“But encourage one another *daily*, as long as it is called ‘Today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” — Hebrews 3:13

One of the few Scriptures in which we're exhorted to do something *every day*. Discouragement loses its power as we encourage others. -DA Kistner

Speaking biblically, the wilderness/desert is the place of loneliness, desolation and barrenness, where one learns how to rely on God alone; It is the place of encounter with God—even if that encounter also often involves wrestling with the Devil. -Joel Richardson

Man’s haste is often folly, but God’s apparent delays are ever wise - Spurgeon

The greatest nightmare of the approval addict is rejection; of the power addict, humiliation; of the comfort addict, suffering; and of the control addict, uncertainty. -Timothy Keller

“Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still...” — Proverbs 9:9

The defining trait of a wise man is his teachability. Though he’s already wise, he knows there’s far more wisdom yet to obtain. He enjoys listening to and receiving from others in order to grow even more. -DA Kistner

The weakest faith in Jesus will be far more liberating than the strongest faith in anything else. -Timothy Keller

“The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead." - CS Lewis

Many today find the idea of an angry God to be distasteful, even though modern people agree widely that to be passionate for justice does entail rightful anger. -Timothy Keller

He was the first man to conquer death. Jesus is the prototype, and the first member of a new order of people who triumph over death. He is the pledge, or guarantee, that His people will receive a resurrected body like His (Philippians 3:21). -Mike Bickle

God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible– what a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves. -AW Tozer

"My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline

or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.” Psalm 3:11-12 We instinctively draw the opposite conclusion: Disapproval not delight. That’s why it’s in the Bible.

-John Piper

Nothing puts your own pain in perspective like meditating on the cross - Corey Russell

“...just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith...” (Colossians 2:6-7 NIV)

It’s not enough to only receive Jesus, Paul tells us. We must continue to live in Him so that our faith matures.

-D.A. Kistner

God's personal vindication is intertwined with Israel's vindication. Their vindication precedes His:

"...the LORD will vindicate His people, and will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free" (Deut 32:36)

-Joel Richardson

“...those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence...” — Malachi 3:16 Not so He remembers, but so we remember. He wants to show us one day how meaningful our conversations were to Him. -D.A. Kistner

“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him...” — 1 Peter 1:8 One day we will see His smile with our eyes and feel the embrace of His arms around our neck. But not yet. We must wait just a little while longer. -D.A. Kistner

Sound doctrine teaches obedience and allegiance to Jesus; thus, it requires endurance. To turn the ear away means that people will no longer desire to hear what God intended in various passages (2 Timothy 4:3-5). -Mike Bickle

Just as Jesus expected figs from a fig tree that was not in fruit bearing season, Jesus has the right to expect the impossible from us. ~ Bill Johnson

Christianity is the only worldview where redemption precedes righteousness. -Ravi Zacharias

"The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.” Psalm 129:3-4 He could have cut these persecuting cords before they plowed on my back. He didn’t. So these are scars of wisdom and love. -John Piper

Paul highlighted two prophetic signs to indicate the time of Jesus’ coming—a falling away from the faith combined with the revealing of the Antichrist on the world stage (2 Thessalonians 2:3). -Mike Bickle

Joseph, if you’ll respond properly to the rejection of your brothers, you’ll become an equitable leader who isn’t swayed by the faces of people. -Bob Sorge

"Rehoboam did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord. 2 Chronicles 12:14 From Adam and Eve, through every earthly sovereign and serf, to the final antichrist, this is the root of all evil and sorrow—“he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”

-John Piper

I’ve never heard faith that was nervous. ~ Lester Sumrall

My teaching on martyrdom and the Glory of Jesus is available.  Here is the audio. Here are the notes.

God has invested too much in your education and preparation to cast you off now. His inheritance is in you, He’s not going to forsake you now. He’s invested. Psalm 94:14 -Bob Sorge

We’re not to be taken out of this world into heaven but heaven is going to come down at the end of time to renew this world. -Timothy Keller

The first Adam disobeyed at his tree and to his progeny brought death. 
The Last Adam obeyed at his Tree and will resurrect his progeny to eternal life.
Hallelujah for the blood!

We must not reduce God’s eternal rewards to what we can easily imagine. -Mike Bickle

If we are not glad that Christ is Christ-exalting, we will not be glad at his coming. "He comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed.” (2 Thessalonians 1:10) -John Piper

Grace is the power of God that enables us to do what only Jesus can do. ~ Bill Johnson