Sublime

Melvin Maxwell, Bill Hybels, John Wooden, Oswald Sanders, Jesus Christ,

“conscience” appears frequently in Scripture, something I hadn’t previously been aware of. It’s found approximately thirty times in the New Testament alone. Paul writes to Timothy: Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been

What does this mean that Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith? It means that our faith is not our own - it has been, and always will be, in the hands of God. Jesus is salvation and our direct access point to the life of the Father. “Coming to faith” is our adoption of the faith Jesus has already authored through His life, death, and

Once you are free from the very thing that kept you bound, perhaps even for years, whether lust, bitterness, shame, alcoholism, or something else, you are sent out to expose and crush these same works of darkness. The chains that bound you are given back to you for the whipping of the enemy.

In other words, the key to the leader's public usefulness is his inner, unseen life. Character is what we are when no one is looking. The leader is leading all the time and, for the most part, unconsciously. Your holiness matters greatly to those you have been entrusted to lead.

If the need for holiness is one challenge I shall take from this book,

Children, fear God; that is to say, have a holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good. —WILLIAM PENN

AWARENESS

Servants remember that God owns it all.

Making It Personal Passage: “If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.” (Matthew 16:25) Point: We most often miss the greatest blessings by shunning God’s wisdom that doesn’t appear to be personally beneficial. In essence, we hurt ourselves in the long run. We can never outgive