Roxanne

“How often do we Christians “take the Lord’s name in vain” during our worship? It matters to God if we lie, even if we’re singing, and even if everybody around us is singing the same thing. Music can make us feign a commitment that just isn’t there, causing us to become callous, insincere believers.”
― Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Pathways: Discover Your Soul's Path to God

“I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.” —C. S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms6”
― Richard J. Foster, Year with God: Living Out the Spiritual Disciplines

“Celebration heartily done makes our deprivations and sorrows seem small, and we find in it great strength to do the will of our God because his goodness becomes so real to us.” —Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines8”
― Richard J. Foster, Year with God: Living Out the Spiritual Disciplines

“God will often allow us to be in a situation with no possible solution. This is so we can discover that He is our solution. He lets us hit rock bottom in order for us to learn that He is the Rock at the bottom.”
― Tony Evans, The Power of God's Names