In our culture of independence and 'rugged individualism,' most would never accept the notion of suffering for an enemy's benefit. #JesusIsLord

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'Most men forget God all day and then ask him to remember them at night.'

— Charles Spurgeon

Following Christ means our love for Him must be greater than even the love we have for our own life.

'If you belong to Christ, be holy.'

— Charles Spurgeon

'Books about the Bible are read, I fear, more than the Book itself.'

— Charles Spurgeon

'Hell has many gates,
though heaven has just one.'

— Charles Spurgeon

'If you want power in prayer you must have purity in life.'

— Charles Spurgeon

'There are no pure hearts on earth unless the Lord made them so.'

— Charles Spurgeon

'You must be divorced from your sin or you cannot be married to Christ.'

— Charles Spurgeon

GOD’S INCOMPREHENSIBLE LOVE FOR YOU—

‘God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.’

(Romans 5:8)

Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thus says the LORD, 'Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises

Praise the Creator!

Revelation 4:11
“ Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”

Worst advice in the history of mankind: 'Follow your heart.' Best advice: 'Follow the Word of God.' The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105

“Modern Christians hope to save the world by being like it, but it will never work. The Church's power over the world springs out of her unlikeness to it, never from her integration into it.”

-A.W. Tozer

God is good beyond measure to His children (those whom He saved). Although life can become challenging in this fallen world, we must remember His indescribable gift (as the Apostle Paul called it). God's love and care are incomprehensible to the human mind.

Matthew 7:9-11
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Much of what parades itself as Christianity in America would be rejected as false if people would simply and contextually read the Word of God.