(Going to lump these together because a LOT of quotes)
* Perspective is a key to not coming unglued.
* I can face things that are out of my control & not act out of control.
* If I know there is potential good hidden within each chaotic situation, I can loosen my grip on control.
* I like the thought of "impossible" being erased from my vocabulary.
* Forgiveness is mandatory - reconciliation is optional.
* Do not check in with the screaming demands of the world before you exchange whispers with God.
* Satan loves it when we do his work for him by dumping on each other.
* Choosing a gentle reply doesn't mean your weak; it actually means you possess a rare & godly strength.
* Feelings are indicators - not dictators.
* The one who holds their tongue is the one who holds the power.
* When we operate according to God's word - we operate according to God's will.
* Am I trying to "prove" or "Improve"? Prove I am right - or improve my relationship?
* Gratitude diffuses attitude
Showing posts with label Christian Attitude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christian Attitude. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
What Women Fear
To truly believe with everything in me as the Bible says, that death is sweeter than life, would revolutionize the way I live & love. It would constantly remind me that the worst isnt as bad as it seems because He is on the other side of it.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Mondays with my Old Pastor
The most important thing is not starting the race, but rather the unwavering determination to reach the finish line.
Mondays with my Old Pastor
That's just how I want to be Lord, a simple instrument fulfilling an eternal purpose. The most useless instrument, but in the most useful hands: Your hands.
Mondays with my Old Pastor
We want our lives to be pure nectar without any problems...
A true winner is not someone who does not see difficulties but rather one who is not frightened by them & does not retreat or turn back. That's why we can declare without fear of being wrong that difficulties are advantageous. They product maturity & growth. Every person needs a real storm in his life to make him understand how much he has worried about light showers & simple fleeting nonsense.
The important thing is not to flee from the storm but rather to have faith & trust that it will pass & will leave something good in our lives.
A true winner is not someone who does not see difficulties but rather one who is not frightened by them & does not retreat or turn back. That's why we can declare without fear of being wrong that difficulties are advantageous. They product maturity & growth. Every person needs a real storm in his life to make him understand how much he has worried about light showers & simple fleeting nonsense.
The important thing is not to flee from the storm but rather to have faith & trust that it will pass & will leave something good in our lives.
Mondays with my Old Pastor
Love them. Even those who despise you... especially them, because those who deserve it the least are the ones who need it the most.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
CS Lewis
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Under the Overpass
Some of my favorite quotes from the book:
"Sacrifice promotes believability" - Francis Chan
"We should be terrified if we have mastered the art of becoming convicted & doing nothing in response" - Francis Chan
Psalm 34:18 says "the Lord is close to the broken hearted"... I wonder if pretending you're not broken keeps God at a distance.
On youth groups coming to serve the homeless:
"Something critical is missing in places that care for the broken & needy, if the only people there are also broken & needy"
On preachers preaching nothing but Fire & Brimstone in shelters:
"Jesus did thunder warnings of suffering & condemnation, but primarily to those who were convinced they were healthy & in no need of Him. To the weak, diseased, hungry & sin-bound, He had another message. Come to me, all you who are weary & burdened..."
On the same issue:
"You will never scare anyone into Heaven".... I began to see the truth in that statement at the Denver Rescue mission. Telling someone who is suffering deeply that he's going to suffer more is probably a waste of breath. Its like warning someone who is already starving that they're about to get really hungry. But tell him of a restaurant that serves heaping meals to all who come no matter where they're from or what they look like, & he's more likely to listen.... weren't these well-intentioned speakers condeming the broken for being broken?"
"Jesus promises a life in which we increasinly have to stretch out our hands & be lead into places where we would rather not go" -Henri Nouwen
*Sam learned to see that all God's children are beggars at the foot of the cross, broken people in need of mending.
*A church is just a building if there's no one in it.
*Begging is hard - its something you expect hungry dogs to do - but not men & women made in God's image.
On children noticing the homeless while adults ignore:
"While kids might pretend people dont exist do, its the parents who pretend that unwanted people who do exist dont."
*A hungry man can be a fast learner. When you come to a table with nothing but need, you are grateful for things you might have pushed aside before. And when you kneel, hungry & broken at His table, you receive a grace from Him you might, at some other times, have comletely missed.
