The good news isn't that God is victorious. How can He not be victorious? The good news is we can be victorious, too.

To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually stays up longer. He places more emphasis on the Holy Scriptures which never change, while his opposite number (as the newspapers say) tends to judge his spiritual condition by the state of his feelings, which change constantly. This may be the reason that so many Calvinistic churches remain orthodox for centuries, at least in doctrine, while many churches of the Arminian persuasion often go liberal in one generation.

Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.

God loves you not because you are worthy, but because He is God and you are a fixture in His mind.

The glory of God always comes at the sacrifice of self.

No one need fear to listen to the voice of God unless he has already made up his mind to resist it.

Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one