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Some Of The Greatest Spiritual Revivals In The Past Occurred Just When The Situation Seemed To Be The Darkest. In The History Of Our Own Nation, For Example, Countless Thousands Turned To Christ During The Darkest Days Of The Civil War, Setting The Stage For National Reconciliation Later On.

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Some Of The Greatest Spiritual Revivals In The Past Occurred Just When The Situation Seemed To Be The Darkest. In The History Of Our Own Nation, For Example, Countless Thousands Turned To Christ During The Darkest Days Of The Civil War, Setting The Stage For National Reconciliation Later On.

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Homes That Are Built On Anything Other Than Love Are Bound To Crumble.

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I Don't Think The Government Should Be In The Trailer-park Business. I Don't Think They Know How To Run A Trailer Park.

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You Will Never Understand Who You Are Until You Understand Who God Is.

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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.

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Please Join Me In Praying For America, That We Will Turn Our Hearts Back Toward God.

"what Is The Greatest Surprise You Have Found About Life?" A University Student Asked Me Several Years Ago. "the Brevity Of It," I Replied Without Hesitation. Time Moves So Quickly, And No Matter Who We Are Or What We Have Done, The Time Will Come When Our Lives Will Be Over. As Jesus Said, "as Long As It Is Day, We Must Do The Work Of Him Who Sent Me. Night Is Coming, When No One Can Work" (john 9:4).

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Most Of Us Do Not Understand Nuclear Fission, But We Accept It. I Don't Understand Television, But I Accept It. I Don't Understand Radio, But Every Week My Voice Goes Out Around The World, And I Accept It. Why Is It So Easy To Accept All These Man-made Miracles And So Difficult To Accept The Miracles Of The Bible?

Those Are Decisions Only The Lord Will Make. I Believe The Love Of God Is Absolute. He Said He Gave His Son For The Whole World, And I Think He Loves Everybody Regardless Of What Label They Have.

The Evangelistic Harvest Is Always Urgent. The Destiny Of Men And Of Nations Is Always Being Decided. Every Generation Is Strategic. We Are Not Responsible For The Past Generation, And We Cannot Bear The Full Responsibility For The Next One; But We Do Have Our Generation. God Will Hold Us Responsible As To How Well We Fulfill Our Responsibilities To This Age And Take Advantage Of Our Opportunities.

We Need To Be Reminded That There Is Nothing Morbid About Honestly Confronting The Fact Of Life's End, And Preparing For It So That We May Go Gracefully And Peacefully.

No Parent Is Perfect; We All Can Look Back And Think Of Things We Could've Done To Help Our Children Be Better Prepared For Adulthood. And Sometimes It's Best To Admit It To Them And Encourage Them To Learn From Our Mistakes.

Man's Civility Is Lagging Behind His Technological Ability. It Could Mean Disaster And Catastrophe For The Whole World. We're All Sinners, Everyone Of Us, And A Radical Change Is Needed For All Of Us.

I Don't Think I Get Angry.

I Am Not A Televangelist.

To A Large Extent, The American Church Has Become Merged With The World. It Has Adopted So Many Of The World's Ideals And Standards That It Has Lost Its Ability To Stem The Tide Of Crime, Deception And Immorality That Is Sweeping The Nation. For Millions Of Church Members There Is No Deep Commitment To The Cause Of Christ, No Regularity Of Attendance At Public Worship, No Sacrificial Giving, No Personal Religious Discipline.

Being Judgmental And Condemning Is Not One Of The Gifts Of The Spirit.

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God Has Given Us Two Hands - One To Receive With And The Other To Give With. We Are Cisterns Made For Hoarding; We Are Channels Made For Sharing. If We Fail To Fulfill This Divine Duty And Privilege We Have Missed The Meaning Of Christianity.

When Scripture Talks About The Heart, It's Not Talking About That Life-sustaining Muscle. It's Talking About Our Entire Inner Being. The Heart Is The Seat Of Our Emotions, The Seat Of Decisive Action, And The Seat Of Belief (as Well As Doubt).

I'm Not An Analyzer. I've Got A Son That Analyzes Everything And Everybody. But I Don't Analyze People.

