"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet."
Frederick Buechner
"Being understood or known by others is not of utmost importance…Jesus being glorified is. Let your heart feast on that & delight in him, self."
#preachingtomyselfoutloud
(via thefreenomad)
"Consider Jesus. Know Jesus. Learn what kind of Person it is you say you trust and love and worship. Soak in the shadow of Jesus. Saturate your soul with the ways of Jesus. Watch Him. Listen to Him. Stand in awe of Him. Let Him overwhelm you with the way He is."
John Piper (via histruthrevealed)
(Source: christian-quotes.ochristian.com, via histruthrevealed)
"The meaning of Lev. 18:5 in its OT setting is to be understood in this context: “The one who does them shall live by them” means that (1) the holiness of God will not break against the unclean & kill them if they do the commandments & offer sacrifices, & (2) acceptable doing of the commandments and offering of sacrifices requires faith in God & his promises. The Levitical system is a faith-based system, not a works-based system…"
James M. Hamilton Jr. #OTtheology
"To love is to stop comparing."
John Piper
Future Husband: This is all I need. All I desire. A little barn, our own little bed & breakfast, stone walls and morning walks.
The first answer of the gospel can always, in effect, be put in this way: ‘forget yourself and contemplate God.’-lloyd jones
