It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devils shouts for joy.
Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.
Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed. "Corrie," he began gently, "when you and I go to Amsterdam-when do I give you your ticket?" I sniffed a few times, considering this. "Why, just before we get on the train." "Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.
Don't worry about what you do not understand... Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by.
God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing."
Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.
I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!
As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.
What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.
If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God
You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.
when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus
The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.
If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.
Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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