Brian Combs

“The ones nearest to sin are often those who believe they are beyond it.”
― Travis Agnew, Distinctive Discipleship: Designing Specific Plans for Christian Maturity

“Since this is God’s universe there can be no higher “blessing” than to be approved by God. We must ask ourselves whose blessing we diligently seek. If God’s blessing means more to us than the approval of loved ones no matter how cherished, or of colleagues no matter how influential, then the beatitudes will speak to us very personally and deeply.”
― D.A. Carson, Jesus's Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World: A Study of Matthew 5-10

“For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His” (2 Chronicles 16:9 nasb).”
― Chip Ingram, Holy Ambition: Turning God-Shaped Dreams Into Reality

“Weariness is really about this core struggle to hope despite the circumstances and our limitations, and not so much about stress and being tired.”
― Dan B. Allender, Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness