I'm certainly much happier when I feel that the work is good.
Unbelief is safe, because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects.
The walk of Faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain.
Bible study without Bible experience is pointless.
Jesus didn't accomplish everything so that you could accomplish nothing.
We owe the world an encounter with God
Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat.
Oh, Constellations of the early night That sparkled brighter as the twilight died, And made the darkness glorious! I have seen Your rays grow dim upon the horizon's edge And sink behind the mountains. I have seen The great Orion, with his jewelled belt, That large-limbed warrior of the skies, go down Into the gloom. Beside him sank a crowd Of shining ones.
When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves as emotional first aid for bruised feelings. When we genuinely acknowledge a child's plight and voice her disappointment, she often gathers the strength to face reality.
Reason deceives us; conscience, never.
Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong. . . And yet, a person can perform only from strength.