“There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me.”

He will only plant that seed where the conviction of his spirit has brought brokenness, where the soil has been watered with the tears of repentance as well as the tears of joy.

I believe that the sphere of service, your career.

We mean far more to God than the work we do.

It comes to the one who believes that he who waits upon the Lord shall never be confounded.

No sorrow will ever disturb me, no circumstance will cause me to fret, for I shall rest in the joy of what my Lord is–that is the rest of victory!

Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love.

There is nothing–no circumstance, no trouble, no testing–that can ever touch me until.

The crowd one day cried, “Crucify him,” and the whole world united to murder the Son of God, because in their ignorance they knew Him not.

When we get to the end of ourselves, we get to the beginning of God.

A throne is God’s purpose for you; a cross is God’s path for you; faith is God’s plan for you.

Prayed about it, and then we are enabled by Him to tackle the job that needs to be done.

Look up into His lovely face and as you behold Him,

God will never plant the seed of his life upon the soil of a hard, unbroken spirit.

If it has come that far, it has come with great purpose.

He will transform you into His likeness. You do the beholding.

The higher the pinnacle of blessing, authority, and publicity he has attained by grace.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain

The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.

Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.

I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.

Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’

Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.

What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.