing half of everything.
Is it possible that in the half that you DON'T know, God exists?

-Pastor Ken Harrell on speaking to a non-believer

Perfection

Progress

CS Lewis: We all want progress. But if you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road

Self

CS Lewis: Repentance means unlearning all the self-conceit and self-will that we have been training ourselves into.. It means killing part of yourself.

The game

Don't hate the player. Hate the game.

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TGIF

TGIF = Today God Is First!

Free will

If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad & free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will?
Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. -CSLewis

Suffering

"Try to exclude the possibility of suffering … and you find that you have excluded life itself." ~ CSLewis

J-O-Y

To have 'joy' you should prioritize your actions:

J esus
O thers
Y ourself

Prayer

Dear Lord, may I be willing to be hidden and unknown today, yet ready to speak a word to those who are weary. May Your Spirit touch my words and make them Your words that enrich and refresh others.