Tidbits

‎The best way to be serious about your sanctification is to be preoccupied with Jesus, not with your sanctification. --Scotty Smith

The criteria for coming to Jesus is weariness. Come overwhelmed with life. Come with your wandering mind. Come messy. --Paul Miller

Winking at today's heresies is trampling on the graves of yesterday's martyrs. --Burk Parsons

Christ not only died for us, but is alive for us, and actively working on our behalf at this very day. --J.C. Ryle

‎Why is it easier to meditate on the ways people disappoint and fail us than the way Someone died for us? --Scotty Smith

Joy is not an emotion. Joy is a settled certainty that God is in control. - Greg Forster 

If your Jesus can bless you but can't command you, may the real Jesus smash his way into your life.  --Ray Ortlund, Jr.

To learn how to pray is to enter the world of a child, where all things are possible. --Paul Miller

You don't create intimacy; you make room for it. This is true whether you are talking about your spouse, your friend, or God. You need space to be together. Efficiency, multitasking, and busyness all kill intimacy. In short, you can't get to know God on the fly.  --Paul Miller

"Preach the gospel; if necessary use words" is like saying "feed the poor; if necessary use food." --David Sitton

Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds. --William Shakespeare