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

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

“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.”

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

“Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.”

“Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and bea hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave towealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to havedone nothing and succeeded at it.”

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