He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.
I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
Missionaries are very human folks, just doing what they are asked. Simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody.
How wonderful to know that Christianity is more than a padded pew or a dim cathedral, but that it is a real, living, daily experience which goes on from grace to grace.
Lord, make my way prosperous, not that I achieve high station, but that my life may be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.
We wouldn't think of rising in the morning without a face-wash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord. It wakes us up to our responsibility.
Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.
I dare not stay home while Quichuas perish. What if the well-filled church in the homeland needs stirring? They have the Scriptures, Moses, and the prophets, and a whole lot more. Their condemnation is written on their bank books and in the dust on their Bible covers.
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized theistic philosophies! The Word of God is not bound! It's free to say what it will to the individual, and no one can outline it into dispensations which cannot be broken.
Begin each day with private reading of the Word and prayer.
It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.
Domesticated males aren't much use for adventure.
Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.
No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him. We need more of this 'being asleep' in the will of God.
What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.
