In French you say, "I'm alone against the world" and that means "I hate everybody and everybody's against me. "
He is indeed the 'Lamb. ' There is nothing harsh or haughty or retaliative about Him.
Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers.
Fundamentally, our Lord's message was Himself. He did not come merely to preach a Gospel; He himself is that Gospel. He did not come merely to give bread; He said, "I am the bread. " He did not come merely to shed light; He said, "I am the light. " He did not come merely to show the door; He said, "I am the door. " He did not come merely to name a shepherd; He said, "I am the shepherd. " He did not come merely to point the way; He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. "
What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.
Bethlehem and Golgotha, the Manger and the Cross, the birth and the death, must always be seen together.
I care not what black spiritual crisis we may come through or what delightful spiritual Canaan we may enter, no blessing of the Christian life becomes continually possessed unless we are men and women of regular, daily, unhurried secret lingerings in prayer.
I joke that I stick with the job because it covers my insurance, but the reality is that my career has always been very important to me.
What does the brain matter compared with the heart?
A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice to find out what it means.
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.