A Real Friend

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” -Unknown

How Much Does Truth Cost?

"Sometimes [the truth] costs a great deal, but it's always less than the cost of hiding it." -Ben Cartwright, Bonanza season six episode 192 "Right is the Fourth R"

What Is Love?

"Love is caring so much that you stop thinking about yourself." -Unknown

How to Regain Hope

"Hope returns when we turn our eyes upon Jesus."
-Adrian Rogers

America Needs More Mamas Like This One

A family friend to her children:

"Remember, your Mama will never put you in jail, and she won't ever come get you out."

What We Ought to Take More Seriously

“I think we tend to take life too seriously and often don’t take God seriously enough.” –Gloria Gaither

How to Eliminate a Nation

“When you eliminate the Word of God from the classroom and politics, you eliminate the nation that Word protects.” –Carman

There Is Nothing a Child Cannot Do

“With God’s help and the determination of strong-spirited parents, there really isn’t anything a child can’t do.” 
-Sue Thomas

Five Minutes Of Communication

"Five minutes of communication can save you a year’s worth of turmoil and misunderstanding."

–Joyce Meyer

Note: I do not agree with Joyce Meyer’s ministry as a whole.

"God's My Catcher"

"You never know what life's gonna throw at you. But I'll be fine--God's my Catcher." -Sue Thomas

The Land of the Free Starts In the Home

"The land of the free starts in the homes of the brave." 
-Chelsea Noble

The Family Unit

“I think big families are wonderful and together can withstand fire, flood, anything. We need more big families in this nation—where people band together in a common good.” -Dale Evans

Mother Teresa on Overpopulation

"How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers." -Mother Teresa

The Secret to a Long-Lasting Marriage

Real, True Love Says...

Adrian and Joyce Rogers

"I asked Joyce, 'Will you still love me when I'm old and unattractive'? She said, 'Yes, I do.'" -Adrian Rogers

Love People, Use Things

"We are to love people and use things; not love things and use people." -Adrian Rogers

You Are What You Think

"You are not what you think you are. But what you think, you are." -Adrian Rogers

Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail

"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." -Unknown

It Pleases God When You Ask for Wisdom

"In Christ there is soundness, strength, security, and satisfaction. When you come to Him with urgency, fervency, persistency, and expectancy, you will hear from Him. He is not going to think you are pestering Him; He is pleased when you ask Him for His wisdom."

-Adrian Rogers

The Biggest Problem In America

“The biggest problem in America and in your life and mine is not political, social or psychological. It’s not people out there with a different agenda from ours. It’s not people who won’t vote my candidate in. It’s not a Wall Street financial problem. Our problem is believing what God says about us and acting on it. Pure and simple.” -Adrian Rogers

A Christian Music Artist That Gets It

"It's not about music and it's not about just writing songs, but it's about connecting people to the heart of God." -Kari Jobe

The Faith that Cannot Be Trusted

"A faith that cannot be tested is a faith that cannot be trusted." -Adrian Rogers

Do You Have a Passion for the Lost?

“Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you are not saved yourself, be sure of that.” -Charles H. Spurgeon

The Only Thing We Learn from History

"The only thing we learn from history is that we don't learn anything from history." -Adrian Rogers

May We Never Forget

Reject Jesus, and You Reject Life

"When you reject God’s mercy in Jesus Christ, you aren’t rejecting a religion. You are rejecting the most precious thing in the universe--life itself." -Ray Comfort

Why True Christians Want Nothing To Do With Sin

"The true Christian loves his Savior with his whole heart and wants nothing to do with the sin that nailed his Redeemer to the cross." -Kirk Cameron

Can Salvation Be Lost?

"If I could lose my salvation, I would have lost it a long time ago."

-Brad Snow from Living Waters ministries

Placed Into the Hand of God

"You can’t climb up into the hand of God; you are placed into the hand of God...Our efforts didn’t get us there. His grace placed us there. And His love will keep us there forever." -Adrian Rogers

Can God Be Found?

"You don't find God--He's not lost. You are, and He finds you." -Unknown

The Number One Reason People Don't Want to Accept Christ

"You might not want to accept Him because He'll change your life, and you'll never be the same." -Facing the Giants

No Change, No Salvation

"If God hasn't changed you, He hasn't saved you." -Unknown

A Mindset Husbands and Wives Need to Have Today

"I told Howard he can leave me anytime he wants to. But when he does, I'm going too." -Vestal Goodman

Echo of the Cross

"All that we do in this world should be an echo of what Christ has done on the cross." -Dr. David Jeremiah

God Can Find You!

