SCRIPTURE
Ester 4:12-14
When Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, he sent back this answer: "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"
QUOTE
The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
JN Mitchell
SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
QUOTE
My friend told me that Jesus never spoke to a prostitute. I was astounded that he could say such a thing. Of course he did. I pulled out my sword ready to do battle and he said, “Jesus never saw a prostitute. He saw a child of God with whom He was dearly in love with”.
- paraphrase of a story told in Shane Claiborne’s book Irresistible Revolution
scripture
Psalm 28:6-7
Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
quote
Worry is the interest we pay on tomorrow's troubles.
Unknown
Scripture
Luke 1:77-79
Zechariah filled with the Holy Spirit prophesied saying, “And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace."
Quote
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
- Desmond Tutu
