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2012-01-31T13:33:00.000-06:00

"For if thou hadst not loved me first, I thee had hated still." - John Newton

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2012-01-28T13:45:00.000-06:00

"It is better to wear out than to rust out." - Henry F. Lyte

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2012-01-25T22:48:00.001-06:00

"To meet our human weakness, Scripture must speak of past decrees, and a coming future. In reality, the immutability of God’s counsel is ever still in perfect harmony with His liberty to do whatsoever He will. Not so were the prayers of the Son and His people taken up into the eternal decrees that their effect should only be an apparent one; but so, that the Father-heart holds itself open and free to listen to every prayer that rises through the Son, and that God does indeed allow Himself to be decided by prayer to do what He otherwise would not have done." - Andrew Murray

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2012-01-22T13:16:00.001-06:00

"Is he thy God? He’ll bring thee through." - Henry Fowler

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2012-01-20T12:23:00.001-06:00

"But I can only spread my sail; Thou, thou must breathe the auspicious gale." - Augustus Toplady

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2012-01-16T12:14:00.003-06:00

"The more thou hast, the more thou art in debt to God; and thou shouldst not be proud of that which renders thee a debtor." - C.H. Spurgeon

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2011-12-10T01:42:00.001-06:00

The more you love Jesus, the more you'll talk about Him.

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2011-12-09T01:08:00.003-06:00

"What a blessed habit I have found my prayer list, morning by morning, it takes me via the Throne of all Grace straight to the intimate personal heart of each one mentioned here, and I know that He Who is not prescribed by time and geography answers immediately." - Oswald Chambers

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2011-12-08T01:36:00.002-06:00

A person who merely samples the Word of God never acquires much of a taste for it.

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2011-12-07T00:58:00.003-06:00

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. It does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. It is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes." - Corrie ten Boom

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2011-12-06T00:11:00.002-06:00

"Nobody ever outgrows scripture; the Book widens and deepens with our years." - C.H. Spurgeon

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2011-12-05T11:48:00.003-06:00

"I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had absolutely no other place to go." - Abraham Lincoln

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2011-12-04T13:56:00.000-06:00

The path to apostasy is marked by cooperation with error, contamination by error, and then ultimately capitulation to error.

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2011-12-03T13:33:00.000-06:00

"Do we need revival? Preacher's kids can quote more Justin Bieber than King James Bible!" - Jayson Godsey

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2011-12-02T13:32:00.000-06:00

"Do we need revival? Bible school students can name twelve American idol finalists but not twelve apostles!" - Jayson Godsey

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2011-12-01T13:29:00.000-06:00

"Do we need revival? Preachers use to preach against dancing, hollywood and television now they rush home to watch dancing with the stars on TV!" - Jayson Godsey

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2011-11-30T01:35:00.002-06:00

Go to your Bible regularly, open it prayerfully, read it expectantly, live it joyfully.

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2011-11-29T01:40:00.001-06:00

The ground is level at the foot of the cross.

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2011-11-28T01:34:00.002-06:00

Many Christians expect the world to respect a book they neglect.

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2011-11-27T01:25:00.004-06:00

"If you have so much business to attend to that you have no time to pray, depend upon it, you have more business on hand than God ever intended you should have." - D.L. Moody"

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2011-11-26T01:21:00.002-06:00

"Christ never was in a hurry. There was no rushing forward, no anticipating, no fretting over what might be. Each day’s duties were done as each day brought them, and the rest was left with God." - Mary Slessor

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2011-11-25T01:19:00.001-06:00

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow men and I will tell how much you have loved them.

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2011-11-24T01:17:00.002-06:00

"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all, but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess." - Martin Luther

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2011-11-23T01:15:00.001-06:00

The brook would lose its song if the rocks were removed.

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2011-11-22T01:14:00.001-06:00

"All this and heaven too." - Matthew Henry

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2011-11-21T01:10:00.002-06:00

"Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God." - Oswald Chambers

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2011-11-20T00:28:00.001-06:00

The world doesn’t need a definition of Christianity as badly as it needs a demonstration.

