I obviously hoped that everything that I found would make a difference. It ended up being way behind my wildest dreams.
Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all.
Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "shake well before using. " That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.
Too many are willing to sit at God’s table, but not work in his field.
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars.
There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.
Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started. '
Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes - the outsider, the loner - it can have a real impact on the art when they realize, I have friends, I'm married, or I have kids. That's certainly happened to me.
Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.
The cypress boat is frequently a symbol of fluctuating intention.
The first step to eternal life, is you have to die.