love so amazing

"However, if you suffer as a Christian do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name."

- 1 Peter 4:16 (via cafespirit)

(via pursuingjesus)

LOL OMG

danqster:

tonguetiedtiffany:

This gets me every fucking time. LOLODGSMDUIFHDCKSIDDHAHSB I CAN NOT

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(via adaptandsucceed)

How to deal with enemies

1. Love your enemies and pray for them.

- Prayer is an avenue for which God does extraordinary things and for blessings

- Do it even though it may be mechanical; it can turn into something miraculous.

2. Pay more attention to Jesus’ payment.

-Praying —> Presence of Jesus —> Refresh your memory of what He went through

Jesus paid for you and now you are an exhibition and a messenger of reconciliation.

boysofbakerstreet:

hastalasophia:

stephanielambb:

nerissaidgaf:

someone get him a job at coldstone.

Omfg

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Hypocritical Leadership

Perhaps the greatest dilemma of the pastor – or any Christian leader – is the danger of hypocrisy. By this I mean that, unlike other professionals, we as ministers are expected to proclaim God’s goodness and to provide encouragement at all times. We are always pointing people toward God in one way or another, in order to show them his worth and beauty. That’s the essence of our ministry. But seldom will our hearts be in a condition to say such a thing with complete integrity, since our own hearts are often in need of encouragement, gospel centeredness, and genuine gladness. Thus, we have two choices: either we have to guard our hearts continually in order to practice what we are preaching, or we live bifurcated lives of outward ministry and inward gloominess.

In this way, the ministry will make you a far better or a far worse Christian than you would have been otherwise. But it will not leave you where you were! And it will put enormous pressure on your integrity and character. The key problem will be preaching the gospel while not believing the gospel. As ministers, we must be willing to admit that ministerial success often becomes the real basis for our joy and significance, much more so than the love and acceptance we have in Jesus Christ. Ministry success often becomes what we look to in order to measure our worth to others and our confidence before God. In other words, we look to ministry success to be for us what only Christ can be. All ministers who know themselves will be fighting this all their lives. It is the reason for jealousy, for comparing ourselves to other ministers, for needing to control people and programs in the church, and for feeling defensive toward criticism. At one level we believe the gospel that we are saved by grace not works, but at a deeper level we don’t believe it much at all. We are still trying to create our own righteousness through spiritual performance, albeit one that is sanctioned by our call to ministry.

- Tim Keller

Something to ponder about as I serve next year. Not just about outward ministry but also the inside. As a servant, I need to guard my heart!

Food for Thought :)

-DP

Love Came Down - Kari Jobe

I remind myself of all that You’ve done
And the life I have because Your Son

Love came down and rescued me
Love came down and set me free
I am Yours I am forever Yours
Mountain high or valley low
I sing out remind my soul
That I am Yours I am forever Yours

Philippians 1:21