“When I really enjoy God I feel my desires of him the more insatiable and my thirstings after holiness the more unquenchable. O’ this pleasing pain. It makes my soul press after God.” (David Brainerd)

“The man whose little sermon is ‘repent’ sets himself against his age, and will for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone he challenges. There is but one end for such a man — ‘off with his head!’ You had better not try to preach repentance until you have pledged your head to heaven.” (Joseph Parker)

“How shall I feel at the judgment, if multitudes of missed opportunities pass before me in full review, and all my excuses prove to be disguises of my cowardice and pride.” (W. E. Sangster)

For the sake of a dying, suffering world count the cost, pay the price, and set the captives free.” (John G. Lake)

“Unless you repent, you will perish.” Luke 13:3 Some of the most important things in the world are the plainest. -John Piper

Pursue friendships with folks who make you really want to be more like Jesus.Walk away from those who make you feel bad for not being more like them. -Joel Richardson

It is never okay to slander leaders , whether in church or government, we don’t honor people because they are honorable, but because we are. -Kristene DiMarco

“How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been; how gloriously different are the saints.” -CS Lewis

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority -MLK

Find the direction the Sovereign God is moving, and then move in that direction with Him. (Jonathan Edwards)

There is only 1 missionary for every 420,000 Muslims. -Wadi Project

"The Sermon on the Mount is the clearest description of what a Christian community should look like and reflect." —Stuart Greaves

Sometimes, when the Lord commissions you to do something you’re humanly not capable of doing, things actually get worse rather than better. And, like Moses you say to God, “Why did you ever send me?” (Exodus 5:22). Get ready, God is about to be glorified! -Scott Volk

Are we beholding the Jesus of the Bible, or the Jesus of our insecurities and assumptions that we project onto Him as we struggle?

To behold the Jesus of the Bible is to lay hold of the secret of enjoyable prayer, extravagant love, and exhilarating faith.

The Jesus we behold determines the Christian we will be. -David Sliker

Compassion is not an option for a follower of the Messiah since we are called to “clothe ourselves with compassion” (Colossians 3:12). ‘Wearing compassion’ should be as natural for us as wearing clothing. -Scott Volk

You are looking for a map of your life but all God gives us is a compass. We must trust the Person over the plan. -David Perkins

The world does not need cool Christians who are culturally saturated. It needs exiles with the scent of heaven and the aroma of Christ. -John Piper

"Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, they will be His people and God Himself will be with them” Revelation 21:3

The bodies of 20 Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS in 2015, have been recovered on a Libyan beach. Rest in peace martyrs. -Iraqi Christian HRC

Bonhoeffer, for all of his foresight concerning the dark cloud descending over Germany, was no doom prophet. He was a true shepherd. -Joel Richardson

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers." —Karle Wilson Baker

The tragedy of our day will be wasted imaginations. Our distractions and perversions have turned space made for brilliance into wastelands. -Beth Moore

"The more I learn about the sin in my own heart, the more I want to know God's grace." AW Tozer