In the name of Jesus Christ, who was never in a hurry, we pray, O God, that You will slow us down, for we know that we live too fast. With all of eternity before us, make us take time to live—time to get acquainted with You, time to enjoy Your blessings, and time to know each other.
Peter Marshall (Preacher, 1902 – 1949)
The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as Americans. The time is come – it is now – when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America’s future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God’s government.
Peter Marshall (Preacher, 1902 – 1949)
May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.
Peter Marshall (Preacher, 1902 – 1949)
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
Peter Marshall (Preacher, 1902 – 1949)
Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.
John Henry Jowett (Preacher, 1863 – 1923)
The heavens are not filled with hostility. The sky does not express a frown. When I look up I do not contemplate a face of brass, but the face of infinite good will. Yet when I was a child, many a picture has made me think of God as suspicious, inhumanly watchful, always looking round the corner to catch me at the fall. That “eye,” placed in the sky of many a picture, and placed there to represent God, filled my heart with chilling fear. . . . Heaven overflows with good will toward us! Our God not only wishes good, he wills it!
John Henry Jowett (Preacher, 1863 – 1923)