What if one day we discover that God has wasted nothing in our life on Earth? What if we see that every agony was part of giving birth to an eternal joy?
We should thank God for every stream of joy in our lives while recognizing that Christ is the ocean from which every stream flows.
We cannot expect God to bless and honor our efforts to help the needy if part of our help includes distributing chemicals and devices that may kill children who belong not to us, but to them, and abov...
Tozer wrote, When the followers of Jesus Christ lose their interest in heaven they will no longer be happy Christians, and when they are no longer happy Christians they cannot be a powerful force in a...
To be truly happy—a man must have sources of gladness which are not dependent on anything in this world. —J. C. Ryle
To be in resurrected bodies on a resurrected Earth in resurrected friendships, enjoying a resurrected culture with the resurrected Jesus—now that will be the ultimate party! Everybody will be who God...
Though the rest of the earth fell under human sin, Eden was for some reason treated differently. Perhaps it had come from Heaven, God’s dwelling place, and was transplanted to Earth. We don’t know. Bu...
This gift cannot be worked for, earned, or achieved. It’s not dependent on our merit or effort but solely on Christ’s generous sacrifice on our behalf.
There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot because our charitable expenditure excludes them. —C. S. Lewis
The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it. —Charles Spurgeon We are more concerned about looking stupid (fear of people) than we are a...
The fear of God is a profound respect for His holiness, which includes a fear of the consequences of disobeying Him.
The Bible indicates that God will not permit anything to happen that he can’t use to bring ultimate good to his people and to glorify himself. That’s his promise. Therefore, even the most terrible evi...
Spurgeon used his wit to provoke laughter in private and in public. He said in one of his sermons, If by a laugh I can make men see the folly of an error better than in any other way, they shall laugh...
So look out a window. Take a walk. Talk with your friend. Use your God-given skills to paint or draw or build a shed or write a book. But imagine it - all of it - in its original condition. The happy...
Old Zhou Jin began singing a hymn Quan had heard and reluctantly sung many times since childhood: One day I’ll die for the Lord.
Nothing can make that man truly miserable that hath God for his portion, nor nothing can make that man truly happy that [lacks] God for his portion. God is the author of all true happiness; he is the...
No death, no suffering. No funeral homes, abortion clinics, or psychiatric wards. No rape, missing children, or drug rehabilitation centers. No bigotry, no muggings or killings. No worry or depression...
Never believe a man who says God no longer does miracles, Ben. But never believe a man who says God must do a miracle the way a man wants him to. God is God.
My father, Li Tong, used to say, ‘Church leader who does not believe in God is like barefoot shoe salesman.’ We call our bureau leader the Caiaphas of China. What does that mean? You remember Caiaphas...
If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next.