When we accept Christ we enter into three new relationships: (1) We enter into a new relationship with God. The judge becomes the father; the distant becomes the near; strangeness becomes intimacy and fear becomes love. (2) We enter into a new relationship with our fellow men. Hatred becomes love; selfishness becomes service; and bitterness becomes forgiveness. (3) We enter into a new relationship with ourselves. Weakness becomes strength; frustration becomes achievement; and tension becomes peace.
William BarclayEvery discouraging sermon is a wicked sermon... There could hardly be a more un-Christian way of living than to go about in such a way as to depress and to discourage other people.
William BarclayThere are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
William BarclayWe will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
William BarclayThe simple fact is that the World is too busy to give the Holy Spirit a chance to enter in.
William Barclay