Now anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. It is the fruit of unanswered questions. But questions cannot go unanswered unless they first be asked.
Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.
Whatever stress some may lay upon it, a death-bed repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all on.
The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear.
Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe.
God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.
The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?'
All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.
There are some days when I think for sure there are so many other stronger Christians than me out there.
Faith minus vulnerability is fundamentalism
No one entertains the thought that maybe God does not believe in you.
When we don't hear anything from God we just don't know exactly what He is planning and we come to different conclusions that maybe He has forgotten me, maybe He doesn't hear my prayers, maybe I'm not good enough.
I could never lead a Bible study; I don't know Scripture that well.
Heathens are unredeemed outcasts from heaven who roam the planet without hope of surviving the deaths of their bodies. They may have values, but they are not secured by any divine source. Yet we embrace this because we think it represents the truth.
