“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.” -Hebrews 12:14
We do not pray for a life set apart from suffering, we pray for a life set apart from sinning.
-Kevin DeYoung via Twitter
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.” -Jeremiah 17:9-10
The message of the cross and the good news of the gospel will never make sense until we believe that our deepest problem is our sin, until we recognize that the deepest problem with this world is that it is in rebellion against its Maker. -Kevin DeYoung via Twitter
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” -Romans 8:28
Jesus is always, always, doing more than we can see. -Kevin DeYoung via Twitter
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” -2 Corinthians 5:20
We are all natural evangelists for the people and the things that we love the most. -Kevin DeYoung via Twitter
“By this we know love, that He laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” -1 John 3:16-18
Difficult people are often hiding secret suffering. Before you drop the hammer, try an open heart and a helping hand. -Kevin DeYoung via Twitter
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” -Proverbs 14:12
Every promise sin makes will prove empty. -Kevin DeYoung via Twitter
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” -Philippians 4:6
Worry and anxiety are simply living out the future before it gets here. -Kevin DeYoung via Twitter
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