Andy's Inspiration Box

"I confess that sometimes my prayer life is all about figuring out what I think is best and then asking God to bless my plans. 'Lord, bless this. Don't mess with it. Just bless all I've arranged.' But our plans are sometimes not the best plans. God already knows what we need before we ask Him. Not what we think we need. He knows what we really need. So, why pray? We pray because we don't truly know what is best. We pray because He sees everything while we see only a sliver of the bigger picture. We pray because we need so much more than quick fixes and help for our troubles. We pray because we need God." - Lysa Terkeurst

Hebrews 10:22-25 New Living Translation (NLT) 22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. 24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

"We see the Father only in the Son. The ancient projets brought the message but the Son is the message. The gospel is His person." - Selwyn Hughes

"Realistic common sense tells us that we are too weak and too human to change for the better, whereas grace gives us power to change. Plain common sense tells us that we are caught in a rut of futility and fate, whereas grace promises that we can have a better tomorrow than the day we have made for ourselves." - Lewis Smedes

Job 11:13-18 New Living Translation (NLT) 13 “If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer! 14 Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you. 15 Then your face will brighten with innocence. You will be strong and free of fear. 16 You will forget your misery; it will be like water flowing away. 17 Your life will be brighter than the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning. 18 Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.

"I need to allow God to penetrate my soul and strip away my own Phariseeism... I need Jesus to keep invading me; keep changing me." - Kristen Welch

“Love hopes all things. The love that lets people be what they are, even when we desperately want them to be different, is that sort of hopeful love. The paradox of love is that it sometimes gives a new hope only as the old hope dies.” - Lew Smedes