Category: Quotes

Do you know yourself?
If we know ourselves at all, we know we are not fit to face Him.
What then are we to do?
The New Testament answer is: Call on the coming Judge to be your present Savior.
As Judge, He is the law, but as Savior He is the gospel.
Run from Him now, and you will meet Him as Judge then — and without hope.
Seek Him now, and you will find Him, and you will then discover that you are looking forward to that future meeting with joy, knowing that there is now “no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
–J. I. Packer

Enough said!

Busyness and efficiency rule in our American lives – and these two items thwart our ability to reach the deeper life. If a deeper relationship with God were able to be obtained through my willing it, then we would have it down pat – living the American Dream is about control.

Without making time for solitude with God, time continues to slip by until years have passed and we realize that we wouldn’t know how to hear from God if He audibly spoke to us.
–David Goetz

Don’t let the years pass by without hearing from God.
Carve out time with Him today!

Are you free for other people?
Jesus was “the man for others,” in Bonhoeffer’s fine phrase. He kept himself free — free for the other person. He would accept almost anybody’s invitation to dinner, and as a result no public figure had a more diverse list of friends, ranging from rich people, Roman centurions, and Pharisees to tax collectors, prostitutes, and leprosy victims. People liked being with Jesus; where He was, joy was.
–Philip Yancey

Free for other people… and where He was, joy was!

Would people say the same about me? About you?

Living in America will quickly have you comparing yourself…
seems to promote a kind of vigilance on the possessions of others – it seems to be more than just coveting. It seems to be a permanent state of consciousness where we weigh our immortality symbols against others’. To combat this, we must “about-face” and spend time with those whose life we do not covet – learning to truly be with the poor, the elderly, the mentally handicapped, the depressed, the spiritually broken. Instead of spending time with those whose lives we covet, we spend time with those whom God seems to be most active in.
–David Goetz

We are taught to compare our lives to others.
In comparing our homes, our vehicles, our salaries, our families, and our stuff…we have bought into the lie and believed that our value is determined by how well we stack up during the comparison.
This leads to a spirit of covetousness within me.

Combating this deadly spirit within myself will be difficult, since spending time with those whose lives we do not covet can be a messy affair of hard work.
Am I ready to enter into this battle?
Are you?
God, please help us, because we won’t be able to win this battle on our own.

Every moment…
We must offer all our acts to God and believe that He accepts them. Then hold firmly to that position and keep insisting that every act of every hour of the day and night be included in the transaction. Keep reminding God in our times of private prayer that we mean every act for His glory; then supplement those times by a thousand thought-prayers as we go about the job of living. Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and learn to find Him there.
–A. W. Tozer

Oh, how I want this to be my way of life…
to live every moment with Him…
and every moment for Him…
to take every thought captive in obedience to Him…
to converse with Him without ceasing.

Abba Father, please help me to take every moment of this day and give it to You.
Help me to spend every moment with You.
Help me to use every moment for You.
Help me to find You in ever simple action I do today.
Help me to think of You in every single thought I have today.