Sunday Quotes

The certainty that God is always near us, present in all parts of His world, closer to us than our thoughts, should maintain us in a state of happiness most of the time. But not all the time. It would be less than honest to promise every believer continual jubilee and less than realistic to expect it. As a child may cry out in pain even when sheltered in its mother's arms, so a Christian may sometime know what it is to suffer even in the conscious presence of God. Though "always rejoicing," Paul admitted that he was sometimes sorrowful, and for our sakes Christ experienced strong crying and tears though He never left the bosom of the Father (John 1:18). - A. W. Tozer

If through faith you have placed your eternal destiny in the loving hands of Jesus Christ, you can be sure that God is at work, shaping the events and circumstances of your life into a beautiful mosaic that will reveal His Son to the men and women around you. His hand is on you, as it has been since before you were born. - Chuck Smith

Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security. Elisabeth Elliot

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. G. K. Chesterton

Remember it is the very time for faith to work when sight ceases. The greater the difficulties, the easier for faith; as long as there remain certain natural prospects, faith does not get on even as easily as where natural prospects fail. - George Mueller

We could never be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world. - Helen Keller

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work. - Peter Marshall