To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near God.
From Hebrews 11:1-3: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.”
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Start where you are, use what you have.
Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) was an American professional tennis player. During his distinguished career, he won 76 tournament titles, including three Grand Slam tournaments.
No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
Robert Greene (born 1959) is an American author. He has written six international bestsellers based around the topics of strategy and power.
We can have full confidence in God’s promises because we can have full faith in His character.
From Hebrews 10:23: “Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who has promised is faithful.”
The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
Ralph Ellison (1914-1994) was an American author who is best known for INVISIBLE MAN, which earned a National Book Award in 1953.
Paul spent himself for one purpose only–that he might win men to Jesus Christ. Paul became a sacramental personality; wherever he went, Jesus Christ helped Himself to his life.
From 2 Corinthians 12:15: “I will most gladly spend and be spent for You. If I love You more, am I to be loved less?”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
After all, all weather comes and goes, and no storm ever hurt the sky.
We can learn to return home to our open hearts at any moment.
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary grace.
From James 4:5-6: “Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, ‘God yearns jealously for the spirit that He has made to dwell in us’? But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says.”
When a human being is born, the first thing he does is crying. The rest of his life he’ll spend discovering why.
You can only find the right way after you lost it.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver and gold.
Bob Marley (1945-1981) was a Jamaican-born singer, songwriter, and musician. His unique and pioneering musical talents shared many inspiring songs.
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