God’s Fatherhood Not Comprehended

“A young child does not know his father’s strength. We are weak creatures, and cannot conceive fully of the perfections of God; we know not what the power of God can do for us.

It would be the height of absurdity for the child to think and speak of his father as if he were a child too, and could do no more than the boy’s playmates.

Yet this is the common error of the children of God. We do not raise our thoughts to a God-like level. We think our own thoughts of God, and straightway we doubt.

Oh that we rose to God’s thoughts, and tried to conceive how He looks upon matters! Surely He taketh up the isles as a very little thing, and the mountains He weighs in scales.

If our troubles were set in the light of God’s power, and love, and faithfulness, and wisdom, they would become to us small burdens; why should we not so regard them? Why must we reckon as children? Why not compute our load by our Father’s measurement, and then see how easily it will be carried? Estimating divine strength by human standards is one of the childish things which we must put away.

O Father, forgive me for having so often limited Thee, and teach me never again to judge after the flesh.”— SPURGEON.

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Beginning

Charles Stanley

If you wish to make this your very best year yet, allow God to begin it—every day of it—and trust Him to show you what He wants to accomplish in and through you.

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Write It Down!

Zig Ziglar

Some of us wander from one thing to another our whole lives. An out-of-focus purpose can’t inspire us, but a crystal-clear lens on God’s purpose for us rivets our attention and gives us energy to keep going until we reach our goals.

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One Thing

Zig Ziglar

We’ve enjoyed stunning success, but instead of using our gains as a foundation for future growth, we keep reliving those memories. Living in the past, whether failed or successful, takes our lives out of focus. Paul says, “Forget the past and move on.”

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The Blessing Of Giving

John Eckhardt

If you want to receive the blessing of God, you have to be ready to give. You cannot expect to live a blessed life if all you do is receive, receive, receive. You will end up like the Dead Sea—becoming too salty and too toxic to support any kind of life.