“We have emphasized sermon-preparation until we have lost sight of the important thing to be prepared – the heart. A prepared heart is much better than a prepared sermon. A prepared heart will make a prepared sermon. Our great lack is not in head culture, but in heart culture; not lack of knowledge but lack of holiness is our sad […]
“Nobody gives grace better than someone who is convinced he needs it as well. When you remember, when you carry with you a deep appreciation for the grace that you have been given, you’ll have a heart that is ready to forgive.” Paul Tripp
“I urge upon you communion with Christ a growing communion. There are curtains to be drawn aside in Christ that we never saw, and new foldings of love in HIm. I despair that I shall ever win to the far end of that love, there are so many plies in it. Therefore, dig deep, and sweat and labor and take […]
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain
“Do you want to be strong in God’s grace and power? Make peace with the pain God sends your way. Recognize it as a springboard for growth and a platform for greater effectiveness. You’ll need it. God has much more in store for you.” Samuel Chand
“Preaching which secures God’s end in preaching must be born of prayer from text to exordium, delivered with the enemy and spirit of prayer, followed and made to germinate, and kept in vital force in the hearts of the hearers by the preacher’s prayers, long after the occasion has past.” E.M. Bounds Power Through Prayer