For the Glory of God
Verse of the Day
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” -John 21:15
“He loves Thee too little who loves anything together with Thee, that he loves not for Thy sake.” -St. Augustine via John Piper’s Twitter
“For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by His life.” -Romans 5:10
The more I read the Bible, the more I realize how much I’m not like Jesus, but I also discover how much He’s done for us. -Scotty Ward Smith via Twitter
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued My faithfulness to you.” Jeremiah 31:3
We are nothings, we are nobodies; yet this glorious Everybody, this All in All, did actually set His love upon us! -Charles Spurgeon via TrueWoman’s Twitter
“And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses…” -Colossians 2:13
You’re not an ugly duckling. You’re a dead duck raised to swan-ness in Christ. -Scotty Ward Smith via Twitter
Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. -Matthew 9:13
“Sinners are not loved because they are attractive; they are attractive because they are loved.” -Martin Luther via LiberateNet’s Twitter
“And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time…” -Jonah 2:10-3:1
Don’t be like Jonah. Pay attention to waves before you have to become large fish vomit, just to discover God’s grace. -Scotty Ward Smith via Twitter
“For You bless the righteous, O Lord; You cover him with favor as with a shield.” -Psalm 5:12
As long as I have breath in my lungs and I’m not in Hell, I have nothing to complain about. -Lecrae via Twitter
“As far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us.” -Psalm 103:12
Well may the accuser roar, of sins that I have done; I know them all and thousands more, Jehovah knoweth none! -Tullian Tchividjian via Twitter (Quoting a hymn: “What Though the Accuser Roar“)
[Read the full blog-post here.]
“For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” -2 Corinthians 5:21
One reason we give up in our efforts to obey is because we obsess more over our performance for Jesus than we do Jesus’ performance for us. -Tullian Tchividjian
“…Be content with what you have…” -Hebrews 13:5
“It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than resentful over what is withheld.”– Elisabeth Elliot via TrueWoman’s Twitter
