It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you.
Rob BellTags: jesus resurrection
Jesus is God's way of refusing to give up his dream for the world.
Rob BellTags: god jesus redemption restoration
For though, I walk through the valley of shadows of Death, I will never fear. For You are in Me and I know You will never let me Go.
Jestoni RevealedTags: fear inspiration god hope jesus christian
Think of the self that God has given as an acorn. It is a marvelous little thing, a perfect shape, perfectly designed for its purpose, perfectly functional. Think of the grand glory of an oak tree. God’s intention when He made the acorn was the oak tree. His intention for us is ‘… the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.’ Many deaths must go into our reaching that measure, many letting-goes. When you look at the oak tree, you don’t feel that the loss’ of the acorn is a very great loss. The more you perceive God’s purpose in your life, the less terrible the losses seem.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: inspirational purpose god will self jesus christian glory tree god-s-will oak acorn
The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, “This is love.” God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, “This is love.
Joshua HarrisTags: inspirational love passion world god romance jesus christian cross christ
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering.... The love of God did not protect His own Son.... He will not necessarily protect us - not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: love god jesus christian christ trials hard-times will-of-god purification
In seasons of hiddenness our sense of value is disrupted, stripped of what "others" affirmed us to be. In this season God intends to give us an unshakable identity in Him, that no amount of adoration nor rejection can alter.
Alicia Britt CholeTags: inspirational identity god jesus christian value hiddenness
George Macdonald said, 'If you knew what God knows about death you would clap your listless hands', but instead I find old people in North America just buying this whole youth obsession. I think growing older is a wonderful privilege. I want to learn to glorify God in every stage of my life.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: inspirational age god youth old jesus christian aging stages
Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: inspirational god leisure work jesus christian fun rest blessing
Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone accept, His Lordship. The Cross, as it enters the love life, will reveal the heart’s truth.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: inspirational love god will jesus christian lord christ affections lordship
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