“Busyness is a great enemy of prayer. One of the most frequent confessions of Christians is that they are just too busy to pray.

Wilson: "Just as sin seeks out darkness(John3:19), so sin, on the same principle, seeks lack of accountability." Pg.90 //' Federal Husband'

Establishing Christian ministries staffed by people who aren't faithful members in local churches is unbiblical. Whether you're devoted to prayer & worship, evangelism, theology, missions, teaching, philanthropy - doesn't matter. The practice, in fact, is brazenly unchristian.

Congratulations to S. Paterson & @tarasokalski on getting married! Love you guys!

Just saw Seth Avett at food lion...

“Understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.” 2 Timothy 3:1 Lest we have escatalogical notions of ease.

A student will find he is more affected by one book thoroughly mastered than by twenty books which he has merely skimmed - Spurgeon

Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and protect the small number of Gypsy Christians in Iran. joshuaproject.net/people_groups/…

"Beware of imagining that intercession means bringing our personal sympathies to God & demanding that He does what we ask." -Oswald Chambers

We tend to think shrinking back is the way to preserve ourselves. Heb 10:39 corrects us: shrinking back = destruction, faith = preservation.

If you stopped loving someone, you never did. More likely, you loved whatever it was they did for you. "Love abides."

"Lazarus didn't need encouragement, he needed resurrection." -Dr. Michael L. Brown

"Don't put it past God to do something devastating, to bring us from where we are to where He would have us to be." || Art Katz

Living under God’s favor and blessing doesn’t mean everything will go your way. It means everything will go his.

Admitting failure and accepting grace is hard, but in the long run faking perfection is harder.

Reformation Song by Bob Kauflin & Tim Chester youtube.com/watch?v=if0px-…

Addiction to social media will make you aware of everything and wise about nothing.

The Anatomy of a Temptation (Genesis 3). 1. Doubting God’s word (v. 1) 2. Downplaying his goodness (v. 2) 3. Magnifying his strictness (v. 3) 4. Lessening his judgment (v. 3) 5. Denying his word (v. 4) 6. Promising benefits from disobedience (v. 5) —Peter J. Gentry

We all want community until it gets in the way of our agenda.