Category: Odds & Ends

“If I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God.” —Oswald Chambers

“Your will, Lord. Nothing more. Nothing less. Nothing else.” – Jim Elliot

“God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.” — C. S. Lewis

“We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then our world will know the blessings of peace.” — William E. Gladstone

“Willpower does not change men. Time does not change men. Christ does.” – Henry Drummond

“Don’t judge a man by where he is, because you don’t know how far he has come.” — C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis speaking for Jesus:

I don’t want so much of your time, so much of your money, so much of your work: I want you. . . . Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked — the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. I will give you myself.

“Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your independence.” – Oswald Chambers

“There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.” — Billy Graham

“When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.” — Charles Spurgeon