Thoughts

. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, And thank God for it as a cup of His blessing." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

. "There's no human remedy for sin."

. "Jesus wants to give you peace."

. "You would think that everyone would leap at the chance to get rid of sin. Not so. They want relief not a cure."

. "Your walk with God does not depend on people, places, things or events."

. Many people have the idea that in each of us there is a reservoir containing a certain supply of energy.  This is supposed to be strictly limited in amount.  If our expenditure is excessive they say, our energy is depleted and we suffer from fatigue.  So we take the attitude of economizing our little store of strength, conserving our resources, lest the stingy springs run dry.  In contrast with this point of view is one akin to the teaching of Jesus.  That is, our energies seem to be used up, not because the flow is checked, but because either the channel is blocked or we have not learned to use our capacities in the right way.  In other words, we are tired not when we do too much but when we do too little.  Our hidden springs are not of body but of spirit; we are not receptacles but conductors.

. We are always saving somebody away off, when the fellow next to us ain’t eating.

. You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person.

. Our sense of sin is in proportion to our nearness to God.

. God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only- namely, by showing us more of his Son. - Watchman Nee

. God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. - Warren Wiersbe

. The Hebrew evening/morning sequence conditions us to the rhythms of grace.  We go to sleep, and God begins his work...We wake into a world we didn't make, into a salvation we didn't earn. - Eugene Peterson

. We want to be saints, but we also want to feel every sensation experienced by sinners; we want to be innocent and pure, but we also want to be experienced and taste all of life; we want to serve the poor and have a simple lifestyle, but we also want all the comforts of the rich; we want to have the depth afforded by solitude, but we also do not want to miss anything; we want to pray, but we also want to watch television, read, talk to friends, and go out.

. I live in the spirit of prayer.  I pray as I walk about, when I lie down, and when I rise up.  And the answers are always coming.