International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.
God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us.
It is only when we want to take our lives out of the Father’s hands and have them under our own control that we find ourselves gripped with anxiety. The secret of freedom from anxiety is freedom from ourselves and abandonment of our own plans. But that spirit emerges in our lives only when our minds are filled with the knowledge that our Father can be trusted implicitly to supply everything we need.
How do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.
When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted by God, that He is my heavenly Intercessor - then His blood is the antidote to the poison in the voices that echo in my conscience, condemning me for my many failures. Indeed, Christ's shed blood chokes them into silence!
My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibili ty of my Savior.
God is God; you are but one of His creatures. Your only joy is to be found in obeying Him, your true fulfillment is to be found in worshiping Him, your only wisdom is to be found in trusting and knowing Him.
These are the times that try men's souls.
I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
An audience is not brought to you or given to you; it's something that you fight for.