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If fear appears at your door you have two options, either you choose to let it in or you choose to grab onto the Lord and the promise of His presence no matter what.

if God starts it as alfa then he will end it as omega

If... I focus only on what God commands for us as wives to do, it detracts nothing from God's commands for our men. His Word for them still stands.

If it isn't one blessing, it's another!

If Satan Can Control The Youth, He Can Control The Future.

If there is no scent of Christ’s love on someone, then they bear no evidence of true devotion to Christ.

If we choose to turn left when God wants us to go right, we cannot expect God to support the plans we made on our own.

If we as Christians do not speak out as authoritarian governments grow from within or come from outside, eventually we or our children will be the enemy of society and the state. No truly authoritarian government can tolerate those who have real absolute by which to judge its arbitrary absolutes and who speak out and act upon that absolute.

If we, as mothers, are not careful we can begin to find our identity in our children and their behavior

If we seek for the best times to act, we may miss some opportunities. We must seize the moment and make it great.

If we stop to ponder the paths of our feet, would we: Allow our children to participate in sports or activities that will ultimately consume our family time, dictate our schedules, and cause us to miss church on a regular basis?

If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?

If we truly believe He is who He says He is, then we must acknowledge His sovereignty and know within our heart of hearts that what He allows to happen to us always has a purpose. Even on the darkest night. Even when our souls cry out in unspeakable pain. Even when we can't face another day. Even when we can't sense His presence. We hold on because we know He's holding on to us as well - whether it feels like it or not.

If we were less of what seems like ease in our lives they would tell more for Christ and souls...We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like fashion, exactly as if we were quite at home and meant to stay as long as we could. I don't wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has.

If you are caught up in situations beyond your control, the solution is not figuring out how God can save you; it's trusting that he will.

If you are enduring a cold season, don't underestimate Christ can plant you right where you are at no matter how dirty, beat up, or worthless you may feel. Rest assured, He has strategically placed you in the precise place on earth for such a time as this.

If you can find your way, a little prayer can help you find the right path.

If you ask God the wrong question, don't expect Him to protect you from hearing the wrong answer. (Meaning: If you ask God whether you should cheat on your wife, don't consider a couple of falling stars or a billboard saying "Just do it" as a sign from above.)

...if you can truly surrender to Him, you will do more, be more, experience more. Life will just be more.

If you are not awed in the presence of a Holy God, then I say you may be like the crowds we have been observing in the Gospel of Mark and think of Jesus as no more than a winning lottery ticket to solve your immediate problems. Once the ticket is cashed, you take the money and go your own way.

If you can see it, you can achieve it. God helps those who helps themselves. Power is in the act of humility.

if you expose the wrong then also preserve the right.you are d salt of d earth

If you go through life making every decision based on what is safest, you will look back one day and discover that you have missed out on the best. Allowing fear to run your life will only rob you of your future.

If you're facing a season of trials, don't allow the enemy to have a field day by putting negative thoughts in your mind. Let go of stinking thinking. Instead of turning away from God in anger or confusion, run into His loving arms where He will comfort you.

If you'll follow Christ's commands, you'll follow Christ straight to your calling and you'll have developed the strength, grit, and stability along the way to handle it.

If your freedom means immorality, the cross will cry over your freedom.

if you really want to understand the real fear of God, ponder over Joseph with Potiphar's wife in the secret place; think about Abraham on his arduous errand to sacrifice Isaac without the knowledge of Sarah ; understand the urgency Jesus Christ attached to His work and His eagerness to do His Fathers will; appreciate the courage with which Shadrach Meshach and Abednego stood against all odds and also remember Daniel in the Lions Den.

If you want a happy Christ-centered marriage, you must be centered in Christ!

If you study the scriptures continually, you find sacredness of life.

I know that whatever the complex origins of my own homosexuality are, there have been conscious choices I've made to indulge - and therefore to intensify, probably - my homoerotic inclinations. As I look back over the course of my life, I regret the nights I have given in to temptations to lust that pulsed like hot, itching sores in my mind. And so I cling to this image - washed. I am washed, sanctified, justified through the work of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Whenever I look back on my baptism, I can remember that God has cleansed the stains of homosexual sin from the crevasses of my mind, heart, and body and included me in his family, the church, where I can find support, comfort, and provocation toward Christian maturity.

I have a light A light that guides my sight I have a light A light that brightens my night I have a light A light that makes me a knight I have a light I have a light Oh yes! I have a light I have a light! Christ Jesus my Light I have a light I light that raises me high I have a light A light that makes me see far I have a light A light that makes me a light I have a light I have a light Oh yes! I have a light I have a light! Christ Jesus my Light I have a light A light that makes me right I have a light A light that makes me wise I have a light A light that makes me bright I have a light I have a light Oh yes! I have a light I have a light! Christ Jesus my Light

If you want to grow spiritually, the place to start is with God.

I have experienced some fun moments that have built my courage, and showed me that if we will trust God with our potential embarrassment and step into the outer edges of our faith, fun things can happen.

I have since come to understand the reality that sometimes God wants us to go through a process without ever achieving what we thought was the goal. God cares about the journey more than the end result.

I know I am awful. But how much more awful I should be without the Faith.

In a daily life, reach out to others with sacred act of saying ‘hello, a smile, word of encouragement….

I look to you, O GOD.

Immediate success doesn’t build character, integrity, or depth in a human being because patiently waiting on the Lord does.

I'm sure the holy refrigerator is packed solid with cartons of Blue Bell ice cream - times a million. All those amazing flavor combinations minus the calories and fat grams, of course. After all, we are talking about heaven here, amen?

I'm not praying for an easy life,but for God to give me strength to overcome life's circumstances

In marriage, God rarely starts with the issues on the table. He starts with the ones in our hearts

In essence, joy is the quiet confidence that everything will work out right. The best part of being filled with joy is that it's contagious. Your joy overflows. You can't keep it to yourself. It spills over to touch other lives in such a marvelous way. People around you want to be in your company. You lift their spirits!

In order for us to learn to love, first ourselves and the others, we must accept Jesus’ love for us in the deepest parts of our hearts.

in life it is better to be a supporting pillar than a destroying caterpillar

In other words, when all the supports of human life and earthly happiness are taken away, God will be our delight, our joy. This experience is humanly impossible. No ordinary person can speak in truth like this. If God alone is enough to support joy when all else is lost, it is a miracle of grace.

In our day heaven and earth are on tiptoe waiting for the emerging of a Spirit-led, Spirit-empowered people. All of creation watches expectantly for the springing up of a disciplined, freely gathered, martyr people who know in this life the power of the kingdom of God.

In sorrow and in pain, still do remember your Master Jehovah; He can make things that do not matter, matter.

In the story of life, the prologue and epilogue are written by God. Yet the plot has been given to us; therefore we should write the best prose we can.

In the end it will not matter how we have told our story, but only how God sees it.

In the pages of a book, we are in paradise.