Brittany Miller’s Reviews > Truth for Life - Volume 1: 365 Daily Devotions > Status Update

"When we pray 'Lord, lead us not into temptation,' what we're really saying is 'God, help us so that we do not let the testing which comes from you become a temptation from Satan to do evil.' We are likewise asking Him not to lead us into trial without His presence and power, which are what will keep us walking through them in faith and joy instead of sinking in despair and faithlessness."

“Remember this: you are God’s personal concern, and you may approach Him in confidence, asking Him to give you all that is necessary for today. And then you can trust Him to give you exactly what you need today, and then tomorrow, and ever onwards.”

“Our fellowship with God through the Lord Jesus Christ is principally expressed through our prayers. They give evidence of our relationship with Him.”

“We are twice-bought: in creation and in redemption, we are [God’s].”

“As God continues to expand His kingdom and pours His Spirit out on people we least expect to be included in, we have the opportunity to respond with the kind of enthusiasm that Barnabas exemplified.”

“Being a Christian, Paul told [the Christians in Philipi], is similar: we’re living the Christian life while absent from the Christian capital… our citizenship is in heaven, and when we live as aliens here—as people who don’t belong—we’ll make a difference in the world around us.”

“Pluralism cannot abide—indeed, it is often mercilessly intolerant towards—those who reject its view that all paths are equally valid. …we are living in an environment not incomparable to the Roman Empire, albeit thankfully less brutal in its persecutions. Biblical Christianity, with a Christ who will come again in glory, inerrant Bible, and a triune Godhead, is an offense to a pluralistic world.”

"Short-term commitment is not too hard. It is disciplined consistency that comes harder to us--yet it is a key to spiritual growth. ... When a crisis hit, it didn't create Daniel's disciplined lifestyle; it revealed it."

"A Christian's funeral is not a time to say goodbye forever but to say, 'See you again'. The absence of your loved one is temporary; the reunion will be permanent."

The prophet Elijah found himself hiding in the wilderness largely because his focus had changed: he had started to look at God through his circumstances rather than looking at his circumstances through God.