"What is the deepest root of your joy?

What God gives to you?  Or what God is to you?"

- John Piper -

"People may be consecrated, gifted, devoted

and yet of very little use because they are undisciplined."
- Hudson Taylor -

 "One of the marks of a false prophet

is what he does not say." 

- Charles Leiter -

 “Without Christ
life is as the twilight with dark night ahead;
with Christ,
it is the dawn of morning
with the light and warmth of a full day ahead.”
- Philip Schaff -

~Brittany

A life laid down..Ronnie Smith

This was truly a precious and touching story of a man who recently died, leaving a legacy of love and a life poured out for the good of others and the glory of Christ, shining His light where God had him.  Grieving for his wife and son, and yet rejoicing in the legacy he left behind him.  May we all live our lives with an urgent desire to touch the lives of those around us with the light of Christ wherever we are and with whomever we come in contact with!

~Breanna

WORLD article: Here's the link to the article- http://www.worldmag.com/2013/12/a_life_laid_down

Hours after assailants gunned down American teacher Ronnie Smith during his morning jog near the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Thursday, grieving friends on opposite sides of the globe remembered Smith, 33, as a devoted teacher, family man, and Christian.

Miscellanious Quotes

"There are many of us who are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us who are willing to do little things."  - D.L. Moody

“What is the sign that someone has become a genuine Christian? I wish that we would start teaching this again. What happened to our theology? What happened to our doctrine? What happened to our teaching? It went right out the window. No one wants to study doctrine anymore. They just want to listen to songs and read the back of Christian tee shirts.
What happened to truth? Truth tells you this. The evidence––the way that you can have assurance that you are genuinely a born-again Christian––is that you do, as a style of life, the will of the Father.
You say, “Oh, you’re talking about works.” No, I’m not.
I’m talking about evidence of faith.” ~Paul Washer

"Glance at your problems, gaze at Christ." 

"When we don't walk in righteousness, we defile His name." -John Piper

 

~Brittany

Prayer~ does it make a difference and should I pray for things twice?

Pastor John Piper, in his Ask Pastor John episodes, answers two questions in two approx. 4 minute podcasts that are well worth listening to:

1. Do my personal prayers make any difference? (A Theology of Prayer in 3 Minutes)



2. God hears my prayers, so why should I pray for things twice?

Posted By Breanna

Bible Reading Questions Answered by John Piper

 My goal in reading the Bible is namely, become a kind of person.
Don't amass a long list.
~John Piper

Meditating on truth shapes the soul.
~John Piper

Is it okay to come away from Bible reading without a life principle or a specific point of application? Or, must we come away from our Bible reading with an application principle every time? Pastor John Piper answers these questions and brings out the goal and heart in Bible reading in 5 1/2 minutes.

https://soundcloud.com/askpastorjohn/must-bible-reading-always-end

~Posted by Breanna