“It is faith which turns distress into singing.”

Give up the struggle and the fight; relax in the omnipotence of the Lord Jesus.

Many people are being persuaded that they cannot be considered intelligent or well educated if they insist on the doctrine of the verbal inspiration of the Book.

The immense step from the Babe at Bethlehem to the living, reigning triumphant Lord Jesus, returning to earth for His own people – that is the glorious truth proclaimed throughout Scripture.

The best place any Christian can ever be in is to be totally destitute and totally dependant upon God, and know it.

He does the transforming. There is no short-cut to holiness.

As the bells ring out the joys of Christmas, may we also be alert for the final trumpet that will announce His return, when we shall always be with Him.

There is no revival possible in any fellowship without a price being paid.

The plan which God has mapped out for you and prepared for you, is the greatest agency in His hands to conform You to His character and to His will.

Before we can pray, “Lord, Thy Kingdom come,” we must be willing to pray, “My Kingdom go.”

For every discouragement has been allowed to come to us in order that through it we may be cast in utter helplessness at the Saviour’s feet.

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.

TV and film taught me to think cinematically. Teaching others to edit, for example, provides a great deal of insight into the millions of ways in which given elements can be put together to tell a story.

It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.

Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion.

Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.

We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects.

Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.

The Bush administration thought that once there is a democracy, everything else will fall into place. If today you speak to the architects of the 2001 Afghanistan Conference in Bonn, they will tell you that instead of being fixated on elections.

The Truth is the only thing you’ll ever run into that has no agenda.