Craving Jesus

“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.”

““When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.””

“Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.”

“When Adam blew it in the garden, God pursued him. When Israel turned on God again… and again… and again, God pursued them. And when we fail God… again… and again… and again, He doesn’t give up on us. We were created for Him… to have a relationship with Him.”

“If you really love God, maybe it’s time to mature in your faith. Maybe it’s time to realize that true love never takes advantage of the other person’s patience and longsuffering. Love doesn’t ask questions like, ‘How much is too much?’ or ‘How far is too far?’ It doesn’t say, ‘Hey, if I walk away and do my own thing for a while, I can always come back.’ Instead, it grieves over the thought of breaking that precious fellowship even for a moment. It sticks close to home and tries to stay clean. Its desire is always to please and honor the beloved.”

“Never measure God’s unlimited power by your limited expectations.”

“God is at work in the mess. That’s the message of the Bible. That’s why the Bible is not pretty. That’s why it’s grimy, because God is working in the mess. He’s working in the tears.”

“If you really love God, maybe it’s time to mature in your faith. Maybe it’s time to realize that true love never takes advantage of the other person’s patience and longsuffering. Love doesn’t ask questions like, ‘How much is too much?’ or ‘How far is too far?’ It doesn’t say, ‘Hey, if I walk away and do my own thing for a while, I can always come back.’ Instead, it grieves over the thought of breaking that precious fellowship even for a moment. It sticks close to home and tries to stay clean. Its desire is always to please and honor the beloved.”

“Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”