Josh Hawkins: The spearhead of attack from Satan on believers is to move their focus away from the singularity of devotion to Christ (2 Cor. 2:3).

David Sliker: Life is a ferris wheel, favor is but a moment; yet trouble & trial are but a moment as well. The love of God helps us navigate both.

David Sliker: At the end of the day, the truest, most real, and most powerful thing about my life is that Jesus loves me, values me, & fights for me.

for all Peoria AC's: I will be teaching a four week sunday morning class on Jesus: Exploring the excellencies of the God Man. sept 11 to oct 2 10am. Sign up sheet is in the dining room at church. So excited to study the One who was, and is, and is to come.

David Sliker: It's amazing to me that God keeps counting my weak, broken attempts at loving Him as real and worth His all to cultivate and champion. I put my five pennies on the table. God puts His trillion dollars on the table. He smiles & celebrates. He says, "look at our money!"

Do not give the most precious season of your life to that which will not comfort you in the latter days of your life. -JC Ryle

David Pawson: It is no surprise that in Psalms theology very quickly becomes doxology. Truth leads inevitably to praise.

Bill Johnson: When in doubt, worship.

Shelley Hundley: Without recognizing Jesus the coming Judge, we have no comfort to offer those withering under the weight of a wicked and a perverse world.

Bob Sorge: Those who eat food sacrificed to idols share in the altar at which that food was sacrificed (see 1Cor. 9:13; 10:18). This applies to TV, movies, etc. Those who are entertained by (feast upon) the sins of sinners are partakers in what they are offering. Many believers would not commit the sins they watch, but by being entertained by them they have a share in them.

For all the crazy worshipers of Jesus! Steph and I will be leading worship at the Garage in East Peoria, this friday 8/26 @ 7pm.

John Piper
A crumpled check is still good money, if the signature is on it. So is a crumpled prayer, if Jesus name is really on it.

David Sliker: You may not like the way your race started, or how it is going today - but how you finish really matters to Jesus.

Stephen Venable: The greatest man ever born of a woman (Mt 11:11) said he was not even fit to untie the sandal of the Mighty One who was coming (Lk 3:16). The main thing to emulate about John the Baptist is his revelation of the majesty of Jesus. That is what empowers imitation of his lifestyle.

Stephen Venable: Our reading of the Gospels should produce the same amazed response as the eyewitnesses: "We have never seen anything like this." Mk 2:12

Bob Sorge: The Father has given me to Jesus (Jn. 6:37), and He has given Jesus to me (Rom. 8:32). What sweet intimacy!

I will be teaching on Luke 18 for the College IJM Awareness Night at Hermans barn on Sunday the 14th 7pm. It should be a great night.

Stephen Venable: "Deny yourself" and "hope fully in the age to come" may be the rarest utterances heard from pulpits but they are at the core of discipleship.

Stuart Greaves
Only Jesus' opinion about our life matters in the end