It is not enough for Jesus to win your heart. He has to be the satisfaction of your heart!
There are many believers who have never been satisfied with Jesus. They're up or down according to their circumstances. That is not a suitable bride for this bridegroom. No, a certain beauty must adorn his bride in order to attract him: “So the King will greatly desire your beauty” (Psalm 45:11, NKJV). What is this beauty?
It's not the ‘bad’ that is the enemy of the Christian, but the ‘good.’ It's family, career, job, children. The Lord wants his time alone with us. It is crucial we give him our full attention.
If you want to be in the bride of Christ, you must be concerned with more than escaping hell. Rather, you must have a deep desire not to be absent on that great wedding day!
The marriage described in Psalm 45 is a union far grander and more glorious than any earthly one. The bridegroom is our Lord Jesus Christ, and the bride is his church.
The best teachers in any church are not the ones in the pulpit. Rather, they are sitting in the pews right next to us, people who have suffered and yet still worship the Lord.
The Lord’s way of escape is reaching the end of our own strength, forsaking human strength or methods, and turning absolutely to God with childlike faith.
Suffering people receive the consolation of the Lord. Christ’s voice speaks true comfort to them in their hour of darkness. These sufferers become rich in spiritual resources.
In the past, Christians thought of deliverance mainly as physical healing. However, the greatest deliverance will be from fear as God’s people witness to a shaken world.
If believers only look to our own interests, our testimony will be limited at best. If we look to build others up, though, every God-ordained mission will be amply supported.
Jesus has power to give to those who are totally and fully his. Don’t strive for power. Desire to belong fully, passionately and humbly to the one your heart yearns for, the Lord.