Do not ask the wounded person how he feels; try to become the wounded person.

God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with Him.

The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives. The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.

The stream of spontaneous acts of Godly kindness carries us to the sea of contentment and peace.

Have you thought about His (God) handling of the gospel? God needs to get a message out to the human race, without which they will perish...forever. What's the plan? First, He starts with the most unlikely group ever: a couple of prostitutes, a few fishermen with no better than a second-grade education, a tax collector. Then, he passes the ball to us. Unbelievable.

True faith produces a life full of actions, not a head full of facts.

God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible — what a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves.

Rich is the person who has a praying friend.

God's power under us, in us, surging through us, is exactly what turns dependence into unforgettable experiences of completeness.

The Divine Potter uses irksome circumstances we cannot run away from (employment, marriage, parenthood and even our own body) to make us humble, loving and obedient like His Son.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew.

Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. He hath many desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation. Many love Jesus so long as no adversities befall them.

There are no accidents in the life of the Christian.

Men perish with whispering sins — nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in hell there shall meet as many men that never thought what was sin, as that spent all their thoughts in the compassing of sin.

I belong to the "Great-God Party", and will have nothing to do with the "Little-God Party." Christ does not want nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible.

Defend the Bible? I would just as soon defend a lion. Just turn the Bible loose. It will defend itself.

There is always time enough in a day to do God's will.

I can contribute nothing to my own salvation, except the sin from which I need to be redeemed.

For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience.

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.

The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.

There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man without God, or the strength of man with God.

Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives?

Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because, while both parties came prepared to forgive, neither party came prepared to be forgiven.

What you do every day should contribute to giving your life meaning. If it doesn't, why are you doing it?

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

Love begins when the needs of someone else become more important than your own.

It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.