Victories...

Our greatest victories are won on our knees and with empty stomachs. ~ Julio C. Ruibal

I'm Sorry

"A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt." ~ G. K. Chesterton

Hunger for God

"Do you have a hunger for God? If we don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because we have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great. If we are full of what the world offers, then perhaps a fast might express, or even increase, our soul's appetite for God. Between the dangers of self-denial and self-indulgence is the path of pleasant pain called fasting." ~ John Piper

A Beautiful Home

"The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies. A true mother is one of the holiest secrets of home happiness. God sends many beautiful things to this world, many noble gifts; but no blessing is richer than that which He bestows in a mother who has learned love's lessons well, and has realized something of the meaning of her sacred calling." ~ J.R. Miller

What is Ahead?

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." ~ C.S. Lewis

Pain Has Meaning

"One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational. He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure that in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory." ~ Jerry Bridges

Satan does not care...

"Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying." ~ Paul E. Billheimer

Temporal Possessions...

Any temporal possession can be turned into everlasting wealth. Whatever is given to Christ is immediately touched with immortality. ~ A. W. Tozer

Purpose of Fasting

The purpose of fasting is to loosen to some degree the ties which bind us to the world of material things and our surroundings as a whole, in order that we may concentrate all our spiritual powers upon the unseen and eternal things. ~ Ole Kristian O. Hallesby

Praise God...

"Man is one of your creatures, Lord, and his instinct is to praise you ...The thought of you stirs so deeply that he cannot be content unless he praises you, because you made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in you." ~Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

Prayer and Fasting

"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God." ~ Andrew Murray

Spiritually Awake...

“A spiritually awake person would see everything as gift, even suffering. We deserve nothing and yet we so often act as though we deserve everything. Nothing should be taken for granted. We should say thank you every day to God and to each other for all that is provided for us. This is one reason why fasting is such an important spiritual discipline. Not just fasting from food, but also fasting from cars, shopping centres, the news - whatever we have an inordinate attachment to. Fasting can help re-kindle our gratitude for all that we have been given.” ~ Glen Argan

Forgiveness is Unnatural

"Forgiveness is so unnatural an act that it takes practice to perfect. Thank God for difficult people," ~ Gary Thomas

Answer's Are Not Enough

"Human answers will never be enough for those who are suffering; the pain is simply too great. Our response is to follow the example of Christ, standing in solidarity with the suffering, willing to weep with those who are weeping."

~ C. Sunberg

When Answers Aren't Enough