Let the scriptures refresh you.
The more quickly we loosen our grip on the things of the world the more firmly we can take hold of the things of eternity.
Therefore, as we strive to become as the Father is and as Jesus is, we are to become more gracious and merciful, more kind and considerate. Even more, we are to do this in a world which does little to encourage such qualities of character.
Trying to observe the slow shift from self-centeredness to empathy is like trying to watch grass grow.
Consecration thus constitutes the only unconditional surrender which is also a total victory!
Those who do too much for their children will soon find they can do nothing with their children. So many children have been so much done for they are almost done in.
Personal, spiritual symmetry emerges only from the shaping of prolonged obedience. Twigs are bent, not snapped into shape.
On the straight and narrow path, there are simply no corners to be cut.
Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions-only variations.
The enlarging of the soul requires not only some remodeling, but some excavating.
It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.
Pure religion is having the courage to do what is right and let the consequence follow.
There are certain mortal moments and minutes that matter. Certain hingepoints in the history of each human. Some seconds are so decisive they shrink the soul, while others are spent, so as to stretch the soul.
We can hold to the iron rod even if others slip away and a few end up mocking us from “the great and spacious building.”
Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes.
It is not the years but the changes that make us grow.
The true Christian is a communicator.
Satan delights to have us put ourselves down. Self-contempt is of Satan. There is no such thing in heaven.
The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men’s candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.
Defectors often cause more difficulty than disinterested disbelievers.