#776 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"I have no idea where I will be five years from now, and I have ceased caring.  I am going to be faithful in what God has called me to do today, knowing that tomorrow he will direct me."

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#775 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"Pharaohs stood against God and failed; Nazis and communists have tried to stamp out God's movement and succeeded only in spreading it farther; Caesars and Herods have shaken their fists at God, but no one has ever been able to stop the purposes of God in human history.  Why, then, if we believe God to be that powerful, do we think we can so easily miss doing his will?  God is so good, so sovereign, and so caring that he will reveal his will to us if our hearts are open.  There are no magic formulas to this, no seven-step lists to memorize, no guaranteed incantations.  There is just the simple trust that God will lead us where he wants us to go and we cannot miss it if we simply keep our eyes open."

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#774 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"Jesus had been, and always will be, a threat to the established order of things.  This should no longer suprise us today.  Two thousand years of church history should suggest that the movement of Jesus is most dangerous when it is opposed.  It should not suprise us that some in our culture find an innocuous "Merry Christmas" or bland nativity scene offensive.  Our world doesn't want to be remided of Christ - because he forces us to choose.  In our just-do-it, have-it-all kind of world, the revolution of Jesus forces us to choose: Who is King? Who is Lord? What empire do you serve? What god do you bow down to?"

-Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#773 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"Two different empires were established on the day of Jesus's birth.  One built on power, the other on love.  One built on control, the other on freedom.  One built on oppression and bondage, the other on liberation.  Augustus was the embodiment of the best the world in all its ambition and lust can offer, a ruler who sat at the apex of a world-wide system of worship and domination.  Jesus, on the other hand, was destined to humble himself on a tree, sacrificing himself out of love.  Jesue represents the dangerous alternative to the power of this world: a different power, a different glory, a different peace, and a different salvation.  The Christmas story ceases to be an idyllic myth: it becomes clear these two empires are destined to collide.  The birth of Jesus is divine insurrection and outright revolution.  The Christmas story forces us to choose between these two kingdoms.  Do we bow before the Caesars of our time, or dare we embrace the kingdom of Jesus?"

- Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#772 - Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

"We must constantly guard against the counterfeit Jesus who pervades our culture and churches.  The real one is far bigger and more dangerous than we realize.  We must consciously resist the temptation to tone him down or soften his teachings, or we may miss him altogether."

-Excerpt from The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

#771 - C.S. Lewis Quote

"It would seem our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak...We are far too easily please."

-C.S. Lewis

#770 - Nadia Comaneci Quote

"I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know these things only after I've finished my mission."

-Nadia Comaneci
Former Romanian Gymnast

#769 - Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

"If God always met our expectations, He'd never be able to exceed them.  Sometimes God takes us to antoher level by building higher.  Sometimes He does it by digging deeper.  But at all times He is working for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose."

Excerpt from Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick

#768 - Ephesians 4:31,32

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.  Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Ephesians 4:31,32