We cannot lead or draw others to Christ unless we stand closer to Him than they do.

We can learn that at the center of our agency is our freedom to form a healthy attitude toward whatever circumstances we are placed in! Those, for instance, who stretch themselves in service- though laced with limiting diseases-are often the healthiest among us! The Spirit can drive the flesh beyond where the body first agrees to go!

I assume, gladly, that in the allocation to America of remarkable leaders like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, the Lord was just as careful. After all, if you've got only one Abraham Lincoln, you'd better put him in that point in history when he's most needed-much as some of us might like to have him now.

The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.

A friend of mine who passed through a most severe trial, when I discussed it with him, he said simply, if it’s fair, it isn’t a trial.

How can we truly understand who we are unless we know who we were and what we have the power to become?

If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.