Begin to know Him now, and finish never

Some prayers are followed by silence because they are wrong, others because they are bigger than we can understand.

We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God.

God's purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.

Why shouldn’t we experience heartbreak? Through those doorways God is opening up ways of fellowship with His Son. Most of us collapse at the first grip of pain. We sit down at the door of God’s purpose and enter a slow death through self-pity. And all the so-called Christian sympathy of others helps us to our deathbed. But God will not. He comes with the grip of the pierced hand of His Son, as if to say, “Enter into fellowship with Me; arise and shine.” If God can accomplish His purposes in this world through a broken heart, then why not thank Him for breaking yours?

If we were never depressed we should not be alive; it is the nature of a crystal never to be depressed.

Grace is the overflowing favor of God, and you can always count on it being available to draw upon as needed.