Category: PASSION Quotes
Jesus Didn’t Do It All
Jesus didn’t do it all. Jesus didn’t meet every need. He left people waiting in line to be healed. He left one town to preach to another. He hid away to pray. He got tired. He never interacted with the vast majority of people on the planet. He spent thirty years in training and only three years in ministry. He did not try to do it all. And yet, he did everything God asked him to do….
He was busy, but never in a way that made him frantic, anxious, irritable, proud, envious, or distracted by lesser things…. Jesus knew the difference between urgent and important. He understood that all the good things he could do were not necessarily the things he ought to do….
Ultimately, Jesus was driven by the Spirit. He was driven by his God-given mission. He knew his priorities and did not let the many temptations of a busy life deter him from his task….
What are your priorities? What’s your mission?
– Kevin DeYoung in Crazy Busy
Feed People, Not Your Pride
It’s okay to be busy at times. You can’t love and serve others without giving of your time. So work hard; work long; work often. Just remember it’s not supposed to be about you. Feed people, not your pride.
– Kevin DeYoung in Crazy Busy
Prayer Quote of the Week
We must not talk about prayer,
we must pray.
– Andrew Bonar
A Finger Pointing
All of creation is a finger pointing to the Lord of creation, in whom life can be found. Creation was made to introduce us to him over and over again. The temporary pleasures of this present world are meant to point you to the lasting pleasure of knowing God.
– Paul David Tripp in Forever
Prayer Quote of the Week
Prayer: The chief exercise of faith,
by which we daily receive God’s benefits.
– John Calvin
Prayer Quote of the Week
When thou prayest,
rather let thy heart be without words,
than thy words without a heart.
– John Bunyan
God Can Reach Anyone
The story of Saul’s spiritual transformation ought to remind us never to write anyone off as being beyond the love of Christ. We may do so with relatives whom we know have heard the Word for years without response, or a sinner who has gone to a crass level of depravity, or someone who has gone into a cult or is propagating false doctrine.
But Scripture is clear – God can reach anyone!
– R. Kent Hughes in Acts: The Church Afire
So let’s keep praying and keep looking for opportunities to share the good news!
Prayer Quote of the Week
Each week, I put a prayer quote in my church’s bulletin to encourage us to think about prayer AND PRAY. Here are the quotes for this past Sunday, as well as the Sundays in August when I wasn’t blogging:
God has given us prayer because Jesus has given us a mission.
– John Piper
Prayer is designed to extend the kingdom into fruitless enemy territory.
– John Piper
He who loves little prays little, and he who loves much prays much.
– Augustine
The best prayers have more often groans than words.
– John Bunyan
We must not talk about prayer, we must pray.
– Andrew Bonar
Brian J. Mikul 