RAVI ZACHARIUS

RAVI ZACHARIUS IS A FAVORITE OF MINE. I RECOMMEND ANYTHING HE'S WRITTEN. THE CHRISTIAN WORLD ABSOLUTELY NEEDS HIS PRESENCE. HE REPRESENTS US WELL IN ANY HALL. I'M READING A HIS BOOK "THE GRAND WEAVER". HERE ARE SOME SUPER QUOTES FROM THAT BOOK. YOU'LL FIND HE'LL MAKE YOU THINK. HE'S A DOCTOR BUT NOT DOCTOR SEUSS.

"The day that each person willingly accepts himself or herself for who he or she is and acknowledges the uniqueness of God's framing process marks the beginning of a journey to seeing the handiwork of God in each life."

God makes appointments with us in our disappointments.

"…having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning…."

"God is the shaper of your heart." "God does not display his work in abstract terms. He prefers the concrete, and this means that at the end of your life one of three things will happen to your heart: it will grow hard, it will be broken, or it will be tender. Nobody escapes."

"The single most important thread in working through your disappointments is that your heart and mind ponder and grasp what the cross of Jesus Christ is all about." "There is no pattern without the cross. There is no Good News without it. That is what the gospel is all about."

One often sees a call only in retrospect. This too is God's design. "God often reinforces our faith after we trust him, not before."

"I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout prayer life." "That is where God speaks. The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life is not to make you number one in the world's eyes, but to make him number one in your life."

We must be willing to be outshone while shining for God. "We hear very little about being smaller in our own self-estimate."

"Pure morality points you to the purest one of all. When impure, it points you to yourself. The purer your habits, the closer to God you will come. Moralizing from impure motives takes you away from God."

I'M REALLY, REALLY, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YA'LL TONIGHT. 6:30. KATIE AND THOMAS ARE FEEDING US.

LOVE YA'LL. YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.