“Am I the kind of person other people know they can trust? And do they trust me – not because I’m clever at winning their confidence, but because I actually behave in trustworthy ways? ‘Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues [Psalm 120:2].’ “

John Ortberg in “When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box”, 2007, page 112.

Have you ever felt like your spiritual work accomplished little? Did you just get tired of it? Read more…

Scripture tells us we were born in sin and shaped in iniquity, meaning… ninety-five percent of the time we turn away from providing for the needs of [people]… To walk in sin is natural for us to do, but now becoming Christians we have a new nature. Read more…

“We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God—those whom he has called according to his plan” (Romans 8:28 God’s Word©). Read more…

“There are three stages to every great work of God: First it is impossible, then difficult, then it is done” (J. Hudson Taylor, missionary to China).