It is sometimes useful to pretend we are deceived, because when we show a deceiving man that we see through his artifices, we only encourage him to increase his deceptions.
God has a university. It's a small school. Few enroll; even fewer graduate.
You can easily tell when someone has been hit by a spear. he turns a deep shade of bitter. David never got hit. Gradually, he learned a very well-kept secret. . . One, never learn anything about the fashionable, easily mastered art of spear throwing. Two, stay out of the company of all spear throwers. And three, keep your mouth tightly closed. In this way, spears will never touch you, even when they pierce your heart.
What does this world need: gifted men and women, outwardly empowered? Or individuals who are broken, inwardly transformed?
Beginning empty handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just how sure they are that God is with them.
Remove the centrality-of-Jesus-Christ message from ministry and meetings, and you can forget church life or organic meetings. He must be the center of everything. . . not in lip service, but in the dynamic experiential whole.
There is a vast difference between the outward clothing of the Spirit's power and the inward filling of the Spirit's life. In the first, despite the power, the hidden man of the heart may remain unchanged. In the latter, that monster is dealt with.
From being a young kid I was always drawing and painting, usually stuff like private parts or bloody images but always with a comedy twist to it.
Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.
Michael Vick almost got hurt on the sideline.
Messi the best player in the world by far. I don't think we'll ever see a player like him again.