If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning.
Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.
How rich is anyone who can simply see human faces.
I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.
What joy that the Bible tells us the great comfort that the best is yet to be. Our outlook goes beyond this world.
Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages.
You can’t love God without loving the Jewish people.
You saw we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.
We are born into God’s kingdom when we ask the Lord Jesus to come into our lives. But this is only the beginning.
Expect resistance but pray for miracles!
The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.
What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
God can give a straight blow with a crooked stick.
To pray only when in peril is to use safety belts only in heavy traffic.
A person is either a missionary or a mission field.
Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.
If Jesus were born one thousand times in Bethlehem and not in me, then I would still be lost.
In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.
More and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie.