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"Just as America has grown and prospered within the framework of our Constitution, so Christianity has flourished and spread according to the laws set forth in the Bible."
"Millions today want salvation, but on their own terms. They want to come their own way, and so we have hundreds of schemes and plans devised by men to regain paradise."
"Our imaginations are so stilted. The very thought of being like Jesus is breathtaking."
"Most people yearn for one thing more than anything else: inner peace. Without it they have no lasting happiness or security."
"I am in favor of hanging the Ten Commandments in every schoolroom in the country so young people can know the difference between right and wrong. They don't know the difference and we're seeing the evidence of that all around us every day."
"We cannot ask forgiveness over and over again for our sins, and then return to our sins, expecting God to forgive us. We must turn from our practice of sin as best we know how, and turn to Christ by faith as our Lord and Savior."
"[Our] problems boil down to one of moral choices.God wanted a world based on moral values,thus He created mankind with the ability to respond to moral choices.Faced with the moral option of living selfishly or unselfishly, people can and do make wrong decisions. We are free to choose, but we reap the consequences of bad moral decisions."
"A new world is coming . . . The paradise that man lost will be regained . . . One day we will live in a brand-new world."
"We act as if it doesn't matter how we live or what we think or say. We have moved in with the world, and we have allowed the world to penetrate the way we live. So the things that we used to call sin no longer seem to be sin to us."
"The way in which we react to hurts and disappointments influences the shaping of our personalities."
"If God can be fully proved by the human mind, then He is no greater than the mind that proves Him."
"We cannot be satisfied with our goodness after beholding the holiness of God."
"We shouldn't refer to the Spirit as “it”; instead we should always refer to the Spirit as “He”-because the Holy Spirit is a Person. He speaks to us, He commands us, He intercedes for us, He hears us, He guides us."
"The Bible differentiates clearly between true faith and mere religiosity."
"We can react with bitterness and hate God, as some do, or we can accept suffering as a natural part of life and a condition that comes with living in this world. We cannot avoid suffering, but we can determine our response to it."
"In the end there will be people who did the work of the Lord. They were busy in the church. They had done many wonderful works. But Jesus Himself says, “I never knew you” [Matthew 7:23 NKJV]."
"Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one ever bothered to ask!"
"Double-mindedness means the faculty of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind and accepting both of them. We talk out of both corners of our mouths at once."
"Heaven has no clocks or calendars, and time will be no more [Revelation 10:6]."
"Too often we use petty little petitions, oratorical exercises, or the words of others rather than the cries of our inmost being. When you pray, pray!"
"Let [Christ] transform your life so that you will have a glow on your face, a spring in your step, and joy in your soul."
"Hypochondriacs who have a fanciful anxiety about their health will never be well regardless of their physical condition."
"The great flaw in the American economic system has finally been revealed: an unrealistic faith in the power of prosperity rather than in the ultimate power and benevolence of God."
"Nowhere do the Scriptures tell us to seek results, nor do the Scriptures rebuke evangelists if the results are meager."
"The searchlight of [God's] Spirit will probe the inner depths of your soul and reveal things that you think you have already yielded, but you have not."
"Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is that it is never satisfied. Greed is repeatedly condemned in the Bible."
"I call upon the leaders of all nations to work for peace, even when the risks seem high. I call upon Christians to pray and work for peace in whatever constructive ways are open to them. I do not believe this is only a political issue; it is a moral one as well."
"Who can tell us how to get along with each other better than God? Where can we turn for wisdom better than God's Word, the Bible?"
"Heaven doesn't make this life less important, it makes it more important."
"Because God is the giver and source of our life, He has a legitimate claim upon our lives."
"Faith implies four things: self-renunciation, reliance with utter confidence on Christ, obedience, and a changed life."
"Many believe that pagan worship is a thing of the past, but it is ever present-we have just given it a new name: pop culture."
"We have a conception that God is a haphazard God with no set of rules of life and salvation. Ask the astronomer if God is a haphazard God. He will tell you that every star moves with precision in its celestial path."
"Let the study of the Bible become central in your life-not just so you will know it, but that you will obey it."
"Our families cannot choose Christ for us. Our friends cannot do it. God is a great God, but even God can't make the decision for us . . .we have to make our own choice."
"How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war?"
"There is going on in the world today a quiet, bloodless revolution. It has no fanfare, no newspaper coverage, no propaganda; yet it is changing the course of thousands of lives. It is restoring purpose and meaning to life as men of all races and nationalities are finding peace with God."
"My wife and I were invited to have lunch with one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was seventy-five years old. Tears came down his cheeks. “I am the most miserable man in the world,” he said. I have everything anyone could ever want. If I want to go anywhere, I have my own yacht or private plane. But down inside I'm miserable and empty.” Shortly after, I met another man who preached in a small church nearby. He was vivacious and full of life, and he told us, “I don't have a penny to my name, but I'm the happiest man in the world!"
"Any theory of the universe that does not take into account the God and Creator of the universe is not worthy of serious consideration."