Out of chaos, life is being found in You.

“Sometimes you just have to be brave. You have to be strong. Sometimes you just can’t give in to weak thoughts. You have to beat down those devils that get inside your head and try to make you panic. You struggle along, putting one foot a little bit ahead of the other.”

The gospel doesn’t need a coalition devoted to keeping the wrong people out. It needs a family of sinners, saved by grace, committed to tearing down the walls, throwing open the doors, and shouting, “Welcome! There’s bread and wine. Come eat with us and talk.” This isn’t a kingdom for the worthy; it’s a kingdom for the hungry.

Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.

In God, whose word I praise — in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

You need to realize that just because there are empty spaces, doesn’t mean that you need to fill them. Stop making people into placeholders.

So the issue for us is: Do we eagerly long for the coming of Christ? Or do we want Him to wait while our love affair with the world runs its course?

Jesus came to save you, but not only from sin, death and hell. He came to save you from yourself, from the misery of a life without him, from the wayward human nature, from an empty life. He came to save you in every way possible, in every way that a person can be saved.

The mouth should have three gatekeepers. Is it true? Is it kind? And is it necessary?