It is misleading to say that God accepts us the way we are. Rather he accepts us despite the way we are.
HT: challies.com
Tag Archives: God
Forgive a Bad Sermon If…
I can forgive a man a bad sermon, I can forgive the preacher almost anything if he gives me a sense of God, if he gives me something for my soul, if he gives me the sense that though he is inadequate in himself, he is handling something which is very great and glorious, if he gives me some dim glimpse of the majesty and glory of God, the love of Christ my Saviour, and the magnificence of the gospel. If he does that, I am his debtor, and I am profoundly grateful to him.
Whate’er My God Ordains Is Right
The Supreme Expression of Faith
Prayer, in many ways, is the supreme expression of our faith in God.
D. Martin Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
HT: @cslchsnmore
If I Gained the World but Lost the Savior
If God were to give you all earthly good and yet took His Presence from you — which He will do if sin is within you, and unrepented of — the loss of His Presence would be a greater loss than the loss of the whole world, or even of Heaven itself!
Our Two Greatest Concerns
To reveal God to men; and to direct men to come to the enjoyment of God. These are the only two great concerns of our nature.
HT: @JohnPiper
Are You Amazed?
Whenever God brings His deliverances they are so supernatural that we are staggered with amazement.
Almighty, Unchangeable God
Search the Scriptures Daily
Search the scriptures, with a sincere intention to put in practice what you read. A desire to do the will of God is the only way to know it.
George Whitefield (1714 – 1770)
HT: @whitefieldg
Loving God Means Loving People
Loving God and loving people are not mutually exclusive. We are never forced to choose between the two. Calloused indifference toward the people of God is unmistakable evidence of disregard for God Himself. To love them is to love him.
original emphasis, Sam Storms, The Hope of Glory (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2007), 31.
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