Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Some Words of Encouragement

Here are some "aha" quotes taken from my Beth Moore Devotional : JESUS 90 Days with the One and Only

1. Our surrounding dynamics, regardless of length and depth of defeat, have absolutely NO bearing on what Christ our Lord CAN do

2. If we don't have bold faith already, start asking God for the faith we lack. It's ok..just ask and you will receive.

3. Thank you Lord Jesus for choosing to be powerful in us.

4. If we have boldness when certain empowered believers are close by, but we lose it in their absence, could it be that we are sipping out of their power shaker of faith instead of filling our own?

5. We cannot afford to wait for the atmospheric conditions to be right before we act on the power of God.

6. The Lord does not want our confidence regulated by our audience

7. Knowing and pleasing Christ must be my ultimate goal

8. He purposely created us with free will and affections so that we could choose Him and love Him in the midst of many options and much opposition.

9. I encourage you to break free from the traps set by approval and accusation. We are called to live our lives above reproach. Christ was blameless, yet was blamed continually--this did not change Him, nor should it change us or make us stray from our Christ directive.

10. Jesus: He was a man who could preach an annointed sermon, then change a flat tire on the way home church! Christ came to show us that deeply spiritual is actually very practical.

1 comments:

Lauren said...

I LOVE THIS! Great post! I also got quite a few chuckles out of your last post about Gaines. And at the risk of sounding one-upish....you just wait! :)
I'm laughing with ya girl! It's just a boy thing. Hope you're doing well- love the new hair- saw a pic on facebook!