When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.
Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.
If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.
Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me.
I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.
We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
Some of you could be worshipping God but you're playing with a video game.
It's not that there aren't a million other things to learn about God, but He says you've got to start with the fear of the Lord because that's the beginning of wisdom.
I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.