Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfuln ess, not by self-congratula tion.
Satan tried to put Jesus Christ on the way to becoming King of the world and Savior of men in a way other than that predetermined by God.
If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.
God is not concerned about our plans; He doesn’t ask, “Do you want to go through this loss of a loved one, this difficulty, or this defeat?” No, He allows these things for His own purpose. The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way. The things that happen either make us evil, or they make us more saintly, depending entirely on our relationship with God and its level of intimacy.
The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.
If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain but what He pours through us that really counts. God’s purpose is not simply to make us beautiful, plump grapes, but to make us grapes so that He may squeeze the sweetness out of us.
God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments
Over the years since I became a Christian, I have always deliberately explained that I have 'accepted Jesus Christ. ' These words are invariably translated into 'Colson's professed religious experience. ' I discovered that one major U. S. daily, as a matter of policy, will not print the two words Jesus Christ together; when combined, the editor says, it represents an editorial judgment.
One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.
Like a majority of Americans in recent years, I came to understand that fear of homosexuality was leading our governments. . . to deny the equal rights to an entire segment of our population that are afforded all of us under the Constitution.
When men fought, they connected. You became brothers as you traded blows.