We must do business in great waters; we must be really on the deck in a storm, if we would see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. We must have stood side by side with King David; we must have gone down into the pit to slay the lion or have lifted up the spear against the eight hundred, if we would know the saving strength of God's right hand. Conflicts bring experience, and experience brings that growth in grace which is not to be attained by any other means.

Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is telling the difference between right and almost right.

If a crooked stick is before you, you need not explain how crooked it is. Lay a straight one down by the side of it, and the work is well done. Preach the truth, and error will stand abashed in its presence.

Jesus wept, but He never complained.

My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died.

God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.

To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better.