"Christ . . . didn't come to treat symptoms. He came to get at the very heart of man's disease."

"We want to be relevant . . . However, the more relevant we become to a sin-dominated world, the more irrelevant we actually are to God."

"Jesus Christ opened heaven's door for us by His death on the cross."

"When suffering comes, learn to trust each day into God's hands . . . let your lips be filled with prayer and praise."

"Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness."

"Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God's strength and guidance along the way."

"If our minds and hearts are not filled with God's truth, something else will take His place: cynicism, occultism, false religions and philosophies, drugs-the list is endless."

"Galatians 5:21 constitutes the most serious warning to those who may think they can sin that grace may abound."

"What is heaven? It's the home that God created and He possesses. His throne room is His headquarters from which He issues His commands, directions, and prophecies. And Jesus sits at His Father's right hand."

"Because of the brevity of life, the Bible warns that we should be prepared to meet God at all times."

"In a country where Christians were looked upon with suspicion and disfavor, a government leader said to me with a twinkle in his eye, “Christians seem to thrive under persecution. Perhaps we should prosper them, and then they would disappear."

"Proclaiming “the whole will of God” should be the goal-and the joy-of every church and every preacher."

"Regardless of our cleverness, our achievements, and our gadgets, we are spiritual paupers without God."

"In every true conversion the will of man comes into line with the will of God."

"We should say nothing that we would not wish to say in His Presence. We should do nothing that we would not do in His Presence."

"We can be convicted of sin-we can pray and confess our sin-we can repent-but the real test is our willingness to obey."

"Jesus Christ was the Master Realist when He urged men to prepare for death, which was certain to come. Do not worry, said the Lord Jesus, about the death of the body, but rather concern yourself with the eternal death of the soul."

"Each generation becomes more addicted to the sedatives of life, to dull the pain of living."

"One of the bonuses of being a Christian is the glorious hope that extends out beyond the grave into the glory of God's tomorrow."

"Preach with authority. The authority for us is the Word of God. Preach with simplicity . . . Preach with urgency . . . heaven and hell are at stake. Preach for a decision."

"Christians who are strong in the faith grow as they accept whatever God allows to enter their lives."

"Don't waste your life on things that have no eternal value."

"If you know Christ, you don't need to beg for the Holy Spirit to come into your life; He is already there-whether you “feel” His presence or not. Don't confuse the Holy Spirit with an emotional feeling or a particular type of spiritual experience."

"To live the life of God we must have the nature of God."

"Throughout Scripture we read of warnings preceding disaster. Such alerts from God are part of His grace and provision."

"God has already set the date [for judgment]. You may make and break appointments in this life, but this is one appointment you are going to keep."

"Christ said there is a happiness in that acknowledgement of spiritual poverty which lets God come into our souls."

"Many people who have lost jobs . . . find that this was God's way of redirecting their lives."

"We constantly pass up the rich and beautiful and ennobling experiences and seek out the tawdry, the cheap, and the degrading. These are the works of the devil, and they flourish on every side!"

"[The Lord] does go with us through our sufferings, and He awaits us as we emerge on the other side of the tunnel of testing-into the light of His glorious presence to live with Him forever!"

"If ever we are to study the Scriptures, if ever we are to spend time in prayer, if ever we are to win souls for Christ, if ever we are to invest our finances for His kingdom-it must be now."

"True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice."

"We never gain in life by hurting others. Sometimes we try to elevate our own insecure egos by degrading and belittling those around us. Yet this produces only a false sense of self-esteem."

"I look upon it as a lost day when I have not had a good time over the Word of God."

"By the 1960s the United States had a new ruling class-the teenager!"

"There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also in the daily distress that so often creeps into our lives."

"The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'"

"Parents need much wisdom in relating to their grown children-and much prayer. Children likewise have much to learn about relating to their parents as the years pass."

"Cut out some of your “important social engagements,” and make your home the center of your social life. God will honor you, and your children will grow up to call you “blessed” [Proverbs 31:28]."

"Faith in Christ is voluntary. A person cannot be coerced, bribed, or tricked into trusting Jesus. God will not force His way into your life. The Holy Spirit will do everything possible to disturb you, draw you, love you-but finally it is your personal decision."

"God has revealed Himself in the Book called the Bible."

"Christians, saints of God, pray that the dew of heaven may fall on earth's dry thirsty ground, and that righteousness may cover the earth as the waters cover the sea."

"There are too many professed Christians who never get “wrought up” about anything; they never get indignant with injustice, with corruption in high places, or with the godless traffics which barter away the souls and bodies of people."

"To know the will of God is the highest of all wisdom. Living in the center of God's will rules out all falseness of religion and puts the stamp of true sincerity upon our service to God."

"[God] knows that an uncontrolled life is an unhappy life, so He puts reins on our wayward souls that they may be directed into the “paths of righteousness."

"One final reason for choosing God's path is of supreme importance: It leads us home."

"When we all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, we will have our true motives revealed."

"In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings."

"I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them."

"What began as an apparently harmless pastime has ended up as a frightening, overpowering addiction or obsession."