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61 " The truth is God gives empowering grace to the one who goes to Him for it and then goes back to Him for it repeatedly. He gives grace to those who know how needy they are for Him and who draw on Jesus to live like Jesus. Bottom line; say no to do-it-yourself medical procedures. And say a bigger, more emphatic no to do-it-yourself religion! As James would say, “He giveth more grace. "
― Shellie Rushing Tomlinson , Devotions for the Hungry Heart: Chasing Jesus Six Days from Sunday
62 " Turning to Jesus and asking Him to love through me allows me to draw from His bottomless resource! "
63 " learning something of what the great apostle Paul knew, that the joy and the strength of a life lived in Christ Jesus is found in dying daily, in surrendering my right to me—and doing it over and over again. "
64 " celebrate the incredible intimacy of our heavenly Father who sees the end from the beginning. I’m His favorite. And so are you. And you, and you, and you. "
65 " the truth is that loving others will always leave us vulnerable and exposed on some level, and yet we were born with a God-given desire for intimacy. "
66 " Learning to be still before God yields immeasurable rewards. "
67 " It’s okay to be young at heart; but as believers, you and I are supposed to be growing up, and it should be obvious to all that we are maturing in our love for God and each other. "
68 " We all long to hear from God. "
69 " God speaks. He speaks through nature, He speaks through His Word, and He speaks to our spirits. Recognizing His voice is about setting our hearts on His channel and choosing His instruction as our go-to Source, listening for Him today and tomorrow and the day after that until we come to know the voice that calms the waters and soothes our souls. "
70 " eternally grateful that the Good Lord doesn’t play that game! I’m so glad He doesn’t say, “Clean yourselves up as best you can and then I’ll be your Savior.” I’d be washing and wiping without a hope. Nor does He say, “I’ll be your Savior, but then you’ll have to be perfect.” I’d be doomed again! On the contrary, Romans 5:8 says that while we were sinners, Christ died for us. Jesus, the sinless substitute, exchanges our sins for His salvation, and then He teaches us how to live a victorious life. "
71 " Denying yourself what you need the most because you aren’t performing well? "
72 " Don’t get it perfect; get it prayed. "
73 " life of Christ is full of precedents that tell us who God is and how He will act in the present and future based on what He did or said in the past. "
74 " can’t stand on these precedents unless you know them, and you can’t know them unless you read the Book! "
75 " To live this life without building on the foundation that is Jesus Christ is futile. "
76 " We simply can’t keep one foot in the fallen things of this world, whether it’s actions or thought patterns—and expect to live in the grace-filled embrace of Christ. Anything less than severing from the old life will allow it to continue beating the daylights out of us while we bemoan the injustice of it all because, for goodness’ sake, we’ve changed already! "
77 " We sorely need Jesus to seize our stubborn wills, grasp our “this is my life” mentalities, and prevail over our to-do lists. For we won’t be overcomers until we are overcome. "
78 " is the very blood of Jesus Christ that cleanses us from sin, redeems us to God, and offers all comers abundant life now and eternal life later, we shouldn’t stop proclaiming it. And I won’t even try. "
79 " To embrace the present with Jesus, we must hit the kill switch to our past. "
80 " sometimes we believers have a similar tendency to use someone else’s words when we approach God in prayer, and that’s not good at all. Lines and phrases we’ve heard all our lives can work their way into our prayers. Some of us who have been churched and rechurched can offer an entire prayer of someone else’s familiar words without once involving our own hearts. "