“Real teachers like Jesus, Buddha, Nanak, Rumi have much more to teach humanity, than the imaginary figure Krishna, concocted by an ancient Indian man named Vyasa.”
“You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face.”
“Jesus loves us not because we are good but because he is.”
“We must seek to keep a right view of Jesus and to remember He is always after greater love.”
“If I do not love my fellow man, I can be sure of it that I do not love Jesus Christ. And I would do well if guilty of loving Jesus Christ even more than I love my fellow man, because only by this may I fully come to love my fellow man.”
“Do not allow fear to bind you up, dear one. You will only lose what you already have. Accept what is given now. ~Yeshua”
“The highest does not stand without the lowest.”
“To refuse Jesus as the messiah is to be a hypocrite”
“God s Love for you through Christ Jesus is more than a Valentine s card or gift.”
“I am a follower of Jesus and a student of the Buddha.”
“On the night before Jesus died, he said to his Heavenly Father, I have accomplished the work which you gave me to do. He didn t heal every sick person on earth. When he ascended to heaven, there was still sickness and heartache and pain. But Jesus knew that he had accomplished what his father had called him to do, and that was enough.”
“There is not one harsher, more sure-fire way to fail than that of the man who tries to be like Jesus without submitting to Jesus.”
“The Lord Jesus is a loyal friend.”
“When it comes to loving people, let s not allow it to be something we do on the side. Let s make it a lifestyle. Whether we are at the gas station, picking up groceries, even waiting to get our car repaired, there is always an open opportunity to love someone in need.”
“...people can go to church every week of their lives and never go all in with Jesus Christ. I m afraid we ve cheapened the gospel by allowing people to buy in without selling out. We ve made it too convenient, too comfortable. We ve given people just enough Jesus to be bored but not enough to feel the surge of holy adrenaline that courses through your veins when you decide to follow Him no matter what, no matter where, no matter when.”
“We need to be the church that serves and loves people now, today, exactly where they are. Until then, we are simply managing decline.”
“God will never tempt you. It s not in His nature. In fact, He promises to provide an escape route for every tempting situation. But I can promise you this: God will test your faith. And those tests won t get easier. They will get progressively harder as the stakes get higher. And those tests will undoubtedly revolve around what is most important to you... God will test you to make sure your identity and your security are found in the cross of Jesus Christ. And God will go after anything you trust in more than Him until you put it on the altar.”