Greetings
I began collecting quotes from others here on SI sometime ago. They were just thoughts that others shared in their post that really touched my heart at one time. From time to time I go and reread over some of these quotes and am blessed. GOD has used so many here over the years to help me grow and point me toward JESUS, I am grateful for that.
I just thought I would share a few here, some are take from years ago, some were collected last week :)
The first quote asks a question and I think the answer is the one topic we will always agree on!!
God bless
maryjane
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what kingdom do we belong to, and who is our king? (pastorfrin)
I know that He wants us to seek Him for who He is (i.e. seek His face), rather than He can do for us (i.e. seek His hand). Praise God for that conviction that comes through the Holy Spirit. (death2self )
i recognize brothers and sisters in christ by their scars because it is these very scars that i have on me and they remind me of how much the lord loves me that he counts me worthy of being corrected when i have something in my heart that offends him. (crusader )
All hard times are is God's way of teaching us and steeling us to the realities of His Mercy. (Neil)
I would say when the feelings of regret try to overtake you, take that as an opportunity to spend time renewing your mind from the word of God about what has happened to you when you were born again, and spend time praising God for what He has done in delivering you from the past. (twayneb )
But the higher and more profound aspect of forgiveness. Not any forgiveness, not a forgiveness that holds it's victim in the chains of bitterness and resentment, the forgiving but not forgetting, but the absolution, the clearing of debt, the forgiveness of the heart, now and forever. The same freedom and forgiveness that has been granted to us by the Lord, that amazing grace that is not a platitude but an overwhelming wonder ... (crsschk )
May we not have the same sad testimony as Esau. That of being 'a slave to foolish, wasteful, pathetic self-centredness.'May our life, our time, our breath, which are all God given, be used for God's glory and honour.(enid)
Some are called to act, others are called to submit. All are called to obey the Lord. Someone's obedience may be different then your obedience. (Miccah )
Soon there will come a day when we will no longer be free to preach the blood of the Lamb,
the work of the cross, the judgment to come, the fate of sinners. It will be considered a "hate speech" and a crime. Soon there will come a day when our allegiances and loyalties will be put to the test. Are
you ready to be despised, hated, persecuted because you honor, follow and serve Christ?? Soon is coming the Day when the Body of Christ will need each other more than ever before. WE need to encourage, inspire, help one another to fight and stand for the LORD is coming very soon(sojourner7)
Obedience is not legalism. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Here is a question for you: Was Jesus' obedience to His Father a product of love or legalism? (Pilgrim777)
But He is teaching me more and more each day about the how glorious the "quiet time" can be. When I consider that there is a living Person in heaven who thinks of me every day and desires to reveal Himself, it stirs my heart. (InTheLight )
The believer must decide that he will voluntarily humble himself before God in order to receive the daily grace to put to death the lusts of the flesh (Matthew 5:29; Romans 13:14; Colossians 3:5). God will not make that decision for him. The believer can choose to let his mind wander down paths of vanity, or he can choose to mortify the vain impressions through the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ and thus taste of New Covenant liberation. The gaze by which he looks unto Christ is always deliberate (John 8:32, 36; II Corinthians 3:17). (Paul West)
In order for a shadow to go before you then the sun must be at your back. If the Son is at your back then you must be walking away from the Lord, for when the Son is ever before us then the shadows lie behind us.
To turn away from the Son, to even turn around and look is to see the shadow of what went before. In Christ, walking towards Him, ever closer as we walk this life, we leave the darkness behind us. (appolus)
A believer who started out by faith and ended up in works has lost his righteous standing before God. He will need to forsake his works of salvation and go back to simple trusting in the Lord that bought him to obtain his right standing before God. (Approved)
Mental assent of the Word will not change us, but the intimate knowledge and fellowship with the Lord will transform us from glory to glory to be more like the Lord. (AbideinHim )
Worship, prayer is to come from the heart. It is to be given freely, entered into it freely. It involves my heart, mind, worship and love. No buying or selling. None. Jesus wants to preserve that sanctuary in our heart for Him alone - no buying or selling. Jesus cannot be bought or sold. His presence cannot be bought or sold. Clear the dross out that hinders this worship! (ginnyrose)
Consider this: As we grow stronger in trusting faith we will likely have less regrets over our actions – whatever they may be.
Meanwhile a preoccupation with hypothetical situations may rob us of the mental space and time needed to build our faith. (roadsign )
But when our focus is anything else (self, sin, works, performance, men, etc, etc) but Jesus Christ (who is able to lead you and speak to you the things that you need to hear) then you've already left the narrow road. (pilgrim777)
We are to do nothing on our own but always depending on the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we make the “Word of God” a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our pathway. (rbanks)
We as Christians have all had a death in the family. We all serve the same Jesus who sacrificed Himself so that we might have life. Those days of "whatever you need" after a funeral are what the early church lived, because Jesus sacrificed His body for them. (hoohoou )
...They had a Shepherd all along who'd never left them for a minute.(ADisciple )
