
In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others.

Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.

Sometimes God's refusals are His mercies.

Are you afraid? Remember the "fear nots" of the Bible.

The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God's.

Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.

A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.

A man's thoughts dye his soul, attributed to Marcus Aurelius

There is something that pretends to be christianity which is mostly mood. The measure of its faith is merely the measure of its feeling.

God withholds blessing only in wisdom, never in spite or aloofness.

It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

We fundamentalists are a pack of mood-loving showoffs. I'm sure the Minor Prophets would have found subject for correction.

Money holds terrible power when it is loved

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.

The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to bless and support and help him.

Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.

The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.

He says no in order that He may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes. All His ways with us are merciful. His meaning is always love.

If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.

Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living.

For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'

Faith receives, day by day, what a loving Heavenly Father apportions ...

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

Things happen which would not happen without prayer. Let us not forget that.

What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.

We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke.

A little quiet reflection will remind me that yes to God always leads in the end to joy.

It takes a while for revelry to turn to reverence, and much repetition of truth to eventual turn young zeal into habitual channels for good.

Self-pity is ... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.

No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.

You can never lose what you have offered to Christ.

God gives all
God asks all

The gate is narrow but not the life. The gate opens out into largeness of life.

If He is God, He is still in charge.

It is in our acceptance of what is given that God gives Himself.

Psychology describes. The Bible prescribes. 'Turn from evil. Let that be the medicine to keep you in health.' Pr 3:7,8.

I will offer to Him both my tears and my exultation. Nothing we offer to Him will be lost.

The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith.

Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.

Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men

The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.

Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.

The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.

God will never disappoint us. He loves us and has only one purpose for us : holiness, which in His kingdom equals joy.

When you don't know what to do, do the thing in front of you.

If he had loved her he would have pursued her.

It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.

Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims.

Is no great with Thee, there is no small, For Thou art all, and fillest all in all.

A little leavening of dissatisfied temper will spread through a group and change outlooks.

Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord of heaven taking a towel and washing feet.

She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them.

Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.

Let not him who accepts light in an instant despise him who gropes months in shadows.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.

Virginity is something that can be offered to God.

Jesus never pussyfooted

Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.