"The secret strength of a nation is found in the faith that abides in the hearts and homes of the country."

"I listened to a discussion of religious leaders on how to communicate the Gospel. Not once did I hear them mention prayer. And yet I know of scores of churches that win many converts each year by prayer alone."

"In America we have an idolatry called the “adulation of youth.” Apparently distressed by their inability to communicate with the younger generation, many adults simply imitate it."

"Our ministries are strengthened, sometimes more than we realize, by our devotional life."

"In some churches and religious television programs, we see an effort to make Christianity popular and always positive. This may be a comfortable cushion for those who find the hard facts too difficult."

"God has spoken to us through a Book: the Bible."

"Satan is both a fashion designer and an interior designer. He first appeals to the eye and then shouts, “Gotcha!” Then he goes to work on the “inside job."

"We face dangers every day of which we are not even aware. Often God intervenes on our behalf through the use of His angels."

"Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?"

"The destiny of your own soul is in your own hands by the choice you make."

"God never calls a person [into His service] without equipping him. I know that from experience."

"There is not a day that we do not have a chance to choose between the devil's clever promises and God's sure Word."

"From one end of the Bible to the other, God assures us that He will never go back on His promises."

"The war that exists between you and God can be over quickly, and the peace treaty is signed in the blood of [God's] Son Jesus Christ."

"The Bible is God's book of promises, and, unlike the books of men, it does not change or get out of date."

"In taking our human nature upon Himself, [Jesus] showed us what we might become, what God intended us to be."

"The blood of Christ “purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation” (Revelation 5:9 NIV)."

"Blood is the symbol of the life sacrificed for sin."

"Many a life has come forth from the furnace of affliction more beautiful and more useful than before."

"In His thirty-three years on earth, Jesus suffered with man; on the cross He suffered for man."

"We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer."

"Jesus suffered more than any other person in human history."

"The devil doesn't need to invent any new temptations, the old ones work as well as they ever have."

"Be attractive and winsome, but do not compromise your convictions for the sake of popularity."

"[Satan] will create a religion without a Redeemer. He will build a church without a Christ. He will call for worship without the Word of God."

"Do your work with honesty and integrity, and don't compromise God's moral standards. It may be difficult, but it's far better to do right than to do wrong. God is with you, and He will not abandon you."

"We can hold nothing back [from God]. He must control and dominate us [wholly]. It is a surrender without any conditions attached. This surrender is a definite and conscious act on our part in obedience to the Word of God."

"God's judgment echoes the sound of hoofbeats, but God's love quietly convicts."

"The church does not prey on the lost, it prays for the perishing."

"Each of us has our reference point and as a Christian the reference point by which I measure my life and thought is the Bible."

"Become grounded in the Bible. As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God."

"Your own family circle knows whether Christ lives in you and through you."

"Why shouldn't we have laws forbidding pornography and obscenity? Many heroic leaders have tried, but they have stumbled over even the definition of the word “obscenity.” If we cannot agree on the length of a foot, it is because we have lost our yardstick."

"Jesus Christ spoke frankly to His disciples concerning the future . . .In unmistakable language He told them that discipleship means a life of self-denial, and the bearing of a cross."

"Envy and greed always-always-exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person who was at peace."

"Disappointment and failure are not signs that God has forsaken you or stopped loving you. The devil wants you to believe God no longer loves you, but it isn't true. God's love for us never fails."

"Being pure in conduct also includes honesty and integrity in dealing with our fellowmen. A Christian should be known in his neighborhood or place of business as an honest person."

"Salvation is not just repairing the original self. It is a new self created of God in righteousness and true holiness."

"No matter how hard we try, words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what took place in this nation on 9/11. My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him."

"If we are to depend on prayer during tough times, we should be people of prayer before the crisis hits."

"I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him, there will be no unfulfilled longings or disappointments. He will welcome me into His mansion, answer my questions, and teach me the wisdom of the ages."

"Today we see social evil, terrorism, and gross immorality throughout the world. Someone has said, “A wrong deed is right if the majority of people declare it not to be wrong.”By this principle we can see our standards shiftingfrom year to year according to the popular vote!This new permissiveness is condoned by intelligent men and women,many of whom are found in the churches."

"Salvation is an act of God. It is initiated by God, wrought by God, and sustained by God."

"The influence of sin touches the innocent as well as the guilty."

"Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God."

"The human conscience is reliable only when it is guided by the Holy Spirit."

"Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him-not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands-for our confidence in the future."

"I think we've taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don't stop and think about Jesus or the birth of Jesus. When they think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus and - for the children, and they think of giving gifts and out-giving the next person of spending their time looking for the right thing for somebody who has everything."

"Would Christ feel comfortable in an environment where men and women are consuming alcoholic beverages, gambling away their money, and engaging in conversation that is often filled with the baser things of life? It is a relevant question. As a Christian, Christ lives in you and you carry Him wherever you go. The Bible tells us to “come out from them and be separate” [2 Corinthians 6:17 NIV]."

"You can use your tongue to slander, to gripe, to scold, to nag, and to quarrel; or you can bring it under the control of God's Spirit and make it an instrument of blessing and praise."