Until Jesus returns, we who are His body are to imitate Him, embracing the cross, sharing His suffering. -Joel Richardson

"Prayer makes it safe for God to give us many of the things we most desire. It is the way...we finally treat God as God.” —Tim Keller

"Single women endeavoring the Great Commission are all over the Middle East while single men are home playing call of duty." -Jordan Scott

"The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer." — F. B. Meyer

Tell me one attribute of God that is not manifest in Jesus; and your ignorance shall be the reason why you have not seen it so - Spurgeon

What kind of scarlet blood Does this--Do you not know?-- Soaks garments, dark with mud, And makes them white as snow?

-John Piper

A mystery which our minds cannot comprehend ought to be reverently adored. —Calvin

"God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now." —Elisabeth Elliot

The more vile a man has been, the more should we love him when believing in Christ, because Christ will be more glorified on his behalf. -George Whitefield

The certainty of God’s judgment actually is good news if we view it in the right perspective. 

The alternative – the prospect of God forever tolerating wickedness and never bringing recompense for injustice – is far more dreadful. The intended lesson from this brief study, however, is that the gospel is good because it is true. It is a note of clarity in the midst of a chorus of lies; it is a ray of light shining in the dark landscape of this present evil age. The gospel is good because it shatters the walls of falsehood imprisoning the lost through the liberty of reality – whether that reality first manifests itself to us in the extravagance of mercy or the severity of judgment. In other words, the gospel is good because it is from God and it is about God (cf. Gal. 1:11-12). God alone ultimately defines the goodness of the news we herald – not the subjective response of the hearer, not whether it feels palatable to the audience. -Stephen Venable (full article here)

“The night I sailed for China, my life, on the human side, was broken, and it never was mended again. But He has been enough.”-Amy Carmichael

Religion: I obey God in order to get things from God. Gospel: I obey God to get God –to see his beauty only.

-Tim Keller

"Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus—humility, happiness, and holiness." – Charles Spurgeon

When David considered how great God’s mercy was toward him, it inspired him to praise Him and ask for even more mercy. Psalm 86:13,16 -Bob Sorge

"God had only one Son, and He was a missionary." -David Livingstone

"Millions have never heard of Jesus. We ought not ask, Can I prove that I ought to go? but can I prove that I ought NOT to go?" -Spurgeon

The more I pray, the less I complain. The inverse is also true-The more I complain, the less I pray. The takeaway: Don't Complain, Just Pray. -Billy Humphrey

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In Jesus we see that God actually experiences the pain of the fire as we do. He is God with us, in love and understanding, in our anguish. -Tim Keller

"It took 7000 men working for 6 years to build the tallest building in the world in Dubai. It took Jesus one afternoon to create all the stars" -Stephen Venable

"Why did the waves and winds obey Jesus? Because they recognized the voice of the One who created them." -Stephen Venable

"We can best help others with their fears and distress when we have been through our own and found God faithful.” —Tim Keller

When in doubt, say something encouraging. I'm not sure I've ever regretted building people up. -Joshua Hawkins

I believe that the greatest discipleship we can give as leaders in the church and parents in the home is letting the ones around us see us pray. -Corey Russell

God’s house is the house of prayer; God’s work is the work of prayer. -EM Bounds

The greatest crisis in America is how the church of Jesus thinks and feels about Jesus" -Stephen Venable 

God turns suffering into glory, crucifixion into resurrection, weakness into strength, losses into redemption. -Bob Sorge

"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?" –Livingstone

A day is coming when a Jewish man will rule the earth from Jerusalem and all the nations will flourish under His leadership. -Joshua Hawkins

"Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them." —Elisabeth Elliot

"Time does not distance me from my sins. It's the blood of Christ applied to my repentant heart." —Nayomi Thomas

"Every Christian a missionary; every non-Christian a mission field." -Winkie Pratney

God does His best work for the world through prayer. -EM Bounds

Want to know how powerful Jesus is? He is able to raise you up on the last day and make you to stand in His presence. -Bob Sorge

The message of the world to the Church: Just shut up and go feed the poor.
The message of the world to the Jews: Just roll over and die. -Joel Richardson

“Great is the Lord, greatly to be praised, his greatness is unsearchable.” Psalm 145:3 Not meaning don’t search, but you’ll never finish. -John Piper

Don’t fear the storm that’s trying to take you out; fear the One who has all authority over that storm. (Mark 4:41) - Bob Sorge

Jesus’ description of what happened in faithful Christian ministry: “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” Luke 10:18 -John Piper

Jesus doesn't just change what you do; He changes what you want to do. -Ravi Zacharias