Fear says your identity is at stake if you fail. It’s not. Your identity is set. Failure or success will not determine it.
Quotes
A Choice Must Be Made
“You may never have to face the decision of whether or not to die for your faith, but every day you face the decision of whether or not you will live for it.”
– DC Talk and The Voice of Martyrs (quoted in Man of Valor, p. 45)
How are you living your life?
“It’s hard to live your life on purpose by accident.”
Pastor David Thompson (My Pastor)
What are you pursuing?
“If you are going to pursue it, be sure it’s good enough to be your God.”
-T. D. Jakes
Who or What are you near to?
Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you. —C.H. Spurgeon
via Challies Dot Com.
Avoidance Does Not Equal Obedience
“A person can keep the Commandments all of his life and never do one good thing for another human being, because Commandments deal with evil to be avoided, and not the good one should do.”
Joseph F. Girzone, The Messenger: A Parable, pg. 68-69
unConventional Twisdom
Authenticity is NOT a style of music. What makes music authentic is the character of the musician playing it.
unConventional Twisdom
“The very sermon that we needlessly miss, may contain a precious word in season for our souls.” ~ J.C. Ryle
via @JCRyleQuotes
God wants to interject…
“Don’t become so enamored by the world’s agenda of success that you miss the spiritual growth and ministry appointments in your family’s everyday life. Then you’ll realize you’re not busy doing life, but busy doing ministry.” – Jack Fiscus in MORF Magazine (Issue no. 1, Fall 2011, p. 5)
*MORF Magazine is a free magazine for youth workers. You can subscribe on their site.