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Saved to Serve

"God calls every believer to embrace Kingdom greatness. As I continue to immerse myself in Jesus’ words and character, I realize that salvation is only the spark to the flame of our intimate and eternal relationship with God. Yes, Jesus saved us from sin, but more importantly, He saved us to serve — not exclusively within the comfort and confines of church community, but also to authentically represent and reflect Him within our broader communities of hurting and forgotten people." - Allan Mitchell
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The good

"Instead of waiting for good enough things to happen to us, we could be the good thing to happen to someone else who’s waiting." - Ann Voskamp  #TheBrokenWay
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Self Control

"Self control helps the Christian to offer to God a responsive personality that is not cloyed by comfort or impassive from indulgence but sensitive to guidance and ready to live according to His perfect will." - Selwyn Hughes
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The Power of Words

James 3:7-12 Good News Translation (GNT) 7 We humans are able to tame and have tamed all other creatures—wild animals and birds, reptiles and fish. 8 But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison. 9 We use it to give thanks to our Lord and Father and also to curse other people, who are created in the likeness of God. 10 Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth. My friends, this should not happen! 11 No spring of water pours out sweet water and bitter water from the same opening. 12 A fig tree, my friends, cannot bear olives; a grapevine cannot bear figs, nor can a salty spring produce sweet water.
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Persistent Prayer

Luke 18:1-8 New Living Translation (NLT) Parable of the Persistent Widow 18  One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.   2  “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said,   “who neither feared God nor cared about people.   3  A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’   4  The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people,   5  but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’” 6  Then the Lord said,   “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge.   7  Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?   8  I tell you, he will gra...
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