We hope you enjoy this re-post from November 25, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil. – Ephesians 5:16, Amplified Bible (AMP) Every October my family takes a trek to Skytop Apple Orchard in Zirconia, NC, just outside… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Life is like three dozen apple cider donuts!
Category: Christlikeness
O, to be the king!
When you come to the land which the Lord your God gives you and you possess it and live there, and then say, We will set a king over us like all the nations that are about us, – Deuteronomy 17:14, Amplified Bible (AMP) In Deuteronomy 17, long before the days of the Judges or… Continue reading O, to be the king!
Which spirit do you have?
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear, but He has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. – 2 Timothy 1:7, Amplified Bible (AMP) Have you ever heard someone say, “That… Continue reading Which spirit do you have?
Flat as a pancake.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. – Philippians 2:8, KJV Andrew Murray, author of Humility: The Beauty of Holiness and Humility & Absolute Surrender, defined this elusive character trait as follows: Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is… Continue reading Flat as a pancake.
BEST OF TQFG: You aren’t doing God any favors by obeying.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from May 23, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Is he grateful and does he praise the servant because he did what he was ordered to do? – Luke 17:9, Amplified Bible Pride is difficult to shake, even for the most dedicated of Christians. As soon as… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: You aren’t doing God any favors by obeying.
Which one will it be? Godly or worldly forgiveness?
And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you. – Ephesians 4:32, Amplified Bible (AMP) When someone wrongs you and he or she repents of the evil, how do you forgive? Do you forgive as the world forgives?… Continue reading Which one will it be? Godly or worldly forgiveness?
Lessons from the Honey Badger: Part 2
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. – Galatians 6:9, KJV As mentioned in Lessons from the Honey Badger: Part 1, honey badgers have a reputation for being fearless. They also are remarkably, insanely, and stubbornly persistent. Take Stauffel, for instance. Stauffel… Continue reading Lessons from the Honey Badger: Part 2
Lessons from the Honey Badger: Part 1
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Proverbs 6:6, KJV Proverbs 6:6 challenges us to look to God’s creation for some of life’s lessons, which brings me to this question: Have you ever heard of a honey badger? Neither had I, until recently. Native to areas of Africa and Asia,… Continue reading Lessons from the Honey Badger: Part 1
BEST OF TQFG: Persist, persist, persist. Never quit, never quit, never quit. Get the idea?
We hope you enjoy this re-post from January 16, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might… – Ecclesiastes 9:10(a), Amplified Bible Recently our church was visited by a missionary to Canada. His entire testimony was fascinating, but there was one part of… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Persist, persist, persist. Never quit, never quit, never quit. Get the idea?
Are you “towb” today?
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? – Micah 6:8, KJV According to Revelation 4:11, God created everything for His pleasure. This being the case, the obvious follow up question… Continue reading Are you “towb” today?