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21 " Life isn't fair. Not from any direction. I live in the inconceivable grace of God every day of my life. That's not fair either. "
― Beth Moore , When Godly People Do Ungodly Things: Finding Authentic Restoration in the Age of Seduction
22 " Your injured heart will be protected by your doing what is right until you feel what is right. "
23 " Oppression is hardball. Though the range can vary, oppression is the closest Satan or his demons can get to a believer. "
24 " The thought of the future of the unredeemed makes me shiver. I have no desire for anyone to go there. Not even the vilest sinner. I pray for all to repent! If God was willing to save me, He is willing to save anyone who asks. He does not want “anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Pet. 3:9). "
25 " God waits, watches, and hopes that the sun will not set on our length of days without our standing on tiptoes at the extremity of life, yelling, “Is there not more than this? "
26 " Godly accountability is never codependency. "
27 " Better to admit where you're not and ask God's help to get you where you need to be. "
28 " If the Bible is about anything at all, it is about God having mercy on the pitiful plight of men, forgiving their sins and restoring their lives. "
29 " You and I realize that the blood Christ shed on the cross is the means of remission for our sins. But Hebrews 10:22 says it is also the means for the complete cleansing of the consciences of those who already know Christ. "
30 " I have given Him permission to take every one of my memories captive to Christ, and now I can no longer see my abuses and sins in their own accord or in the hands of Satan. Now I see them in the healing, forgiving, nail-scarred hands of Jesus where He is cleansing them and transforming them into the stuff of mercy. "
31 " For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jer. 29:11). “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the devil, “plans to totally bankrupt you and to harm you, plans to make you hopeless and to destroy your future. "
32 " Prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled;...As obedient children, do not conform to the "
33 " If we have received Christ as our Savior, Satan is forced to work from the outside rather than the inside. Thus, he manipulates outside influences to affect the inside decision-makers of the heart and mind. "
34 " This one is so important! We'll let David, a man who certainly fell into sin after godliness, introduce it to us through his very private prayer. He wrote: "
35 " We quench or grieve the Holy Spirit by refusing His authority over us. In other words, by choosing not to yield to Him. "
36 " I believe many Christians are just like I used to be. They are convinced they are allowing the Word to do its sanctifying work simply by a steady diet of sermons and Bible studies. They even love the Word. Still they may have unknowingly practiced such selective application that some places remain inadvertently unprotected. No need to wait until something painful happens. You can change your approach today! Begin aggressively asking God to plow through your precious life with His Word. Don't be scared to do it! Be scared not to do it! You're perfectly safe with God. "
37 " Opposition is anything that opposes (1) us, (2) the work God desires to do in us, and (3) the work God desires to do through us. "
38 " You'll know when your heart is starting to get well. It will hurt so badly with throbbing pangs of repentance, you'll think you're going to die. And you will. Then God will raise you from the very thing that has been the death of you. He really will give you a future. "
39 " There is nothing that Satan can do for his evil cause that he does not do. We may be halfhearted, but he never is. He is the very image of ceaseless industry and untiring earnestness. He will do all that can be done in the time of his permitted rage. We may be sure that he will never lose a day. "
40 " God makes no bones about His willingness in extreme cases to take a child home if that's the only way to stop them from destruction. Complete forgiveness and restoration is ours—even usefulness in the Body of Christ and lives of faithful service! God can work everything together for good and redeem our failures. He will gladly be strong in our weaknesses and show us His gracious favor. He can plunder the enemy and take back what Satan stole from us. "