I lived in a hotel across the street from Disneyland for a month.
The kingdom of self tends to be more focused on what the hands can touch than what the heart should embrace.
You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don't. Everybody worships; it's just a matter of what, or whom, we serve.
Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.
The more you understand the magnitude of God's grace, the more accurate will be your view of the depth of your unrighteousness ; and the more you understand the depth of your unrighteousness , the more you will appreciate the magnitude of God's gift of grace.
Remember, when you're sinned against its tempting to respond sinfully. Don't give in, talk to your heart and seek the grace of Jesus.
If your hope disappoints you, it is the wrong kind of hope. You see, hope in God never disappoints, precisely because it is hope *in God. * This means that hope placed in any other thing will always end up disappointing.
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
The essence of cross-cultural communication has more to do with releasing responses than with sending messages. It is more important to release the right response than to send the right message.
It is a regrettable, but undeniable, fact that the most delightful people are seldom big money-makers.
Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.