It is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world’s healing hinges, but His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.
I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
Corrie, if people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love! We must find the way, you and I, no matter how long it takes.
Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.
As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.
There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.