The more of God's Word you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience.

God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ advances in the world. Prayer gives us the significance of front-line forces, and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. Thus prayer safeguards the supremacy of God in missions while linking us with endless grace for every need.

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”?

The call of God creates sight in us. It's the work of God in our hearts to awaken us before his word.

The strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours.

Life and death! They seem like complete opposites-at great enmity with each other. But for Paul-and for all who share his faith-there is a unity, because the same great passion is fulfilled in both-namely, that Christ be magnified in this body-our bodies-whether by life or by death.

Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for." (Eph. 5:16)