“God does not call us to be successful, but to be obedient.”

If people are kicking you in the behind, at least you’re in front of them.

The farther we get from God, the more the world spirals out of control.

Knowing we will be with Christ forever far outweighs our burdens today! Keep your eyes on eternity!

The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.

A suffering person does not need a lecture – he needs a listener.

My one purpose in life is to help people find a personal relationship with God, which, I believe, comes through knowing Christ.

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

Don’t let past mistakes keep you from seeking God

Whatever affliction comes in our life, our Lord goes into the valley with us, leading us by the hand, even carrying us when it is necessary.

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil – it has no point.

We have perfected our weapons but failed to perfect the men who use them.

Suffering is part of the human condition, and it comes to us all. The key is how we react to it, either turning away from God in anger and bitterness or growing closer to Him in trust and confidence.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door – if we seek it.

Don’t ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn’t want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.

Most of us know about God, but that is quite different from knowing God.

Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centered in anything short of God and His will.

The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.

May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs – let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.

[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.

Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.

When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone.

God had one Son without sin, but He never had a son without trial.

My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.

At the end of the day, God’s love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.