Don't pray to escape trouble. Don't pray to be comfortable in your emotions. Pray to do the will of God in every situation. Nothing else is worth praying for.
Sam ShoemakerThe test of a man's conversion is whether he has enough Christianity to get it to other people. If he hasn't, there is something wrong.
Sam ShoemakerThe rise of statism in our time is the natural result of the longing of godless, unchurched people for some kind of protection. When we lose to God we turn to what looks like the next most powerful thing, which is the state. How bad a choice that is, let Germany and Russia in recent years testify.
Sam Shoemaker