Rachel’s Reviews > Until Christ Returns: Living Faithfully Today While We Wait for Our Glorious Tomorrow > Status Update

"Are you looking for hope in difficult times? Are you trying to sort out the circumstances of your life? If so, look to Christ, because *that* is where hope is to be found." (p. 176)

"Trials will come to rock you - but even in that process, God has a purpose." (p. 183)

"The church is built up *externally* through evangelism. We add people to the body as we baptize them and they become part of the church. But the church is built up *internally* through edification, through how we strengthen, encourage, and minister to one another in the body of Christ." (p.140)

"Knowing the precise time of His coming is not important. But what is important is declaring His name and His salvation, near and far. Within your family and within your city. To your neighborhood. To the whole world. Jesus says, "Don't be asking me about times and seasons. Get busy and do the work." (p. 114)

"...abilities are God';s gift; what you *do* with those abilities is your gift back to God." (p.105 ~ 1 Corinthians 12:11

"For Every biblical prophecy on the first coming of Christ, there are *eight* concerning His second coming."

""We ought to cultivate that relationship until He is not just one thing in our life, He is *THE* thing in our life...and even life itself. He is the very *focus* of who we are." p.61

"The Bridegroom will not permit His Bride to suffer the wrath He already endured for her. He rather takes us to glory to be with Him." p.54