“When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do… — Timothy S. Lane God Copy Share Image
“God is simply taking you where you do not want to go to produce in you what you could not achieve on… — Timothy S. Lane God Copy Share Image
“This side of heaven, relationships and ministry are always shaped in the forge of struggle.” — Timothy S. Lane Ministry Copy Share Image
“Whenever you believe that the evil outside you is greater than the evil inside you, a heartfelt pursuit of Christ will be… — Timothy S. Lane Copy Share Image
“Talk like an ambassador (Eph 4:29-30). 1)Consider the person ("only what is helpful for building others up") 2) Consider the problem ("according… — Timothy S. Lane Talk Copy Share Image
“To the degree that you forget you are a sinner, you will underestimate your daily need for Christ and the relationships in… — Timothy S. Lane Change Copy Share Image
“We say that the difficulty causes us to respond in sinful ways. But the Bible teaches again and again that our circumstances… — Timothy S. Lane Bible Copy Share Image
“Christian friendships do not simply help us bask in the sunshine of God’s grace; they also help us to roll up our… — Timothy S. Lane Friendship Copy Share Image
“Your relationships will take you beyond the boundaries of your normal strength. Encouragement gives struggling people eyes to see the unseen Christ.” — Timothy S. Lane Encouragement Copy Share Image
“If you look for God in your relationships, you will always find things to be thankful for. When God reigns in our… — Timothy S. Lane Relationship Copy Share Image
“Every good relationship we have is a gift of God's grace. Left to ourselves, nothing good would happen. Our problem has everything… — Timothy S. Lane Good relationship Copy Share Image
“The decision to forgive is first a heart transaction between you and God. It is a willingness to give up your desire… — Timothy S. Lane Forgive Copy Share Image
“Human beings are always tempted to love and serve things in the creation rather than the Creator. So often, we think of… — Timothy S. Lane Good thing Copy Share Image
“The reason we fail to keep commands 4 through 10 is because we have failed to keep the first three. If you… — Timothy S. Lane Life Copy Share Image
“Everything God does and everything God calls us to only make sense from the perspective of eternity. If there is no end… — Timothy S. Lane Copy Share Image
“Notice how much Israel’s response to hardship maps onto ours. We face hard things and we complain about things as mundane as… — Timothy S. Lane Hard things Copy Share Image
“We think, How much better life would be if a certain situation or a relationship were different! Meanwhile, God says that what… — Timothy S. Lane Better life Copy Share Image
“People in the middle usually discover that more work is involved than they ever expected. It is hard to hold onto the… — Timothy S. Lane Standards High Copy Share Image
“It is always harder to live in the middle of something than it is to live at the beginning or the end.… — Timothy S. Lane Beginning Copy Share Image
“The shattered relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit at the cross provides the basis for our reconciliation. No other relationship ever… — Timothy S. Lane Father son Copy Share Image
“When the gospel functions at the core of each facet of ministry, the balance and health of the church is safeguarded. If… — Timothy S. Lane Brothers and sisters Copy Share Image
“The one thing worth celebrating for all eternity is your redemption.” — Timothy S. Lane Eternity Copy Share Image
“If I consciously live in light of the fact that I am full in Christ, I will ask for forgiveness whether or… — Timothy S. Lane Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“You and I will only be able to understand what is valuable when we examine things from the perspective of eternity.” — Timothy S. Lane Eternity Copy Share Image
“And we have no more control over the not yet than we have had over the already.” — Timothy S. Lane Control Copy Share Image
“If you are a believer, you are in the process of being remade to reflect the character of Jesus himself. And your… — Timothy S. Lane Believer Copy Share Image
“People need to see that the gospel belongs in their workplace, their kitchen, their school, their bedroom, their backyard, and their van.… — Timothy S. Lane Christianity Copy Share Image
“Our culture abounds with hollow and deceptive theories of change that masquerade as biblical wisdom, often because they borrow some aspect of… — Timothy S. Lane Biblical truth Copy Share Image
“Very few people wake up one morning and decide to change their theology. Changes in a person’s belief system are seldom that… — Timothy S. Lane Change Copy Share Image
“One of the mistakes we make in handling God’s Word is that we reduce it to a set of directions on how… — Timothy S. Lane Bible Copy Share Image
“Our background, relationships, situation, and physical condition only provide the opportunity for our thoughts, words, and actions to reveal whatever is already… — Timothy S. Lane Hearts Copy Share Image
“Christ gives us all we need to draw nearer to him and enjoy him amid difficulties and blessings. We may get tired,… — Timothy S. Lane Blessings Copy Share Image
“In God's plan, our quest for personal identity is meant to drive us back to him as Creator so that we find… — Timothy S. Lane Adventure Copy Share Image
“Scripture makes it clear that these responses are not forced upon us by the pressures of the situation. What I do comes… — Timothy S. Lane Bible Copy Share Image
“reconciling grace, saving grace of Jesus "[In regards to struggles and potential in relationship],..we are sinner with capacity to to do great… — Timothy S. Lane God grace Copy Share Image
“The Cross enables each of God’s children to learn to say no. In the Gospels, Jesus did not do everything others wanted… — Timothy S. Lane Children Copy Share Image
“No human being was ever meant to be the source of personal joy and contentment for someone else. And surely, no sinner… — Timothy S. Lane Happiness Copy Share Image
“My husband and I have been a part of the same small group for the past five years… Like many small groups,… — Timothy S. Lane Brothers and sisters Copy Share Image