Damon J. Gray
@DamonJGray
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Author, Speaker, Blogger, Former pastor/Campus Minister, Long-View Living in a Short-View World, Rep'd by Bob Hostetler - @bobhoss
Lynden, WA
Joined March 2012
New to the faith? Young in faith? Needing to put down a solid foundation? Great for individuals or small-group studies. https://t.co/Q41NGakeyI
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We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. ~ C.S. Lewis #LongViewLiving
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Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful - Christian community is the final apologetic. ~ Francis Schaeffer #LongViewLiving
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Whatever you're going through right now, remember it's a lesson, not a life-sentence. ~ Sheila Qualls @sheila_qualls #LongViewLiving
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Serenity isn't dependent upon our situation; it's dependent upon the Source of our salvation. ~ Wendy Macdonald @wendylmacdonald #LongViewLiving
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Ponder the implications of being able to say, "I talk to God." Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 #LongViewLiving
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There is no right or wrong time for prayer. Prayer is always appropriate. "Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving." Colossians 4:2, ESV #LongViewLiving
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We must admit that, in and of ourselves, we are completely inadequate for the task of forgiving as God forgives, the very forgiveness we are called to grant our offenders. #GodFacedForgivenessBook #LongViewLiving
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It is just as easy to form a good habit as it is a bad one. "Practice these things. Give yourself wholly to them." 1 Timothy 4:15 #LongViewLiving
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Where Israel was once a kingdom of priests for Yahweh, that identity now applies to the church. We are that kingdom of priests with the same high and holy calling to represent God to a lost and dying world. This week's blog posting: https://t.co/gngE8U0YEX
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It is better to do what is right than to try to explain later why you didn't. #LongViewLiving
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Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who make excuses. ~ George Washington #LongViewLiving
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Hard work is often just easy work not done right the first time. "Whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord and not for men." Colossians 3:23 #LongViewLiving
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Implementing God-love purges the data stores of our minds, leaving no permanent record of abuses, sins, and injustices loosed upon us. With this call to love, we are moved from the difficult to the near-impossible. #GodFacedForgivenessBook #LongViewLiving
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I’m watching a Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas special on Prime and, thus far, it’s beyond good. It’s flat out excellent.
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Delay is preferable to regret. "Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry." James 1:19 #LongViewLiving
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Apparently, we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments. Exodus 20:1-17 #LongViewLiving
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Every step of faith makes the next one more wondrous because you're moving from grace to grace. ~ Bill Giovannetti @BillGiovannetti #LongViewLiving
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If there is no absolute moral standard, then one cannot say in a final sense that anything is right or wrong. By absolute we mean that which always applies, that which provides a final or ultimate standard.
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As Christ-followers, we are called to a new standard of loving; we are to love as God loves. God-love keeps no record of wrongs suffered. #GodFacedForgivenessBook #LongViewLiving
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