In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.
Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God’s plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins. God’s love is still working. He comes in and takes the calamity and uses it victoriously, working out His wonderful plan of love.
Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best, I put before you what I have found to be the best – one who is worthy of all our devotion – Jesus Christ. He is the Saviour for the young and the old. Lord, here I am.
I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast.
The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God’s help I run faster.
We are all missionaries. Wherever we go we either bring people nearer to Christ or we repel them from Christ.
If you are not guided by God, you will be guided by something or someone else.
Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.
And where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within.
You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.
God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.
The kingdom is where the King reigns. If He is reigning in my heart, then the Kingdom of Heaven has come to me.
If you commit yourself to the love of Christ, then that is how you run a straight race.
Christ for the world, for the world needs Christ!
Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit.
Obedience to God’s will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.
If, in the quiet of your heart, you feel something should be done, stop and consider whether it is in line with the character and teaching of Jesus. If so, obey that impulse to do it, and in doing so you will find it was God guiding you.
No man who really is a man ever cared for the easy task. There is no enjoyment in the game that is easily won. It is that in which you have to strain every muscle and sinew to achieve victory that provides real joy.
God used the law, like a skilful physician, to bring my sore to a head in order that he might heal. The law was not a means of salvation, but only a means to show the need for salvation.
Every Christian should live a God-guided life. If you are not guided by God, you will be guided by someone or something else. The Christian who hasn’t the sense of guidance in his life is missing something vital.