If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning.

When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.

All through the short afternoon they kept coming, the people who counted themselves Father’s friends. Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to Father did it seem that they were...

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution centre for Bibles in many languages.

In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.

when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus

Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Corrie...

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.

You saw we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.

(on forgiveness) Didn’t he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.

God dealt with our whole situation on the cross; there is nothing left for you to settle. Just say to Him, “Lord, I cannot forgive and I will no longer try to do it; but...

My little hobby. Book Collecting. And yet, old friends, books do not age as you and I do. They will speak still when we are gone, to generations we will never see. Yes, the books...

We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to...

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Do you know what hurts so very much? It’s love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this...

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.

And so seated next to my father in the train compartment, I suddenly asked, “Father, what is sexsin?”He turned to look at me, as he always did when answering a question, but to my surprise...

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.

Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed. “Corrie,” he began gently, “when you and I go to Amsterdam-when do I give you your ticket?” I sniffed a few times, considering this. “Why,...

And so I discovered that it is not on our own forgiveness any more than on our own goodness that the world’s healing hinges, but on His. When he tells us to love our enemies,...

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

My life is but a weavingBetween my God and me.I cannot choose the colorsHe weaveth steadily.Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow;And I in foolish prideForget He sees the upperAnd I the underside.Not ’til the loom is...

Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.