#ible

Somehow we've convinced ourselves that the more mature we become as Christians... the thicker our spiritual skin will become. We'll be resilient in adversity. It's a sign of spiritual failure (so we tell ourselves) when suffering gets the better of us and our faith in God gets shaky. Such notions (which aren't supported by Scripture) get in the way of our spiritual growth and block us from engaging the God who pursues is in our pain. To tell the truth, when the full force of our suffering hits us, no matter how long we've walked with God or how much theology we've mastered, faith in God can take an awful beating. ↗

— James Carolyn Custis

#religion #faith

The battle for our lives, and the lives and souls of our children, our husbands, our friends, our families, our neighbors, and our nation is waged on our knees. When we don't pray, it's like sitting on the sidelines watching those we love and care about scrambling through a war zone, getting shot at from every angle. When we do pray, however, we're in the battle alongside them, approaching God's power on their behalf. If we also declare the Wordog God in our prayers, then we wield a powerful weapon against which no enemy can prevail. ↗

— Stormie Omartian

#inspirational #family

Jews highly value having an abundance of money for the sake of caring for their families and for helping the needy. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#bible #charity #jews #money #religion

Your circumstances do NOT define you. Expect a GRAND finale. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#central-christian-church #church #inspirational #john-paul #john-paul-warren

The real architect of a life is the hard and almost impossible circumstances one faces. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #inspirational #leadership #motivational #pastors

We shouldn't go to the Bible to back up what we believe. We should look to the Bible to determine what we believe. ↗

— Jayce O'Neal

#christianity #leadership #leadership

Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #inspirational #leadership #motivational #pastors

As for biblical or religious theory, I don’t ever want to fight about the details of the story, I want to live the reality of the message. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#bible #compassion #religion #story #life

Divorce is the second worst event in a person’s life. The worst event, of course, is marriage. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#event #horrible #life #marriage #painful

I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the whiner Jeremiah, the traitor Peter, and the human-rights abuser Saul of Tarsus. I have come to know a God whose Son made prodigals the heroes of his stories and the trophies of his ministry. ↗

— Philip Yancey

#c-s-lewis #life-s-catastrophes #life