"Never forget that [God] can find you, no matter how deeply you're mired in the muck." -Sandi Patty

Never Failed, Never Lived

"If you've never failed, you've never lived." -Unknown

How Much Does Forgiveness Cost?

"The cross is the cost of my forgiveness." 
-Unknown

God's Word Was Written to You

This quote from Vestal Goodman may seem like something I just pulled out of thin air, but it has been a great encouragement to me. Please read the quote, and then allow me to give you a brief explanation as to why as I believe that this quote is important enough to share with you today.

"I wanted to spend time with Him and get to know Him and read His Word. And I found out later that it's letters that He had written to me." -Vestal Goodman

This is something that I will very rarely do on this blog. However, I feel that it is imperative for me to give a short explanation here in order to keep you from missing the awesomeness of this quote, which really and truly just points out the awesomeness of God and His Word. I included the first sentence solely to allow you to better understand what the second sentence is referring to. The most important part of the quote, however, is the two short, two-letter words at the end--"to me."

Why are those words so important? We serve a personal Lord. A personal Savior. And I believe that Vestal Goodman realized that when she chose to use those two words. God wants to have a relationship with you. He wants to know you. He wants to be close to you. Jesus died for you not so that you could have religion, but so that you could have a right relationship with Him.

God's Word is not some dusty, old book designed to suck all of the fun out of your life. God's Word was written to you and for you, that you may live a fulfilling life that is honoring and glorifying to Him. Without the instruction of His Word, you are destined to fail. Jesus said, "I am come that they might have life..." (John 10:10). My friend, without His Word, not only do you not know how to live, but you can't live. The keys to life and death and everything in between are found only in His Word.

People everywhere know and quote John 3:16 which says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son..." However, because God loved this World, He also gave us His Word. His Word is a letter of love. Adrian Rogers said, "The Bible is God's love letter to His children. If you don't understand it, it is because you are reading someone else's mail." 

My friend, God's Word is personal. It is His love letter to you. Everything you need to know about life can be found in the pages of His Word. The majority of God's will for your life can be found in the pages of His Word. Second only to Jesus, God's Word is His greatest gift to you. Treasure it. Share it. Live by it. And hide it deep within your heart, that you might not sin against Him (Psalm 119:11).

God's Standards Never Change

"Popular culture notwithstanding, there is such a thing as right and wrong."

-Unknown

All That's Necessary for the Triumph of Evil

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 4:17

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke

Only Need To Please One Person

"Many people want me to do many different things. I cannot please everyone. But I only need to please one Person, and that's my Lord." -Michelle Duggar

When you choose to forgive...

"When you choose to forgive, that person who so mortally wounded you no longer defines who you are; and you can allow the blood of Jesus to define who you are. That is freedom. That gives you peace of mind that nothing can give you but the blood of Jesus." -Lulu Roman

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD."

Psalm 33:12

"The question...is not about whether or not a country serves a god, but which god it serves." -Kirk Cameron

Borrowing God's Resources

"God, I have no strength for this. I can't face this. I have no resources for this. I have no smile...But You do, God. You have strength. You have resources. Can I please borrow Your smile?" -Joni Eareckson Tada

A Prayer We Need Today

"Heavenly Father, we come before You today to ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"
-Billy Graham

Note: I do not support the broad view of salvation that Billy Graham adopted later on in his life.

Not Lord, Not Savior

"I accepted Jesus as my Savior when I was ten-years-old, but I had not made Him Lord of my life. And there is a big, fat difference there!" -Dale Evans

"If He is not your Lord, He is not your Savior." -Adrian Rogers

Lord Already

"You don't make Him Lord; He's Lord already. You just acknowledge it." -Adrian Rogers

The Purpose of This Life

"The point of our life is God. The meaning of our life is God. The purpose of our life is God. There is no other purpose or meaning outside of this." -Steve Ham

If You Don't Accomplish Anything Else In 2012...

"Come to Jesus!" -Adrian Rogers

The Only Kind of Happiness

Something to think about as we enter into the new year:

"The only kind of happiness you get to keep is the happiness you give away."

-Roy Rogers