“All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.” -Psalm 22:27
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. Missions is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever.” -John Piper via DesiringGod’s Twitter
“I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways.” -Psalm 119:15
No one becomes a strong Christian by speed-reading through the Bible. Strong Christians linger over God’s words, meditate on God’s words, and send God’s words back up to him in prayer. -desiringGod
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“but God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” -Romans 5:8
We will always question God’s love for us if we define His love only by how we feel and not mainly by what He has done. -DesiringGod via Twitter
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.” -Proverbs 3:5-6
Christian, the hands that hold your future are the same hands that were pierced for you. You can loosen your grip. -DesiringGod via Twitter
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” -1 Corinthians 10:31
All of life is worship. Whether we worship God or something else, our lives advertise what we value most. -desiringGod via Twitter
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” -Romans 8:18
Sin promises short-term pleasure but ends in long-term misery. Christ promises short-term hardship that results in everlasting happiness. -DesiringGod via Twitter
“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” -Ezekiel 36:26
No heart is too hard for God to soften. No mind is too deceived for God to illuminate. No will is too enslaved for God to liberate. -desiringGod via Twitter
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” -Hebrews 12:1-2
The next time Satan lies to you in the mirror, look away from the mirror and open God’s word. Set the eyes of your heart on a greater, more satisfying beauty. Take another long, deep look at Christ. -via DesiringGod on Twitter
“…looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” -Hebrews 12:2
When we’re prone to be irritated with others, we don’t need the power of positive thinking. We need a longer, deeper, and sweeter look at Jesus. -DesiringGod via Twitter
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