Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don’t see it.
The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.
Every time we go to sleep, it’s a rehearsal of the day when our eyes will ultimately close and we wake up on the side of eternity.
Some people tend to believe that I’m a strong believer, a strong Christian, but that’s not true. I’m not a strong believer. I’m very weak.
Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is.
When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.
There is this fine line between presenting to You all of my weakness and thinking that it can’t be done. In Your strength, I find my own.
God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.
The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.
God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.
When we honestly ask God the ‘why’ question, He doesn’t give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.
The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.
Every Christian who keeps looking up stretches his heart’s capacity for Heaven.
God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God – truly know Him – is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him.
Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.
God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
We rant and rave against God for the evil we have to endure but hardly blink at the evil in our own hearts.
True wisdom is found in trusting God when you can’t figure things out.
The weaker I am, the harder I must lean on God’s grace; the harder I lean on him, the stronger I discover him to be, and the bolder my testimony to his grace.