“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” -John 10:27
“It is not for the flock of sheep to know the pasture the Shepherd has in mind. It is for them simply to follow Him.” -Elisabeth Elliot via Twitter
“And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.” -1 Corinthians 15:14
Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die, I risk my whole eternity on the resurrection.” -Charles Suprgeon via @SpurgeonBooks
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” -Joshua 1:9
“When you’re suffering, God doesn’t promise you all the answers you’re seeking, what He promises you is way better, He promises you Himself.” -Paul Tripp via Twitter
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” -Romans 10:17
“We deceive ourselves if we claim to want to hear His voice but neglect the primary channel through which it comes. We must read His Word.” -Elisabeth Elliot via Twitter
“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit…” -1 Peter 3:18
“When you’re suffering, God doesn’t promise you all the answers you’re seeking, what He promises you is way better, He promises you Himself.” -Paul Tripp via Twitter
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” -Philippians 2:5-8
“Our symbol is a cross, not a ladder.” –Burk Parsons
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” -John 15:5
“Everything that is not God depends totally on God.” -John Piper via DesiringGod
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” -Hebrews 13:5
“Let us be as happy as we can during this year. You have your trials and troubles to come—do not expect that you will be free from them. Herein is your joy, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ will never leave you nor forsake you.” -Charles H. Spurgeon, 1st Sunday of 1867
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“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” -1 Peter 2:9-10
“The highway of holiness is paved by the Son of God, marked by the word of God, and fueled by the grace of God.” -Steven Lawson via Twitter
“I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.” -Job 42:2
“God reigns. Not Satan. Not rulers. Not circumstances. Not luck. Not fate. Not fortune. Not karma. But God and God alone.” -Steven Lawson via Twitter
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