If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.
Lifting your eyes from the things of this world is an activity that must begin WHERE YOU ARE.
The single most important hindrance to world evangelization right now is the lack of total involvement by the body of Christ.
When our service for the Lord becomes so busy that we forget the Lord Himself, it is time to stop everything and seek Him.
All too often, it seems, we're willing to be students of Christianity rather than disciples of Christ.
Every Christian leader should have this engraved in his subconscious. No matter what you do, never take yourself too seriously God always chooses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. He shows his might only on the behalf of those who trust in Him. Humility is the place where all christian service begins.
We pretend with a spiritual life we don't live, a peace we don't experience and a holiness and commitment we don't possess. . . . We will never make any progress in becoming more like Jesus unless we permit God to cut us open, search our hearts, try us, know our thoughts and then change us from the inside. Only then can we become real according to the Word of God.
All you can see, if you look through the window - everything you see is a fulfillment of dreams, different dreams.
The first time I saw a fingerbowl was at the home of my benefactress. [. . . ] The water had a few cherry blossoms in it, and I thought it must be some clear sort of Japanese after-dinner soup and ate every bit of it, including the crisp little blossoms.
When you are living your dreams it doesn’t feel like work, but it’s important to take some time away for yourself. It’s goot to make some time for your own company.
Fantasy is, at its best, the purest access to storytelling that we have. It universalizes a tale, it evokes wonder and timeless narrative power, it touches upon inner journeys, it illuminates our collective and individual pasts, throws a focus beam on the present day, and presages the dangers and promises of the future.