It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand!

Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one’s own secret sin didn’t matter.

Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.

Jesus loves sinners. He only loves sinners. He has never turned anyone away who came to Him for forgiveness, and He died on the cross for sinners, not for respectable people.

God raises the level of the impossible.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart” “It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability that counts.” “Let God’s promises shine on your problems.” “Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.

We deal with God – who is Love. He isn’t a dictator. He is a loving Father. There is no end to what He would like to do for us.

Lord, we claim your strength to serve you, no matter what our circumstances may be. Amen.

Perhaps only when human effort had done it’s best and failed, would God’s power alone be free to work.

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.

The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will.

When you are covered by His wings, it can get pretty dark.

A man is powerful on his knees.

Does being born into a Christian family make one a Christian? No! God has no grandchildren.

When a house is on fire and you know that there are people in it, it is a sin to straighten pictures in that house. When the world about you is in great danger, works that are in themselves not sinful can be quite wrong.

If you have an important decision to make, or even a small one, it is good to make your decision with the guidance of the Lord.

Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child’s exuberance.

Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.

If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.

And our wise Father in heaven knows when we’re going to need things too. Don’t run out ahead of Him.

The Lord never makes a mistake. One day, when we are in heaven, I’m sure we shall see the answers to the whys.

In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Some knowledge is too heavy…you cannot bear it…your Father will carry it until you are able.

Only Heaven will reveal the top part of God’s tapestry

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages.

Joy runs deeper than despair.

Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.

The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs when we get too.

You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.

Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way. God can give us the perfect way.

God does not have problems. Only plans.

We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.

Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.

God’s viewpoint is sometimes different from ours – so different that we could not even guess at it unless He had given us a Book which tells us such things….In the Bible I learn that God values us not for our strenght or our brains but simply because He has made us.

In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love

Let God’s promises shine on your problems.

The amount of God’s love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.

If God has shown us bad times ahead, it’s enough for me that He knows about them. That’s why He sometimes shows us things, you know – to tell us that this too is in His hands.

We are up against the unseen power that controls this dark world and the spiritual agents are from the very headquarters of evil. Therefore, we must wear the “whole armour of God,” that we may be able to resist evil in its day of power, and that even when we have fought to a standstill, we may still stand our ground.

In God’s faithfulness lies eternal security.

The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.

Love is the strongest force in the world.

Dear Jesus…how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.

when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus

God has plans, not problems for our lives. The life of a Christian is an education for a higher service. God is training you for something.

God, make me willing to be made willing.

If Jesus were born one thousand times in Bethlehem and not in me, then I would still be lost.

When people come up and give me a compliment… I take each remark as if it were a flower. At the end of the day I lift up the bouquet of flowers I have gathered throughout the day and say, ‘Here you are, Lord, it is all Yours.’

We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.

It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray.”

If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray.

A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

God never measures the mind… He always put His tape measure in the HEART

In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God

Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings… It’s something we make inside ourselves.

There are no ‘if’s’ in God’s world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety – let us pray that we may always know it!

I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.

The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.

You know, eternal life does not start when we go to heaven. It starts the moment you reach out to Jesus. He never turns His back on anyone. And He is waiting for you.

Have fun, that’s what it’s all about. People get stressed over it… Let competition eat them up. That’s not me, I just get in and have fun. That’s what I’m here to do: Have fun and make some money doing it.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. it does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. it is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.

The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life.

The only requirement is to believe in Him.

The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son.

Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

There are no ‘ifs’ in God’s Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don’t let me go mad by poking about outside it.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

Don’t bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

When we are on the beach we only see a small part of the ocean. However, we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. We only see a small part of God’s great love, a few jewels of His great riches, but we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. The best is yet to come, when we see Jesus face-to-face.

If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.

The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible

The world is deathly ill. It is dying. The Great Physician has already signed the death certificate. Yet, there is still a great work for Christians to do. They are to be streams of living water, channels of mercy to those who are still in the world. It is possible for them to do this because they are overcomers.

If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.

Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.

Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.

We must mirror God’s love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of God’s love, so we may show Jesus by our lives

Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.

There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.

The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.

When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group

Don’t worry about what you do not understand… Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by

Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.

Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.

If you want to hear God’s voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.

Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.

Do you know what hurts so very much? It’s love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.

When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devils shouts for joy.

There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.

What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.

Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.

You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.

Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.

Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.

Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for His almighty power. Nothing is too small for His love.

If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.