Quotes from Beth Moore

Withholding forgiveness until an offender understands or acknowledges the emotional pain they have inflicted is a subtle form of revenge. Why? Because it's hoping that the offender would hurt a little too, in order to understand. But this type of revenge robs you of your freedom and allows the offender to keep control of you. Dr. Chuck Lynch, I Should Forgive, but .

In order to accuse Him, they asked Him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" Matthew 12:10

While we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:6—7

Please forgive your brothers' transgression and their sin—the wrong they caused you. Genesis 50:17

They want to be teachers of the law, although they don't understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on. 1 Timothy 1:7

This man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods! Acts 19:26

Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory because of Your faithful love, because of Your truth. Psalm 115:1

At the risk of oversimplification, maybe abiding doesn't require deep analysis. Perhaps all I need to ask myself at the moment is whether or not I am still tender. Still flexible. At times I am neither. The branch that snaps easily is either dead or stuck in a long-past winter.

Stop looking at others as if they are so much more spiritual than you and just start believing God!

The one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6

Christ's vehement frustration with the church of Laodicea was that she'd be of some use! The last thing I want to tout is a works-centered faith, but we have been called to faith-centered works. Christ intends for us to be useful! Churches are meant to be viable, active forces in their communities. In

He supplants only for the purpose of giving life, not taking it. He reminds us at strategic times that nothing and no one can sustain us but Him.