Henri J.M. Nouwen

To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all of our lives—the good as well as the bad, the moments of joy as well as the moments of sorrow, the successes as well as the failures, the rewards as well as the rejections—that requires hard spiritual work.

Charles Finney

If an elder or private member of the church finds his brethren cold towards him, there is but one way to remedy it. It is by being revived himself, and pouring out from his eyes and from his life the splendor of the image of Christ. This spirit will catch and spread in the church, and confidence will be renewed, and brotherly love prevail again.

Winnie Banov

In union with Christ, we can be consciously aware that the person we used to be - our old man, our former nature, our old sinful self - was co-crucified with Christ so that the tyranny of sin has been broken over us once and for all. We are no longer slaves to sin. One nail pierced two hands!

J.R. Macduff

Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, and words and thoughts; daily forgivenesses, unselfishness, kindnesses, sympathies, charities, sacrifices for the good of others, struggles against temptation, submissiveness under trial. Oh, it is these, like the blending colors in a picture of the blending notes of music which constitute the man.

Katherine Walden

God welcomes questions that invite conversation, but He doesn't tolerate cynicism. Don't disguise cynicism under a cloak of rational and logical dialogue.

Amy Carmichael

If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying "Peace, peace," where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word "Let love be without dissimulation" and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

James H Aughey

Holiness consists of three things - separation from sin, dedication to God, transformation into Christ's image. It is in vain that we talk about the last, unless we know something experimentally about the first.

Ambrose

It becomes Christians to pray for peace and quiet, but not to abandon steadfast faith and truth, even at the peril of death.
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Stephen De Silva

A farmer knows when to plant and how to plant so there will be a significant harvest. Be like that farmer and don’t get caught in the trap of thinking only about your current situation. Pray into your future!  

Danny McDonald

I love my wife more now than I ever have in my life. Maybe that's because we've had twenty-seven years to actually practice those vows and learn what it truly means to love someone with all of your heart. Have there been bumps in the road? Absolutely? But we refused to drive the marriage into the ditch. Instead, we stopped, both got out and patched the holes in the road.