Monthly Archives: July 2017

Colossians 3:2 (NIV) Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Worldliness is excluding God from our lives and, therefore, consciously or unconsciously accepting the values of a man-centered society.   Erwin W. Lutzer (1941- ) Edythe Draper, Draper’s Book of Quotations for the Christian World, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House … Continue reading →

Matthew 13:22 (NIV) The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. Knowing God is not a big item in the preparation of a lot of … Continue reading →

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (TEV) 1  I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. 2  I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may … Continue reading →

1 Timothy 4:8 (NIV) For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. Psalm 23:6 (NIV) Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the … Continue reading →

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) We live by faith, not by sight. Faith is what you have in the absence of knowledge. —Flannery O’Connor Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “FAITH”.

Luke 11:27 (NIV) As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” In Sources of Strength, former President Jimmy Carter recalls: “I had just been inaugurated, walked down Pennsylvania Avenue, reviewed the parade with my family, … Continue reading →

Matthew 12:34 (NIV) For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. We cannot measure spiritual force by rules of philosophy or definitions of theology any more than by a carpenter’s rule or chemist’s scales. It is “with the heart man believeth unto righteousness.” And yet, the character of … Continue reading →

Isaiah 45:23 (NIV) By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. Our agenda is to fix the world until it can properly take care of us. God’s agenda … Continue reading →

John 3:11 (NIV) I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. It could be that one of the great hindrances to evangelism today is the poverty of our own experience. —Billy … Continue reading →

Isaiah 59:14 (NIV) So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. In the more virtuous days of the Roman empire the Roman citizens feared harm only from their enemies, but when those days had become degenerate, they had to … Continue reading →