*Why do we kick drug users out of the church while quietly over looking those who are ignoring their own different but equally destructive sins? Why do we reject the loving, self-sacrificing, giving, encouraging, Jesus-pursuing drug addict but recruit the clean, self-interested, gossiping, loveless church goer?
*Why do we so often overlook obvious ways to show the love of God we so loudly proclaim?
On a man who the homeless called "The Jesus guy" because he brings pizza & conversation... he said he never once "preached" the message of Jesus:
"Isnt it amazing that when we live as we're called & do what we're commanded, the gospel still gets preached"
On a church that ignored Sam & Mike - but had a sermon that was very precise & scheduled:
"What says more about who you are in Christ - how loudly you say AMEN! in the service or how well you treat strangers in the foyer?"
"Heavenly expectation begins precisely at the moment when earthly expectation sinks down in weakness & despair"
*Again & again it seems that the culture we had returned to knew how to enjoy God's material blessings, but had forgotten - or didnt are to know - how to use those blessings to help others in Jesus' name.
On whether or not to give money/help the homeless (use for drugs/alchol):
*We're responsible to hellp others towards hope in Jesus' name... but we're not responsible for their choices.
"Sacrifice promotes believability" - Francis Chan
"We should be terrified if we have mastered the art of becoming convicted & doing nothing in response" - Francis Chan
Psalm 34:18 says "the Lord is close to the broken hearted"... I wonder if pretending you're not broken keeps God at a distance.
On youth groups coming to serve the homeless:
"Something critical is missing in places that care for the broken & needy, if the only people there are also broken & needy"
On preachers preaching nothing but Fire & Brimstone in shelters:
"Jesus did thunder warnings of suffering & condemnation, but primarily to those who were convinced they were healthy & in no need of Him. To the weak, diseased, hungry & sin-bound, He had another message. Come to me, all you who are weary & burdened..."
On the same issue:
"You will never scare anyone into Heaven".... I began to see the truth in that statement at the Denver Rescue mission. Telling someone who is suffering deeply that he's going to suffer more is probably a waste of breath. Its like warning someone who is already starving that they're about to get really hungry. But tell him of a restaurant that serves heaping meals to all who come no matter where they're from or what they look like, & he's more likely to listen.... weren't these well-intentioned speakers condeming the broken for being broken?"
"Jesus promises a life in which we increasinly have to stretch out our hands & be lead into places where we would rather not go" -Henri Nouwen
*Sam learned to see that all God's children are beggars at the foot of the cross, broken people in need of mending.
*A church is just a building if there's no one in it.
*Begging is hard - its something you expect hungry dogs to do - but not men & women made in God's image.
On children noticing the homeless while adults ignore:
"While kids might pretend people dont exist do, its the parents who pretend that unwanted people who do exist dont."
*A hungry man can be a fast learner. When you come to a table with nothing but need, you are grateful for things you might have pushed aside before. And when you kneel, hungry & broken at His table, you receive a grace from Him you might, at some other times, have comletely missed.
*Why do we kick drug users out of the church while quietly over looking those who are ignoring their own different but equally destructive sins? Why do we reject the loving, self-sacrificing, giving, encouraging, Jesus-pursuing drug addict but recruit the clean, self-interested, gossiping, loveless church goer?
*Why do we so often overlook obvious ways to show the love of God we so loudly proclaim?
On a man who the homeless called "The Jesus guy" because he brings pizza & conversation... he said he never once "preached" the message of Jesus:
"Isnt it amazing that when we live as we're called & do what we're commanded, the gospel still gets preached"
On a church that ignored Sam & Mike - but had a sermon that was very precise & scheduled:
"What says more about who you are in Christ - how loudly you say AMEN! in the service or how well you treat strangers in the foyer?"
"Heavenly expectation begins precisely at the moment when earthly expectation sinks down in weakness & despair"
*Again & again it seems that the culture we had returned to knew how to enjoy God's material blessings, but had forgotten - or didnt are to know - how to use those blessings to help others in Jesus' name.
On whether or not to give money/help the homeless (use for drugs/alchol):
*We're responsible to hellp others towards hope in Jesus' name... but we're not responsible for their choices.
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