THE WORD OF GOD
"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
- Saint Augustine
"Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:19 NIV
PRAYER
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."
- Saint Augustine
"But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed."
Luke 5:16
THE HOUSE OF GOD
"The word 'church' is used one hundred ten times in the New Testament, and it is instructive to note that ninety-three of those are clear references to the local church. …We may conclude from this large number of references that the Bible has quite a lot to say about the importance of the local church."
- Wayne Mack
"He (Jesus) went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom."
Luke 4:16 NIV
DISCIPLESHIP
"The man or woman who is wholly or joyously surrendered to Christ can't make a wrong choice, any choice will be the right one."
- A. W. Tozer
"Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."
John 14:21
GIVING
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness."
- Mother Teresa
"As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night."
Genesis 8:22