Our basic problem as human beings is that we do not realize how valuable we are.
Sometimes it may take a crisis or even a seeming disaster to bring us to the place where we fully acknowledge our dependence on God.
We need to be less concerned with how we see ourselves and with how God sees us.
It is easy to bury our faces in the business of daily living to forget that we are in a spiritual conflict with unseen forces of darkness.
Man is a triune being, consisting of spirit, soul and body.
The boundless love of God is such that He continually longs for the restoration of His fellowship with man.
We praise God with our souls, and it is right to do so. Through our praise we have access to God's presence.
Through man's rebellion his spirit was set aside and his soul took control.
When Christians become earthly, they lose the vision of eternity. They cannot see beyond the things of this life.
Testing is a mark of God's favor. He tests us because He watns to establish our value.
Our response to chastening should be to repent; our response to testing should be to endure.
Through instruments of testing and chastening, God is building important character traits in us: trust and endurence.
Every test or corrective chastening we go through is designed to mold our character.
In David'ss time of success, he forgot the principles he lived by before he became king.
We must never let the world entice us into accepting it's standards of success.
God's purpose is to replace the sinful old man with a new man of His own creating.
I believe it is hard for God to accept half-hearted praise. In fact, if we are not prepared to praise Him greatly, maybe we should not do it at all.
I believe worship is the way to rest. Only those who really know how to worship can really enjoy rest.
God is more concerned with our character than with our achievements. Achievements have importance only in the realm of time. Character is eternal. It determines what we will be through eternity.
I believe in thanking God and praising Him out loud, even dancing, clapping, singing. But there comes a time when I will put my wings over my face and my wings over my feet in humble worship and listen to hear what God says.
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