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2011-11-19T00:08:00.004-06:00

"Wisdom is the right use of knowledge... There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom." C.H. Spurgeon

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2011-11-18T13:48:00.000-06:00

‎"How many hours of prayer are wasted beseeching God to bless projects that are geared to the glorification of little men." - A.W. Tozer

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2011-11-17T13:46:00.000-06:00

"We practice separation not to be hurtful, or hinder, but to be holy; not to be mean, but clean." - Jayson Godsey

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2011-11-16T13:12:00.002-06:00

I asked God "How much time do I have before I die"?

He replied, "Enough to make a difference."

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2011-11-15T13:13:00.004-06:00

Study the Bible to be wise, believe it to be safe, practice it to be holy.

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2011-11-14T11:00:00.000-06:00

"All my friends are but one, but He is all sufficient." - William Carey

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2011-11-13T13:00:00.002-06:00

Many times when a man thinks his mind is getting broader, it is only his conscience stretching.

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2011-11-12T12:32:00.001-06:00

Some troubles come from wanting our own way; others come from being allowed to have it.

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2011-11-11T12:30:00.001-06:00

When things go wrong, don’t go with them.

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2011-11-10T12:29:00.000-06:00

God’s answers are wiser than our prayers.

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2011-11-09T00:06:00.003-06:00

"A man who does nothing never has time to do anything." - C.H. Spurgeon

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2011-11-06T01:45:00.000-05:00

Sin is the disease, Christ is the cure.

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2011-11-05T01:04:00.001-05:00

"Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading." - Oswald Chambers

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2011-11-04T01:01:00.001-05:00

"He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day." - John Bunyan

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2011-11-03T00:56:00.002-05:00

The most important missionary journey a person can make is to walk next
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2011-11-02T00:55:00.003-05:00

Instead of living for human acclaim, do everything in Jesus' name.

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2011-11-01T00:50:00.004-05:00

"God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him." - Jim Elliot

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2011-10-31T00:49:00.001-05:00

A hypocrite is a person who is not himself on Sunday.

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2011-10-30T00:45:00.002-05:00

"Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible." - Corrie ten Boom

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2011-10-29T00:43:00.002-05:00

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else." - Benjamin Franklin

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2011-10-28T00:41:00.001-05:00

Harbor not the vice called envy, lest another's happiness be your torment.

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2011-10-27T00:39:00.002-05:00

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than hours of praise after success.

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2011-10-26T00:37:00.001-05:00

"He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help." - Abraham Lincoln

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2011-10-25T00:36:00.002-05:00

"True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our intertia, laziness, boredom." - D.L. Moody

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2011-10-24T00:34:00.001-05:00

You can no more blame your circumstances for your character than you can blame the mirror for the way you look.

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2011-10-23T00:32:00.003-05:00

The church is full of willing people: some are willing to work, others are willing to let them.

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2011-10-22T00:30:00.002-05:00

It is not what we profess but what we practice that makes us Christians.

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2011-10-21T00:26:00.000-05:00

"It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor." - Martin Luther

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2011-10-20T00:23:00.001-05:00

The attitude within is more important than the circumstances without.

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2011-10-19T00:21:00.002-05:00

When pats on the back are due, bitterness will remind: you deserve a few!

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2011-10-18T00:19:00.002-05:00

"We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God." - D.L. Moody

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2011-10-17T00:05:00.002-05:00

“Of two evils, choose neither.” - C.H. Spurgeon

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2011-10-16T11:56:00.003-05:00

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain; but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

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2011-10-15T11:52:00.006-05:00

"It is possible to move men, through God, by prayer alone." - Hudson Taylor

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2011-10-14T11:50:00.003-05:00

"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden." - Corrie ten Boom

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2011-10-13T11:46:00.002-05:00

"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God." - Abraham Lincoln

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2011-10-12T11:42:00.001-05:00

It isn't what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.

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2011-10-11T11:40:00.004-05:00

"If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world." - Vance Havner

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2011-10-10T11:35:00.002-05:00

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day, saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

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2011-10-09T11:33:00.001-05:00

"Fretting springs from a determination to get our own way." - Oswald Chambers

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2011-10-08T12:25:00.000-05:00

Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.

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2011-10-07T12:21:00.002-05:00

There are two rules on the spiritual path: Begin and Continue.

