The pursuit of God is not a part-time, weekend exercise. If it is, chances are you will experience a part-time, weekend freedom. Abiding requires a kind of staying power. The pursuit is relentless. It hungers and thirsts. It pants as the deer after the mountain brook. It takes the kingdom by storm…The pursuit of God is a pursuit of passion. Indifference will not do. To abide in the Word is to hang on tenaciously. A weak grip will soon slip away. Discipleship requires staying power. We sign up for duration. We do not graduate until heaven.

R.C. Sproul (Author, 1939 – Present)

I don’t always feel His presence. But God’s promises do not depend upon my feelings; they rest upon His integrity.

R.C. Sproul (Author, 1939 – Present)

When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.

R.C. Sproul (Author, 1939 – Present)

I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.

R.C. Sproul (Author, 1939 – Present)

You’re never without hope, because you’re never without prayer.

Max Lucado (Author, 1955 – Present)

Rather than seeking total control, relinquish it. You can’t run the world, but you can entrust it to God. This is the message behind Paul’s admonition to “rejoice in the Lord.” Peace is within reach, not for lack of problems, but because of the presence of a sovereign Lord. Rather than rehearse the chaos of the world, rejoice in the Lord’s sovereignty, as Paul did. Sovereignty gives the saint the inside track to peace. Others see the problems of the world and wring their hands. We see the problems of the world and bend our knees.

Max Lucado (Author, 1955 – Present)

Jesus humbled himself. He went from commanding angels to sleeping in the straw. From holding stars to clutching Mary’s finger. The palm that held the universe took the nail of a soldier. Why? Because that’s what love does. It puts the beloved before itself.

Max Lucado (Author, 1955 – Present)

God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.

Max Lucado (Author, 1955 – Present)

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn’t heaven, so don’t expect it to be.

Max Lucado (Author, 1955 – Present)

The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers

Max Lucado (Author, 1955 – Present)