“Prayer is not just getting ready for Christian service. Prayer is Christian service.”

A healthy person can accept criticism.

But the consecration that doesn’t reach your purse has not reached your heart.

I am the visible part of the invisible Christ. He is the invisible part of the visible me.

When you have His joy in your heart, it doesn’t necessarily mean your pain or hurt will be taken away. It means you’ll be able to bear it.

A mans religion will rise no higher than his concept of God.

A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus.

A thorn in the flesh is nothing compared to a thorn in the conscience.

In private (Jerry Vines was with us), I asked Rogers what he did with the slavery passages of the New Testament.

What you are alone is what you are.

It doesn’t matter if you please the whole world and don’t please Jesus. But if you please Jesus, it doesn’t matter whom you displease.

The weakest ink is better than the best memory. Study with pen in hand.

I’ll tell you one thing about fruit: you will never see a fruit factory. Isn’t that right? You see a shirt factory, but you see a fruit orchard.

“But the word of the Lord endures forever”

Paul spoke about the root of faith (Eph 2:8). James spoke about the fruit of faith (Jm 2:17-18).

One of these days the dam of Gods mercy will give way to his justice.

Let go of this world and take hold of God with both hands.

He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring.

In the West nowadays, it’s very common to talk about the Judeo- Christian tradition. It’s a common term. The term is relatively modern but the reality is an old one.

It’s spelled ‘D-O-N-E’, which means that what we could never for ourselves, Christ has already done for us. To become a real Christian is to humbly receive God’s gift of forgiveness and to commit to following His leadership.

I find it ironic that people who are against things that cause sexual thoughts are generally fundamentalist Christians who also believe you should be fruitful and multiply.

To experience true life, we must continue the Christian journey the same way we began it – by faith.

I was very rebellious, but my family was strict Christians – they would ask us, “What’s the shortest verse in the Bible?” and I was the one who always said “John 11:35” straightaway. It stayed with me, the Bible has stayed with me.

Poverty is from the devil and that God wants all Christians prosperous.

I am neither Christian enough nor charitable enough to like anybody just because he is alive and breathing. I want people to interest or amuse me. I want them fascinating and witty or so dul as to be different.