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2011-10-06T12:16:00.001-05:00

God is at work in your life even when you dont recognize it or understand it.

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2011-10-05T12:14:00.000-05:00

Five Ways God Uses Problems

5. God uses problems to PERFECT you. Romans 5:3,4

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2011-10-04T12:13:00.001-05:00

Five Ways God Uses Problems

4. God uses problems to PROTECT you. Genesis 50:20

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2011-10-03T12:12:00.000-05:00

Five Ways God Uses Problems

3. God uses problems to CORRECT you. Psalm 119:72

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2011-10-02T12:11:00.001-05:00

Five Ways God Uses Problems

2. God uses problems to INSPECT you. James 1:2-3

Problems 1

2011-10-01T12:09:00.001-05:00

Five Ways God Uses Problems

1. God uses problems to DIRECT you. Proverbs 3:5-6

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2011-09-30T13:17:00.001-05:00

A halfhearted saint can't walk with a wholehearted Savior.

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2011-09-29T13:16:00.002-05:00

The service begins when the meeting ends.

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2011-09-28T13:15:00.001-05:00

Excuses are cradles used by the devil to rock people to sleep with.

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2011-09-27T13:08:00.002-05:00

"I know He tries me only to increase my faith, and that it is all in love. Well, if He is glorified, I am content." - J. Hudson Taylor

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2011-09-26T13:07:00.001-05:00

Sin fascinates, then assassinates.

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2011-09-25T13:06:00.001-05:00

"Let us live as though Christ were crucified yesterday, risen today, and coming tomorrow!" - Martin Luther

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2011-09-24T13:04:00.000-05:00

Don't put a question mark where God put a full stop.

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2011-09-23T13:02:00.001-05:00

The person who refuses to forgive his brother destroys the very bridge over which he himself must walk.

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2011-09-22T13:01:00.001-05:00

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales.

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2011-09-21T12:59:00.004-05:00

"Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited... until you try to sit in their pews." - unknown

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2011-09-20T12:58:00.001-05:00

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

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2011-09-19T12:55:00.001-05:00

To be almost saved is to be totally lost.

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2011-09-18T12:54:00.001-05:00

He who kneels before God can stand before anyone!

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2011-09-17T12:53:00.001-05:00

Right is a bigger word than either success or failure.

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2011-09-16T12:52:00.003-05:00

"We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves." - Elisabeth Elliot

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2011-09-15T12:50:00.002-05:00

"The best evidence that we are in God’s will is the Devil’s growl!" - C.H. Spurgeon

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2011-09-14T12:48:00.002-05:00

"His will never leads us where His grace cannot keep us." - Vance Havner

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2011-09-13T13:26:00.000-05:00

"The world has a "Do Not Disturb" on it's door and some churches are tip-toeing around to respect it." - Jayson Godsey

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2011-09-12T11:51:00.001-05:00

"Churches grow when their preacher is a soul winner not an events planner." - Jayson Godsey

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2011-09-11T12:46:00.002-05:00

"There is nothing that makes us love someone as much as praying for them." - William Law

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2011-09-10T12:43:00.003-05:00

"I plead for a closer and wider and deeper study of the Bible, so that our people may be in fact as well as in theory 'doers of the Word and not hearers only.'" - Theodore Roosevelt

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2011-09-09T11:31:00.001-05:00

"Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands." - Elisabeth Elliot

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2011-09-08T15:36:00.003-05:00

‎"They wander in on a Sunday morning, sit down, get their hymn books, listen to the prayer without joining in it, hear the sermon, but might almost as well not have heard it, go home, get through the Sunday, go into business. With them there is never any secret prayer for the conversion of men, no trying to talk to children or servants or friends about Christ, no zeal, no holy jealousy, no flaming love, no generosity, no consecrating of the substance to God's cause! This is too faithful a picture of a vast number of professing Christians. Would it were not so." - C.H. Spurgeon

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2011-09-07T13:54:00.000-05:00

"Some of us preachers need to resolve this year to stop using people to build the church, and start using to church to build people." - Jayson Godsey

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2011-09-06T13:53:00.000-05:00

"No sermon is a success which leaves men satisfied with themselves." - John R. Rice