God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.

Great waves, and blaze with fire like them.In beauty, but do not condemn,The seamen who embark and fail,But only those who will not sail.

There is a war going on. All talk of a Christian's right to live luxuriously "as a child of the King" in this atmosphere sounds hollow - especially since the King himself is stripped for battle.

When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT!

All the money needed to send and support an army of self-sacrificing, joy-spreading ambassadors is already in the church.

And in these last hours, the lifetime of this year passes before my eyes, and I face the inevitable question: Did I live it well? Will Jesus Christ, the righteous judge, say “Well done, good and faithful servant”?

You may be going through things right now that are painfully preparing you for some precious service to Jesus and to his people. When a person strikes rock bottom with a sense of nothingness or helplessness, he may find that he has struck the Rock of Ages