My blood in his veins. " ~Jace
If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in loving humility.
The place where God has supremely destroyed all human arrogance and pretension is the cross.
We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our lusts, we overcome our fears, we overcome our pettiness on the basis of the blood of the Lamb.
The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.
It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father's will-and it was his love for sinners like me.
Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.
The real problem is not the bad guys; it is that good guys have gone to sleep.
The more chances you get, the more comfortable you feel. I?m ready to go out there if something happens. I?ll feel comfortable if I am ever called on.
Defectors often cause more difficulty than disinterested disbelievers.
I'm ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I'm really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.