Little House on the Ridge

Jesus

Jesus shared meals with people long before they shared His values. - Chip Ingram

Learning

If the purpose for learning is to score well on a test, we've lost sight of the real reason for learning. - Jeannie Fulbert

God's Goodness

Acceptance is resting in God's goodness, believing that He has all things under His control. - Charles Swindoll

Unsolicited Advice

When people are struggling, don't give unsolicited advice. Instead, tell them they won't go through it alone - and show up for them. - Adam Grant

Creator

As far as your eye can see upward and as far as your eyes can see down to the very ground that you're walking on, everything is cared for by the Creator. - Ruth Chou Simons

For one

Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone. - Andy Stanley

Strengthen Your Heart

No matter what you're facing, no matter how long and dark the tunnel seems, strengthen your heart in the Lord. He will not fail. - Nancy Demoss Wolgemuth

Not Perfect

I'm a Christian. I'm not perfect. Just because I mess up sometimes doesn't mean I'm fake. There's no such thing as a perfect Christian. - Jarrid Wilson

Whether we are coping with an emergency or fighting an ongoing battle, God never intended for us to fight on our own. We not only receive blessings through others' prayers, we allow God to bless them by being part of His earthly task force. - Cheri Fuller

Christian

I'm a Christian. You can mock me, laugh at me, talk about me, but you can't change my mind. - Author Unknown

Cumulative Effect in Prayer

There is a cumulative effect in prayer. The focusing of many prayers on one life or on a situation can change defeat into victory. - E. M Bounds

Courage

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. - Eddie Rickenbacker

Closest to Your Heart

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him. - A. W. Tozer

Standing

Living justly is standing with those who are oppressed, not just standing for them. - Sunia Gibbs

Real

When we ask something definite of God, and He gives it, how real God becomes! He is right there! It is blessed to have a God who is real and not merely an idea...The joy of the healing is not as great as the joy of meeting God. - R. A. Torrey

Stories

I'm convinced most people have no idea how beautiful their stories are. - Donald Miller

Weather

The weather is a friend if you make it one. - Jennifer Jones

Strong Ones

God isn’t calling us to raise safe kids; He’s calling us to raise strong ones. - Tim Kimmel

Fear

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us. - Elisabeth Elliot

Inexpensive & Expensive

Inexpensive is not a good reason to buy something and expensive is not a good reason to keep something. - Peter Walsh

Impact

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. - Jane Goodall

A Nod of Encouragement

People always need a nod of encouragement in their journey, regardless of how confident they may appear to be. - Dennis Rainey

Prayer

The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying...The prayer of the feeblest saint on earth who keeps right with God paralyzes the darkness --- that's why he tries to keep our minds fussy in active work until we cannot think in prayer. - Oswald Chambers

Later

Don't write it right, just write it --- and then make it right later. - Tara Moss

Always Time

One reason we are so harried and hurried is that we make yesterday and tomorrow our business, when all that legitimately concerns us is today. If we really have too much to do, there are some items on the agenda which God did not put there. Let us submit the list to Him and ask Him to indicate which items we must delete. There is always time to do the will of God. If we are too busy to do that, we are too busy. - Elisabeth Elliot, Secure in the Everlasting Arms

Reasons

I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it is they are thinking about, what they may be afraid of. Sometimes writers write to solve a problem, to answer their own question. All these reasons are good reasons. And that is the most important thing I'll ever tell you. Maybe it is the most important thing you'll ever hear. Ever. - Patricia MacLachlan, Word After Word After Word

Reading

Reading is the best way I know to learn how to examine your life. By comparing what you've done to what others have done, and your thoughts and theories and feelings to those of others, you learn about yourself and the world around you. Perhaps that is why reading is one of the few things you do alone that can make you feel less alone; it's a solitary activity that connects you to others. - Will Schwalbe