Sermon in a Sentence

If you're a leader but no one is following you, then you're just taking a walk. -Beecher Ward

Sermon in a Sentence

"Political ideology is a cause that regularly competes with Christ for the souls of men and women." from Spiritual Profiling by Tom Hovestol

Note: If you just read that and thought it referred to the people in the other political party then political ideology is winning the competition in your life.

Sermon in a Sentence

"The outer condition of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state." - James Allen

Sermon in a Sentence

You are deceived if your believe that what God is doing through you is more important than what God is doing in you. -unknown

Sermon in a Sentence

"Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self." -St. Francis of Assisi

Sermon in a Sentence

In relationships secrets and lies build fences - confession and honesty create bridges.

Sermon in a Sentence

In the game of life...

Generosity always trumps selfishness,

Mercy always trumps justice, and

Love always trumps hate.

Sermon in a Sentence - Bearing Fruit

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Gal.5:22-23

Consider what it means if the "fruits" are sequential - that you must grow love before you can grow joy, grow joy before you can grow peace, peace before patience and so on.

Sermon in a Sentence

Faith is not necessary when you know how things are going to work out, that's knowledge. It's in the time of unknowing that having faith is what sees you through.

Sermon in a Sentence - Mother's Day Double

Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children. Billy Graham

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. Abraham Lincoln

With a special thanks to my Mom who has been an amazing Christian mother, a steadfast supporter and encourager, and a continual prayer warrior for me.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Sermon in a Sentence

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. -Marilyn vos Savant

Sermon in a Sentence

"Well, it might be the devil or it might be the Lord -
But you're gonna have to serve somebody." - Bob Dylan

Sermon in a Sentence

I believe that every sin starts with a lie, and every lie can lead us down a dangerous path.
-Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Sermon in a Sentence

When we trust God outside of our comfort zones, anything can happen, anywhere. And sometimes what happens is utterly delightful. -Luci Swindoll

Sermon in a Sentence

E verlasting
A ccess,
S in
T ransferred,
E mmanuel
R eigns!

Sermon in a Sentence

...there is a force in the world that doesn't want us to live good stories. It doesn't want us to face our issues, to face our fear and bring something beautiful into the world. -Donald Miller

Sermon in a Sentence

We never know our own strength until we fully rely on God's.

Sermon in a Sentence

As long as we continue to see ourselves through past filters we can never be all God intended us to be.

Sermon in a Sentence

"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose." - Lyndon B. Johnson

Sermon in a Sentence

"What I do should contribute to both the betterment of the temporary as well as the promotion of the sacred and eternal." - Ty Miller