"Someday this life will end, but for the Christian death also marks a beginning-the beginning of a new life with God that will last forever."

"In our desire to make Christ known and to increase the influence of the church, we are many times prone to think that Christians and the church can be made popular with the unbelieving world. This is a grave mistake on the part of the church."

"Nowhere does the Bible teach that Christians are to be exempt from the tribulations and natural disasters that come upon the world. It does teach that the Christian can face tribulation, crisis, calamity, and personal suffering with a supernatural power that is not available to the person outside of Christ."

"We are like a restless sea, finding a little peace here and a little pleasure there, but nothing permanent and satisfying. So the search continues!"

"The fact that God is infinite makes the study of His Word a lifetime occupation."

"Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain."

"A Roman soldier . . . thrust a spear into Jesus' side and out came blood and water. Physicians say that a mixture of blood and water indicates that Jesus died of a broken heart. He poured out the last ounce of His blood to redeem us."

"Why should we give God thanks? Because everything we have comes from God."

"Life has its share of joys and laughter-but we also know life's road is often very rough. Temptations assail us; people disappoint us; illness and age weaken us; tragedies and sorrows ambush us; evil and injustice overpower us. Life is hard-but God is good, and heaven is real!"

"If ever we needed to put the Golden Rule into action, it's with our aging parents."

"We should not let a day go by without thanking God for His mercy and grace to us in Jesus Christ."

"Worldliness is actually a spirit, an atmosphere, an influence permeating the whole of life and human society, and it needs to be guarded against constantly and strenuously."

"The focus on self has led our society into a fascination with pleasure, emotional and sexual stimulation, and “personal fulfillment.” America's compulsion for “maximum personhood” is evidenced everywhere."

"To take up your cross means to associate yourself with Christ and to share His rejection. It means you take a stand for Christ even though people make fun of you, persecute you-or even kill you!"

"It is only the consecrated, Spirit-filled Christian who can have victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil. It is the Holy Spirit who will do the fighting for you."

"Allow the resurrected Christ to allocate your time as His own . . . and have complete right-of-way throughout your being."

"None of us deserves God's love. All of us deserve His righteous judgment and wrath (John 3:18, 36; Romans 3:9–12). It is easy to think of an evil and depraved man like Adolf Hitler deserving divine judgment . . .But think of the kind and good people that you know . . .They too will be lost if they refuse and neglect God's offer of mercy and forgiveness. God's judgment applies to them too."

"Many times I have been driven to prayer. When I was in Bible school I didn't know what to do with my life. I used to walk the streets . . . and pray, sometimes for hours at a time. In His timing, God answered those prayers, and since then prayer has been an essential part of my life."

"The Bible is clear - God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman."

"Through the written Word we discover the Living Word-Jesus Christ."

"Christianity increases the scope and area of our lives."

"We will be judged according to the secret motives and the character of our work. If we have done our work for selfish motives or personal gain, even if the results looked noble to our friends and family, God knows our hearts."

"The church should not reflect pop culture but portray godly attributes. The church should not seek pleasures but seek after God."

"Grief can kill a person emotionally and physically. If not counteracted with God's strength and power, our personal weakness may debilitate us."

"No matter how much you exercise, no matter how many vitamins or health foods you eat, no matter how low your cholesterol, you will still die-someday. If you knew the moment and manner of your death in advance, would you order your life differently?"

"You can put a public school and university in the middle of every block of every city in America-but you will never keep America from rotting morally by mere intellectual education."

"When our faith becomes nothing more than a series of rules and regulations, joy flees and our love for Christ grows cold."

"I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right."

"Revenge easily descends into an endless cycle of hate and violence. The Bible says never repay evil with evil."

"The same Book that tells us over and over again of God's love warns us constantly of the devil who would come between us and God, the devil who is ever waiting to ensnare men's souls."

"Since the Bible is God's Word, we shouldn't be surprised if Satan tries to convince us otherwise."

"If we are going to touch the people of our communities, we too must know their sorrows, feel for them in their temptations, stand with them in their heartbreaks. Jesus Christ entered into the arena of our troubles, and He wept with them that wept and rejoiced with them that rejoiced."

"Delighting in the Lord alters the desires."

"One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper was not hostile; he was not opposed to them, but his inn was crowded; his hands were full; his mind was preoccupied. This§ is the answer that millions are giving today. Like a Bethlehem innkeeper, they cannot find room for Christ. All the accommodations in their hearts are already taken up by other crowding interests. Their response is not atheism. It is not defiance. It is preoccupation and the feeling of being able to get on reasonably well without Christianity."

"A born-again Christian should no more think of going back to the old life than an adult to his childhood."

"Sin is a revolt against God."

"Prayer is speaking to God - but sometimes, He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return."

"Christians ought to carry written in our hearts the solemn truth of how short is our opportunity to witness for Christ and live for Him."

"Once a minute passes it can never be reclaimed."

"For Satan's deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles."

"If Satan can't keep you away from Christ, he will at least try to make you doubt your salvation."

"One result of family failure has been the loss of dignity. No better example can be found than in the use of language. [Language has been reduced to] a four-letter word in movies, on television, in comedy routines, and in real life."

"A godlikeness of character is the Christian's proper heritage in this earthly walk."

"As men and women seek to find independence from God, they have lost a sense of purpose in life. The worth of human personality is often equated with what we do for a living. However, a person's occupation, community standing, or bank account is not what is important in God's eyes."

"Tens of thousands of God's saints and sufferers through the ages have found their dark nights lightened and tortured souls strengthened because they found help from the Spirit in the Word of God."

"There is hope for the alcoholic: God is able to deliver from this as well as any other addiction."

"Deep down inside I knew something was different . . .I wanted to tell others what had happened to me. I didn't have any tears, I didn't have any emotion, I didn't hear any thunder, there was no lightning . . . but . . . I made my decision for Christ."

"If ever a generation was bequeathed the knowledge of God, we were. Yet we are throwing away this glorious heritage on our lust and passions."

"Man persists in waywardness. If one institution fails [he says], try another-anything but God's plan."

"Many children today are growing up without discipline. As they become adults and the discipline of job or family demands are placed upon them, they do not know how to cope . . .children need discipline to be useful members of society. Likewise, God's children need discipline to be useful members of His family."