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!
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!
The New Tolerance
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. – 1 Peter 3:17, KJV According to ChristianAnswers.net: Not long ago, the word ‘tolerance’ meant ‘bearing or putting up with someone or something not especially liked’. However, now the word has been redefined to… Continue reading The New Tolerance
Which farmer does better work?
A land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. – Deuteronomy 11:12, Amplified Bible (AMP) In Deuteronomy 11, God compares and contrasts the dry, life-sucking land of Egypt to the well-watered, lush… Continue reading Which farmer does better work?
BEST OF TQFG: Even from the depths of sin, God can restore you and use you.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from January 11, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it,… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Even from the depths of sin, God can restore you and use you.
BEST OF TQFG: Is it well with your soul?
We hope you enjoy this re-post from September 29, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident,… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Is it well with your soul?
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.
It can be hard to sit still.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. – Psalm 46:10, KJV Psalm 46 contains a lot of trouble. Distress (verses 1 and 6), catastrophe (verses 2-3), anger (verse 6), governmental upheaval (verse 6), and war (verse 9) are all mentioned,… Continue reading It can be hard to sit still.
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.