Embracing Conflict Can Be A Joy When We Know That Irritation And Frustration Can Lead To Growth And The Re-engergizing Of Ourselves And Others. Hot Heads And Cold Hearts Never Solved Anything.

Think Of Working Forever At Something You Love To Do, For One You Love With All Your Heart, And Never Getting Tired! We Will Never Know Weariness In Heaven.

I Don't Have Many Sad Days.

May You Also Remember This Thanksgiving Not Only The Obvious Gifts That God Has Given You, But His Spiritual Blessings, As Well. The Greatest Gift Of All Is Jesus Christ, And The Salvation God Offers Us In Him.

We Are Not Cistern Made For Hoarding, We Are Channels Made For Sharing.

Once You've Lost Your Privacy, You Realize You've Lost An Extremely Valuable Thing.

Angels Speak. They Appear And Reappear. They Feel With Apt Sense Of Emotion. While Angels May Become Visible By Choice, Our Eyes Are Not Conducted To See Them Ordinarily Any More Than We Can See The Dimensions Of A Nuclear Field, The Structure Of Atoms, Or The Electricity That Flows Through Copper Wiring.

The Bible Teaches That Faith Is The Only Approach That We Have To God. No Man Has Sins Forgiven, No Man Goes To Heaven, No Man Has Assurance Of Peace And Happiness, Until He Has Faith In Jesus Christ.

My Hope Does Not Rest In The Affairs Of This World. It Rests In Christ Who Is Coming Again.

Remember That You Can Pray Any Time, Anywhere. Washing Dishes, Digging Ditches, Working In The Office, In The Shop, On The Athletic Field, Even In Prison - You Can Pray And Know God Hears!

... Some Day You Will Have To Give An Account For Every Penny You Spent.

Tim Keller's Ministry In New York City Is Leading A Generation Of Seekers And Skeptics Toward Belief In God. I Thank God For Him.

Everybody Is A Sinner Before God. And I Think We Magnify It Today Because We Have Television, And We Have So Many Other Technologies That Make What Happens In Some Other Part Of The World In Our Living Room.

Millions Of Angels Are At God's Command.

The Blood Of The Lamb Applied Over The Doorpost On The Night Of Israel's Deliverance From Egypt Distinguished The Obedient From The Disobedient. Just So Today The Applied Blood Of The Lamb Of God Is The Distinguishing Mark Of God's Called Out Ones, The Church.

Ruth And I Don't Have A Perfect Marriage, But We Have A Great One. How Can I Say Two Things That Seem So Contradictory? In A Perfect Marriage, Everything Is Always The Finest And Best Imaginable; Like A Greek Statue, The Proportions Are Exact And The Finish Is Unblemished. Who Knows Any Human Being Lke That? For A Marriage Couple To Expect Perfection In Each Other Is Unrealistic.

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I Think That I Failed By Not Studying More, And Praying More, And Spending More Time With My Family.

In A World That Might Say One Vote Doesn't Matter..., It Does Matter Because Each Person Is Of Infinite Worth And Value To God... Your Vote Is A Declaration Of Importance As A Person And A Citizen.

America Is Said To Have The Highest Per Capita Boredom Of Any Spot On Earth! We Know That Because We Have The Greatest Number Of Artificial Amusements Of Any Country. People Have Become So Empty That They Can't Even Entertain Themselves. They Have To Pay Other People To Amuse Them, To Make Then Laugh, To Try To Make Them Feel Warm And Happy And Comfortable For A Few Minutes, To Try To Lose That Awful, Frightening, Hollow Feeling-that Terrible, Dreaded Feeling Of Being Lost And Alone.

Don't Worry About What You Can't Do; Focus Instead On What You Can Do... And Then Do It.

Like Joseph Storing Up Grain During The Years Of Plenty To Be Used During The Years Of Famine That Lay Ahead, May We Store Up The Truths Of God's Word In Our Hearts As Much As Possible, So That We Are Prepared For Whatever Suffering We Are Called Upon To Endure.

The Bible Is To Your Soul What Bread Is To Your Body. You Need It Daily. One Good Meal Does Not Suffice For A Lifetime.

Only The Lord Jesus Can Redeem The Soul That Is Steeped In Guilt And Shame. This Baggage Weighs Us Down Until We Accept Jesus' Gift-the Gift That Liberates Souls From Sin's Power.

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.

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