Quotes by Mark Hall

“I dont think it bothers the world that we sin, I think it bothers the world that we act like we dont.”

“We’ve had three armed robberies. We’re working on some leads and we’re looking into a couple of people,”

“There is probably anywhere between 8,000 to 10,000 kidnap and ransom situations globally on an annual basis,”

“Each month there are numerous incidents where visitors are abducted by criminal groups -- just long enough to withdraw the maximum amount of money from an ATM account,”

“Our advice -- carry only essential credit and ATM cards. If you do not plan to use them during your trip, leave them at home.”

“Today we have to be better informed to help us reduce our risks,”

“It is true [the risk for travel is greater] for we now operate in a global market. Business travelers are conducting business all over the world as if they are conducting business in their own backyards.”

“there is more to it than just information. After receiving the information you must know what to do with it.”

“We use a key formula: Threat x Vulnerability = Risk,”

“By traveling safely [you can] diminish the risk of exposure to such dangers as kidnapping, sabotage, extortion, assault, harassment, illegal trafficking, corporate espionage and acts of terrorism.”

Compromise is the assassin of fellowship with God.

Understanding and truly accepting Gods forgiveness is the incubator to a meaningful walk with Jesus. As we escape the dregs of compromise to walk in purity and obedience, we are free to grow on Gods timetable if we ignore the lies of the unholy world. And only by avoiding faulty human logic can we give our lives over to the seeming risk of a God who is actually unable to be anything but faithful.

There is a reason God used the east and west to describe how far he cast your sin from you, he said. If you go north, you can only go north so far until youre finally going south. And you can only go south so far until youre going north. But if you start traveling east, it keeps going east forever, and west just keeps going west. If you think about it, youre never going to go so far west that youre going east. Thats how far he cast our sin from us.

Who cares what the Bible means to me? We need to know what it means. Thats where I have to allow God to redefine my thinking. He tells us in Romans 12:2 not to be conformed to this world but to be transformed by the renewal of our minds. What always gets me about this verse is hes telling believers we still need to be transformed. It means I have a saved spirit but I still think with a lost brain, and slowly but surely my mind has to be transformed. Such transformation comes but one way - by truth. By his Word.

The Bible says we are forgiven. It says we are saints. It says we are children of God, citizens of heaven, members of Gods family, and chosen members of a royal priesthood. It says we are salt and light, we are people who dwell in a city set on a hill. It says we are co-heirs with Christ, ready to inherit the eternal life reserved for the saints. We cannot be separated from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus.

Any darkness that comes out in my life is the fruit of my own appetites, and its my choice either to feed or starve those appetites. I was purposely feeding on music and movies with dark, violent themes and plenty of sexual content. All of that takes root in our thought lives and affects everything we do. It clouds our communication with God and can limit how he uses us. If someone is in a dark place and needs help, were probably not going to have suitable answers when were gorging on trash.

Whats true about you is what God says about you. Not what your mirror says. Not what your past says.