God's Outrageous Claims: Thirteen Discoveries That Can Transform Your Life (Strobel, Lee)

To doubt is to waver between the two, to believe and disbelieve at once and so to be ‘in two minds.’

When we send our kids mixed signals, we get mixed-up kids.

our omnipotent God doesn’t simply hoard his power. Instead, he is an empowering Deity who offers to share his strength with those he created.

The Bible says simply, “You do not have, because you do not ask God.”10 We need to come right out and express to him the desire of our heart.

Regrettably, for many faith is a weekend proposition, not a weekday reality.

“People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be,” said D. L.Moody, “not what you nag them to be.”

when our goal at the outset is to meet the other person’s needs — to build up, serve, and support our friend — then we nearly always end up benefiting in the long run.

When we keep our doubts suppressed inside, we unwittingly give them more and more power over us. On the other hand, when we finally let them emerge and face them squarely, it’s amazing how often their potency disappears.

For a Christ follower, the important thing isn’t what God has us doing; the important thing is that we’re doing what God wants us to do.