❝Will God ever ask you to do something you are not able to do? The answer is yes-all the time! It must be that way, for God’s glory and kingdom. If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory. He wants to reveal Himself to a watching world.❞
– Henry Blackaby
❝‎I don’t deserve it, but grace is attached to my shadow. It follows me wherever I go reminding me that I’m loved when I don’t love myself. It corrects me when I’m out of line yet then pulls me in to give me a loving embrace. It’s sometimes hard for me to understand because it’s so unlike me.❞
– Bryce Avary (via whenallmydreamscometrue)
❝God didn’t look at our frazzled lives and say, “I’ll die for you when you deserve it.❞
– Max Lucado (In the Grip of Grace)
❝When ‘important’ individuals go away we are sad, until we see that they are meant to go, so that only one thing is left for us to do—to look into the face of God for ourselves. A servant of God must stand so very much alone that he never realizes he is alone.❞
– Oswald Chambers (via pepper-ish)
❝In order to know My will, you must spend time with Me- enjoying My Presence. This is not an onerous task but a delightful privilege.❞
– Jesus Calling (via now-my-heart-stumbles)
❝I’m a believer now, and I’m still a dork. And somehow Jesus is loving me through it. He pulled me out of the pit. He saved my life, He has stayed with me and He never gives up on me, and He can do that for you. I don’t see how the world would turn away from that message. So maybe, they’re just not hearing it enough.❞
– Mark Hall (Casting Crowns)
Pretty. Life.: HOLD MY EARRINGS

michellefalala:

Many times when I see people blantantly disrespecting God, my immediate thought is

“Uh huh, I know they did not just diss my father like that…hold my earrings”

But then I have to stop, and remember that they do not not God the way that I know him: loving, kind, a father to the fatherless, redeemer, savior, healer, my provider, my shelter, the lover of my soul, my everything.

And when unbelievers don’t know these attributes of God they down grade his name, but remember we defend our faith, not God. He does not need us to stick up for him. Just look as the universe, the earth, our lives, the that fact that we wake up every morning and take another breath; I think God has been defending himself pretty well since before the beginning of time.

❝Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.❞
– Elisabeth Elliot (via set-apartgirl)
❝Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.❞
– C.S. Lewis (via set-apartgirl)
❝Do I understand God’s decision completely? No, I do not. But I’ve come to realize that He doesn’t owe me an explanation. God is God. He does what He pleases and I must trust Him. When we can’t see His hand, we must trust His heart.❞
– Sharon Jaynes (via set-apartgirl)