“God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though it’s not necessary for them to be good, it’s essential for them to appear good.”

“If there is one single reason why good people turn evil, it is because they fail to recognize God’s ownership over their kingdom, their vocation, their resources, their abilities, and above all their lives.”

“Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.”

“The work that God does in us when we wait is usually more important than the thing for which we wait!”

“Prayer, desperate prayer, seems so simple, but it’s a step rarely taken by those in family conflict.”

“Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s (or woman’s) thoughts and attitudes.”

“There’s no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself.”