ACTS- A Church That Studies

The reason seesaws have two seats is because that way there is always someone to bring you back up when you go down.

"Truth is not a system, not a constitution, nor even a creed: Truth is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and He is the Truth about the Father, just as He is the way to the Father.  Our tendency is to make a logical statement, or to make it a principle instead of a Person."

(Oswald Chambers, The Discipline of Peril, 298L)

We can give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.  God so loved us that He gave the ultimate gift, whose cost can never be matched: The gift of His only Son. (Osborne, Grant R., Second Corinthians- Linda L. Belleville, Inter Varsity Press, Downers Grove, IL 1996)

Ever wake up on Christmas morning, rush to the Christmas Tree, to see if the things you had been promised arrived?

Someone asked CeCe Winans whether there is any special order to the things she says or sings when she worships in the Throne Roo.  (She says) It's wonderful to know that our God knows us inside out, and He loves us without holding anything back. So, if any sin is coming between God and me, usually the first thing He will do is show me that sin and give me a chance to confess it so He can clean up my heart. Winans, CeCe, Throne Room, Integrity Publishes, Nashville, TN (2004, . 43).

When you have prayed, followed God's Word and done all you can, but your situation does not improve, and you are exhausted with pain and shame; what do you expect God to do?

Lysa TerKeurst, writes: There's nothing we can do to eliminate rejection. Oh, how I wish there were. With every fiber of my being, I wish I could remove it from my world and from yours.  But I can't the only thing I've seen work in my life to protect my heart from these deep wounds is the constant pursuit of the sweetest grace. (Uninvited, Nelson Books, Nashville, TN, 2016, p. 82)

When we are caught between a rock and a hard place, we too need to experience our God's presence and protection