The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.

Jesus said, 'Go ... and make disciples,' not converts to your opinions.

God will turn the might have been into a wonderful culture for the future.

Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.

Have you ever realized that you can give things to God that are of value to Him? Or are you just sitting around daydreaming about the greatness of His redemption, while neglecting all the things you could be doing for Him? I'm not referring to works which could be regarded as divine and miraculous, but ordinary, simple human things - things which would be evidence to God that you are totally surrendered to Him.

We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life "hidden with Christ in God" in our everyday human conditions.