True Christianity is to manifest genuinely Christ-like behavior by dependence on the working of the Spirit of God within.
Ray StedmanTo see lonely, selfish, empty individuals transformed slowly but surely into warm, loving, wholesome, and happy people is to become aware of why Paul describes Christ as 'unsearchable riches'.
Ray StedmanThe Psalms are much more than poetry. Many of them bear the title, Maskil, or teaching psalm. They are thus intended to instruct the mind as well as to encourage the heart. They are designed not only to reflect a mood, but to show us also how to handle that mood; how to escape from depression or how to balance exaltation with wisdom.
Ray StedmanGod designed it this way; He intended that His great power, wisdom, and love should become visible in very ordinary and otherwise inconsequential people.
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