It is by doctrine (through the power of the Spirit) that believers are nourished and edified, and where doctrine is neglected, growth in grace and effective witnessing for Christ necessarily cease. How sad then that...

I will never cut it as a Quaker – I cannot find it in me to renounce all violence, not with two daughters under my protection – but I do love their silent hour, which...

Don’t forget what people intend to use for harm, God can use for His greater good. Let offenses slide today, and watch how God works!

Some days I am not sure if my faith is riddled with doubt, or whether, graciously, my doubt is riddled with faith. And yet I continue to live in a world the way a religious...

No rain can’t get the rainbow.

It is good to stay in a peaceful poverty than to stay in a painful wealth.

Hold faithfully to your unique vision and your detractors will eventually tire and give-up.

Look. I know what I believe. It’s in my soul. But I constantly tell our people: you should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to...

Will: I’ve never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You’d think they were diamonds.Tessa: Well, they are, aren’t they? Isn’t there anything you love like that?

You need to trust God so you can trust others.

We wonder why we don’t have faith; the answer is, faith is confidence in the character of God and if we don’t know what kind of God God is, we can’t have faith.

But never forget: When everything feels like it’s falling to pieces, the pieces might actually just be falling into place.

Dead men cannot take effective action; their power of influence on others lasts only till the grave. Deeds and actions that energise others belong only to the living. Well, then, look at the facts in...

I didn’t want to remember…yet in remembering, it dawned on me – finally – just how far down God had reached to free me.

…often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.

When a faith stubbornly maintained comes into contact with learning, the product of that encounter is always something magnificent, whether it be for good or ill.

Some perceive God in the heart by the intellect through meditation; others by the yoga of knowledge; and others by the yoga of work. Some, however, do not understand Brahman, but having heard from others,...

No. Don’t give up hope just yet. It’s the last thing to go. When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak,...

Life is a gamble. There are no sureties. If you want something badly, you’d have to trust your heart and your instincts and then take a leap of faith.

To invoke Jesus’ name is to place yourself in his presence, to open yourself to his power, his energy. The prayer of Jesus’ name actually brings God closer, making him more present. He is always...

I Love You! Three words that mean nothing if not followed through with actions. It seems to be more relevant in the terms of showing verses saying. Anyone can say it, because there are different...

Belief in Yahweh doesn’t come with your mind. It comes with your heart. When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry…To have faith...

A Godly mother`s seed of faith yields a bounty of faithfulness.

Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make their conclusions about life before the questions have even been asked. This means...

Heaven” is actually a country that we build within ourselves, or that we continue to build. We come from it, and we harvest materials for it while we are here, doing this through sharing our...

The cross the preacher had told him about was bloody, not flaming; meek, not militant. It had made him feel awe and wonder, not fear and panic. It had made him want to kneel and...

If you always lived in comfort you would miss the adventure that is uncomfortable, but of great reward.

God is Love,” that God created the universe out of love. The source of God’s Creation is love, and our relationship to the possibility of meaning within this created world is in and through love....

There can only be two basic loves… the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God.

Simply put, if you know Jesus and you believe He is still healing people today, He will heal the sick through you.

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] – even in the midst of trial.

Time and again the sun sets like a bedimming curtain before my eyes, taking with it all illumination, warmth, and color. I am overwhelmed by night and the monsters that lurk in shadows of despair....

Sometimes the further away the target, the less you have to try to get there.

I had a standing arrangement with God: I’d agree to believe in Him -barely- as long as He let me sleep in on Sundays.

We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him.

Nobody can turn you into a slave unless you allow them. Nobody can make you afraid of anything, unless you allow them. Nobody can tell you to do something wrong, unless you allow them. God...

The most important lesson that we’re supposed to be learning right now is how completely lost we are without God. If we don’t learn this lesson, then our lives are going to have zero meaning....

Fate had a hand in it – luck had nothing to do with it.

Why then should witless man so much misweeneThat nothing is but that which he hath seene?

I don’t have enough education or money, and my health isn’t good enough. How will I ever be able to achieve these goals?”These thoughts alone can discourage you from going any further. However, take this...

Belief and confusion are not mutually exclusive; I believe that belief gives you the direction in the confusion. But you don’t see the full picture. That’s the point. That’s what faith is. You can’t see...

Her thought encased in a cocoon of desire. She allows the streams of sunlight to warm the core of her being while she waits for metamorphous.

True peace is not found in external circumstances, but within ones own heart.

Without the voice of reason, every faith is its own curse.”(History Will Teach Us Nothing)

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are

They knew how to live with nature and get along with nature. They didn’t try too hard to be all men and no animal. That’s the mistake we made when Darwin showed up. We embraced...

God too, has sinned, that’s what I used to think. He looked down on this blazing hell, and he remained silent. (2007: 142)

Be like the Star which never wavers from the Crescent but is fixed in steady faith.

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.

Why does everyone think a guy who prefers love to people is missing something in his life?