Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows – the south and east oriels...

I am still not good enough. I am still not whole enough. I am still not pure enough. I am still weakness and sharp edges and broken, but He is good and pure and whole,...

As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life, and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that....

…whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.

And that you seek forgiveness of your Lord, and then turn to Him. He will provide for you a goodly provision until an appointed term. And He will grant His grace to every one possessed...

Together, on his back porch, his cigarette smoke rising like incense to the heavens, we spoke to the God of grace we both are so grateful to know up close and personal. It may be...

If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of his company.

Grace runs downhill and now all his time is being redeemed.

The factory of love encompasses all, but on some days, does it seem to be one of suffocation, squeezing its target too tightly? And on other days not tight enough? Or maybe that is the...

Stop punishing yourself for things not accomplish yet in life. As long as there is life, there is hope. It is important for you to value who you are by the grace of God. Now,...

The viscountess had raised the forefinger of her right hand and made a pretty gesture toward a stool at her feet. There was such intense tyrannical passion in the gesture that the marquis relinquished the...

Law, religion and tradition condemns and murders while grace justifies and saves

He would know a number of grown women in his life who did not possess even a small portion of the grace his middle sister owned at the age of fourteen.

Now, we all have stories of how we got here, and prob-probably some of you feel angry who whoever it is who’s left you here. But you must try and remember that they were like...

So many today want merely to be familiar with Jesus in contrast to being intimate with Him.

God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings. He is looking for people who will leave father and mother and homeland...

The more we abide in Christ, the more His grace and power transform us into His image.

The grace,faith,love and power of God will uplift you to greater heights.

It is a terrible smudge on grace and unconditional love to think that God simply winks and smiles at our poor choices; that God must rubber stamp everything we do or else He is unloving....

God is gracious to always give a warning before He sends judgment.

When you encounter another person, when you have dealings with anyone at all, it is as if a question is being put to you. So you must think, What is the Lord asking of me...

Sam reached his hand toward mine, and I automatically put my fingers in his. With a guilty little smile, he pulled my hand toward his nose and took a sniff, and then another one. His...

After my first few tastes I was pretty much hooked. I’d have dry spells, months without any or only piddling amounts of grace, but I never forgot about it or stopped wanting it.

I mean, I’m sure that would make my headache go away, but that’s a heck of a side effect.

Grace, on the other hand, means that God is pursuing you. That God forgives you. That God sanctifies you. When you are apathetic toward God, He is never apathetic toward you. When you don’t desire...

In ‘Surprised by Grace: God’s Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,’ I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God’s grace as the sailors and the Ninevites.

Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.

Grace works ahead of us to draw us toward faith, to begin its work in us. Even the first fragile intuition of conviction of sin, the first intimation of our need of God, is the...

There is only one thing to do when you meet the Living God; you must fall on your face and repent of your sins. Repentance is bittersweet business; Repentance is not just a conversion exercise...

If we are saved by grace alone, this salvation is a constant source of amazed delight. Nothing is mundane or matter-of-fact about our lives. It is a miracle we are Christians, and the gospel, which...

We ‘have’ all received on grace after another, but we only recognize the glory of God in this moment ‘when we wake to the one grace after another’.

I can always pray to God with confidence because my righteous state is a gift given through grace in faith on the cross by Jesus!

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.

Remember!–It is Christianity to do good always–even to those who do evil to us. It is Christianity to love our neighbours as ourself, and to do to all men as we would have them do...

People need to understand that not everyone is out to hurt you. There are still some great people in this world. Do not allow yourself to believe that everyone is up to no good. Just...

I wish it was accompanied by harp music so you could know that’s what was happening, but for me it’s that extra pause or that extra breath or that extra minute’s patience against all odds.”...

For certain he hath seen all perfectnessFor certain he hath seen all perfectness. Who among other ladies hath seen mine: They that go with her humbly should combine To thank their God for such peculiar...

My intellect is so limited, Lord, that I can only trust in You to preserve me as I should be.

At the very crisis, when Satan seemed about to triumph, the Son of God came with the embassage of divine grace.

She gave thanks for the grace that pours down when you least expect it-and wasn’t that just another name for love?

You need God’s direction before you can prosper in anything you do. However, it takes your choices to begin; it takes your passion to stay on; it also takes your integrity to finish it well!

Thousands of people are praying for a breakthrough but i’m praying for a walkthrough…Less stress

I’ve misplaced it all, but I can’t seem to lose my brother. It’s a priceless gift–to have his love at a time when I’ve done nothing to earn it.

The sin of man was placed on a sinless Savior. 2 Cor. 5:21

The fragility of human emotions are not to be trusted but to validate the necessity of Grace.

Sin is the transgression of the law, the death of Christ is the satisfaction of the law, justification is the verdict of the law, and sanctification is the believer’s fulfillment of the law.

I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far...

Amazing grace, amazing life.

But I know how much you care for me. I read it in the ribbon. Lorcan sighed. Did you really need to read the ribbon to know that I cared for you?, he said. Really,...

You can’t win the race without God’s grace