Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures and wrong-doings, defeated by the down-drag of the flesh, defeated by loss, by pain, by suffering, by worry. Instead of saying with confidence, ?This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith?, they have to say in honesty, ?This is the defeat that has been caused by the world, even our self-centeredness.? That is the opposite of faith. Unbelief is not the opposite of faith; self-centeredness is ? being centered in self rather than in God.
Everybody has a problem, is a problem, or lives with a problem. - Sam Shoemaker
Everybody has a problem, is a problem, or lives with a problem.
- Sam Shoemaker
Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events? - Sam Shoemaker
Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events?
Don't pray to escape trouble. Don't pray to be comfortable in your emotions. Pray to do the will of God in every situation. Nothing else is worth pra… - Sam Shoemaker
Don't pray to escape trouble. Don't pray to be comfortable in your emotions. Pray to do the will of God in every situation. Nothing else is worth pra…
Most people are brought to faith in Christ not by argument for it but by exposure to it. - Sam Shoemaker
Most people are brought to faith in Christ not by argument for it but by exposure to it.
The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy. - Sam Shoemaker
The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.
We tend to find what we look for in other people. - Sam Shoemaker
We tend to find what we look for in other people.
Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures and wro… - Sam Shoemaker
Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures and wro…
Happiness is the sense that one matters. Happiness is an abiding enthusiasm. Happiness is single-mindedness. Happiness is whole-heartedness. Happines… - Sam Shoemaker
Happiness is the sense that one matters. Happiness is an abiding enthusiasm. Happiness is single-mindedness. Happiness is whole-heartedness. Happines…
Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. - Sam Shoemaker
Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.
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