As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
A. B. SimpsonWe cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.
A. B. SimpsonThere are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace.
A. B. SimpsonGod is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.
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