CHANGING HUMANITY

"Our world is hungry for genuinely changed people. Leo Tolstoy observes, 'Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.'"






Richard Foster
Celebration Of Discipline  p. 11
Hodder  1980

GOD + YOU = MIRACLE

"Several of the signs in John's gospel involve the cooperation of people and God: the feeding of the 5000, the healing of the man born blind, and the raising of Lazarus. Whether we pass out bread, wash away mud, or roll away a stone, we are assisting Him in performing a miracle."






Warren Wiersbe
Be Alive  p.724
David C. Cook

ENCOURAGEMENT

"We learn that the people we are leaning on are not holding us up. They are standing next to us."




Melody Beattie
The Language Of Letting Go    p. 78
Hazelden  1990

EXHAUSTING

"The most exhausting thing in life . . . Is being insincere."






Anne Morrow Lindberg
As quoted in In God's Care/Hazelden  1990

OBEDIENCE AND COURAGE

"A person can only learn obedience when tempted to disobey, can only learn courage when tempted to flee."





Philip Yancey
Disappointment With God    p.111
Zondervan  1998

SPIRITUAL MATURITY IS NOT . . .

"Spiritual maturity is not self-sufficiency. In fact, our desire for self-sufficiency is a subtle expression of our sinful nature. It's a desire to get to a place where we won't need  God. We want God to provide more so we need Him less."



Mark Batterson
The Grave Robber   p. 146
Baker Books  2014

EYE FOR AN EYE

"If we continue to live by the axiom of, 'eye for eye' and 'tooth for tooth,' humanity may someday be blind and unable to smile."








Lenya Heitzig & Penny Rose
Live Fearlessly: A Study In The Book Of Joshua  p. 303
David C. Cook  2008