"The Holy Spirit gives liberty to the Christian, direction to the worker, discernment to the teacher, power to the Word, and fruit to faithful service. He reveals the things of Christ."

"Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is."

"People reading the Bible for the first time are often surprised to discover how much human drama it contains. Almost every conceivable human dilemma and conflict is reflected in its pages."

"As Christians, we are not to get our worlds mixed up . . . We are not to mingle with the world, but we are to witness to the world."

"Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God's help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself, could I have done anything to prevent this? Were my hopes and dreams unrealistic, or were my motives wrong?Is there a new path God wants me to explore?"

"The greatest waste in all of our earth is our waste of the time God has given us each day."

"Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage; not to a frolic, but to a fight. He offered us not an excursion, but an execution."

"Before Satan there was no sin, and before sin there was no pain."

"Becoming “new” in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn't the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions."

"God can use the fear that grips the hearts of men today to point them to eternal truths-the truth of God's eternal judgment, and the truth of His eternal love."

"I have met men who are habitual liars. They have lied so long that they no longer can distinguish between the truth and a lie. Their sensitivity to sin has been almost completely deadened."

"We need to know what the Bible teaches about right and wrong. Every day we are battered by messages-from the media, advertising, entertainment, celebrities, even our friends-with one underlying theme: “Live for yourself."

"There will come a time when people hungering for the truth will seek it where it is supposedly disseminated, such as books and churches, but they will not hear the Word of the Lord. Instead of receiving a message to satisfy their spiritual longings, they will hear a sermon on some current political or social problem, or a sermonette on art and literature. And so they wander from one place to another, going from hope to despair, and eventually giving up."

"Persecution, whether it is physical, social, or mental, is one of the worst types of pain, but those who persecute us are to be the objects of our prayers."

"Our nation grew strong in an era when moral standards were emphasized, and it will grow weak when we condone that which we once condemned."

"Time and tide and the ravages of sin take their toll on the most noble achievements of man."

"Prayer is key to our effort to communicate the Gospel and win men and women to Christ."

"Only in heaven will we know exactly what heaven is like."

"Oh God, if You want me to serve You, I will. I'll be what You want me to be. I'll go where You want me to go."

"Christians, day by day, week by week, and month by month, are told to walk in the Spirit. Walking in the Spirit means being led and directed by the Holy Spirit. This comes as we progressively yield various areas of our lives to the Spirit's control. Now desire in itself is not wrong, it's what we desire or lust for that is wrong-and when we yield."

"By [Christ's] resurrection life, He gives us the power over the tendency to sin as we allow Him to control our lives."

"If you are not careful you will find yourself actually in the employ of the devil. He is powerful, slick, crafty, wily, and subtle."

"One of the joys of heaven . . . will be discovering the hidden ways that God in His sovereignty acted in our lives on earth to protect and guide us [that we might] bring glory to His name, in spite of our frailty."

"Life can grow sweeter and more rewarding as we grow older if we possess the presence of Christ. Sunsets are always glorious. It is Christ who adds colors, glory, and beauty to man's sunsets."

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course."

"One of the Christian's responsibilities in following Christ is to have a new attitude toward work. So many young people want Christ without responsibility . . . whatever work a Christian does . . . he should do his best."

"Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed."

"The Bible is our authority in everything it touches. This means the Bible is our guide to show us how to live . . . it is our instructor."

"In the Bible God speaks to us, in prayer we speak to God. Both are essential."

"Heaven gives us hope and makes our present burdens easier to bear."

"The Bible condemns the use of any substance which alters or distorts our thinking (including alcohol, which was the most common drug in ancient times)."

"I get many letters every day from people who got married because they wanted their own selfish needs satisfied, and have only later come to realize that this does not work."

"When I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I found the secret of life!"

"God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us."

"Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world."

"What greater glory can we anticipate than to stand before the throne of God, to humble ourselves before His great and incomparable majesty."

"Sin has tarnished every area of life, and [Christ] wants to erase its stain everywhere."

"Satan will do everything he can to divide Christians and destroy our witness. Only the Holy Spirit can subdue our old nature and overcome it with God's love."

"God gives us a glimpse of what heaven will be like for the believer. It will have the characteristics of a happy home, a holy city, a glorious garden, and a beautiful bride. This staggers the imagination!"

"I have yet to discover a source of information, practical advice, and hope that compares to the wisdom found in the Bible."

"Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness."

"When the “evil day” comes, we do not have to be dependent upon the circumstances around us, but rather on the resources of God!"

"The Christian has a great obligation to be ethical and honest in all things, even sometimes at personal hazard. It is in the difficult situation that the qualities of a Christian are seen."

"Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment, being a Christian is the work of a lifetime."

"I believe this is one of the tests of the Spirit-filled life. Is Christ becoming more and more evident in my life? Are people seeing more of Him, and less of me?"

"Don't give Satan a foothold, but discipline yourself to stay close to God. He alone is your security."

"The cross is the suffering love of God bearing the guilt of man's sin, which alone is able to melt the sinner's heart and bring him to repentance for salvation. “For he hath made him to be sin for us” [2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV]."

"Evil is real-but so is God's power and love."

"There are two masters, and you have to choose which master you are going to serve."

"What makes Christians different from everyone else is that God Himself lives within them by His Holy Spirit. When we come to Christ and give our lives to Him, God actually takes up residence within us."