Christian Devotional Quotes

“Now there was only one hope, the sovereign grace of God. God would have to transform my heart to do what a heart cannot make itself do, namely, want what it ought to want. Only God can make the depraved heart desire God. Once when Jesus’ disciples wondered about the salvation of a man who desired money more than God, he said to them, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God” (Mark 10:27). Pursuing what we want is possible. It is easy. It is a pleasant kind of freedom. But the only freedom that lasts is pursuing what we want when we want what we ought. And it is devastating to discover we don’t, and we can’t.”
― John Piper, When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it is important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are.
~Maya Angelou”
― Juanita Fletcher Cone MD MPH, LIVING WATER FOR THE THIRSTY SOUL: 365 STORIES OF HOPE HEALTH & HEALING

“Where Truth Is Shared and We Can Return to God”
― Mist Carter, We the People: Daily Devotional for Loving God & Country