More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers…it was commitment that thinned the ranks.
- Chuck Swindoll -
The Amazing Grace of God
Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.
- Jerry Bridges -
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It’s a short life for such a long time
God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.
- Jeremy Taylor -
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The Subtlety of Sin
Sin arises when things that are a minor good are pursued as though they were the most important goals in life. If money or affection or power are sought in disproportionate, obsessive ways, then sin occurs. And that sin is magnified when, for these lesser goals, we fail to pursue the highest good and the finest goals. So when we ask ourselves why, in a given situation, we committed a sin, the answer is usually one of two things. Either we wanted to obtain something we didn’t have, or we feared losing something we had.
- Augustine -
Repentance is for keeps
Repentance is being sorry enough not to do it again. Repentance is an action for keeps.
- Paul White -
Repentance
Now the Lord looks upon my sins, they are now before Him; and we should never rest until we have by repentance moved Him to blot them out. Yes, to this end we should ourselves call them to remembrance. For the more we remember them, the more God forgets them; the more we forget them, the more God remembers them.
- William Bradshaw -
A Fearful Thing
It is a fearful thing to be an unsanctified professor, but much more to be an unsanctified preacher.
- Richard Baxter -
The basin of His grace
Our Saviour kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, ‘I can clean that if you want.’ And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes our sin.
- Max Lucado -
Words of Repentance and Grace
Words of grace come as a response to words of repentance.
- Joshua Harris -
