"What does the divine sufferer (Jesus) demand from us? Only our faith, our love, our grateful praise, our consecrated hearts and lives. Is that too much to ask?"
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""Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation."
"In my family we got up in the mornings around three o'clock and went out to the barns to bring the cows in and milk. In high school I milked about twenty cows every morning and about twenty in the afternoon when I got home. I have wonderful memories from those early days when my parent's influence was so strong."
"Your salvation depends on what [Christ] has done for you, not on what you do for Him. It isn't your hold on God that saves you. It's His hold on you."
"I am convinced that when a man sincerely searches for God with all his heart, God will reveal Himself in some way."
"... our little things are all big to God's love; our big things are all small to His power."
"When you follow Christ, it must be a total burning of all your bridges behind you."
"One with God is a majority."
"You can't change your past but you can change you destiny but deciding for Christ."
"God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concern. He also wants us to turn to Him and bring our heartaches and burdens to Him."
"God made us for one reason: so He could have fellowship with us. It wasn't that He was lonely or needed us but He made us in His image so He could shower His love upon us."
"The motive of grace is the infinite, compassionate love of a merciful God, but the work of grace was the death of Christ on the cross."
"Serve God and live; serve these other gods and died."
"You're rich if you've had a meal today."
"To the Christian death is the exchanging of a tent for a building."
"One of the primary goals in life ... should be to prepare for death. Everything else should be secondary."
"I only know that when Jesus is with a person, that one can endure the deepest suffering and somehow emerge a better and stronger Christian because of it."
"I think that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the Bible also teaches that pride is a sin, jealousy is a sin, and hate is a sin, evil thoughts are a sin. So I don't think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today."
"Be careful before leaving someone in a sorrowing situation. Say a word of prayer with them and share even a brief word of encouragement from the Scriptures."
"The greatest need in the world at this moment is the transformation of human nature."