The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.
People who expect salvation at the 11th hour often die at 10:30.
Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
It is easy to dodge an elephant, but not a fly.
Remember the tea kettle, up to her neck in hot water, yet still she can sing.
Don't let Satan deceive you into thinking that when you plan carefully to sin in secret you will not be harmed.
You teach more with your life than with your lips.
Nothing shows more accurately what we are than the way we meet trials and difficult times.
"Not good if detached" is also true of church members.
Adultery is a guilt-edged invitation to tragedy.
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
What appears to be the end, may really be a new beginning.
People can not change the truth, but the truth can change people.
Some people have yet to realize (learn) that they can not travel in the wrong direction & reach the right destination.
Jesus invested His life in you. Have you shown any interest?
How did mothers ever learn all the things they warn their daughters not to do.
Worship is a necessity, not a luxury!
The less you talk, the more you are listened to.
Patience is the ability to count down when you might want to blast off.
The devil lies in the realm of feeling, but saints live in the realm of faith.
Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself forcefully.
A man may fall several times, but he is not a failure until he starts saying somebody pushed him.
Is your passport to eternity in order? Do not neglect; you may need it sooner than you think.
To get to heaven turn right and keep straight.
Today's footprints are tomorrow's pathways. Be careful where you step.
It's not what you'd do with a million, if riches should ever be your lot. But what you're doing at present with the dollar and a quarter you've got.
Dusty Bibles lead to dirty lives.
The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime.
Death is not extinguishing the light from the Christian, it is putting out the lamp because the day
has come.
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
Retirement is when you stop making a living and start making a life.
When things are bad, try listening to a baby's cry.
Don't be afraid to go out on a limb, that's where the fruit is.
The truest test of moral courage is the ability to ignore the insult.
A true test of Christian love: help those who can not help you in return.
Do not ask others to go where you will not lead.
Frogs have it easy - they eat what bugs them.
It takes more than a college degree for some people to get smart.
Wicked men obey from fear - good men, from love.
The words we speak, the songs we sing, the doctrines we teach have the greatest meaning when
we practice what we preach.
Stewardship is not a matter of funds; it is a matter of faith.
God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
Diplomacy is the act of letting other people have your way.
Kindness is Christianity with its working clothes on.
Feed your faith-starve your doubts.
You never get a busy signal when you want to talk to God.
Not what we gain but what we give, Measures the worth of the life we live.
If we claim God as our Father, we should act like His children.
A contented man is one who enjoys the scenery along the detours.
Going to church will not make you a Christian anymore than going to a garage will make you an automobile.
Strange that some of us are satisfied with so little in ourselves, but demand so much from others.
God without man is still God. Man without God is nothing.
Where God's finger points there God's hand will make the way.
Some problems in life are meant to be solved & others are meant to be lived with.
Consecration-not perfection-is the mark of a saint.
Live as if Christ died yesterday, arose this morning, and is coming back tomorrow.
Discontent is the penalty we must pay for being ungrateful for what we have.
You cannot hold a man down without staying down with him.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
The surest steps toward happiness are the church steps. Tread them often.
He who is on the road to Heaven will not be content to go there alone.
Man's ears are not made to shut, but his mouth is.
If you can not find God, guess who is lost.
People who do not believe in prayer make an exception when tragedy strikes.
Be content with your lot; never be satisfied with your achievements.
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
We can not discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Some people are humble-and proud of it.
When God measures a man, He puts the tape around his heart, not his head.
Maturity is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.
A friend is one before who can think aloud.
Peace is not made in documents, but in the hearts of men.
The family altar would alter everyone in the family.
Witnessing is not just what a Christian says, but what a Christian is.
Reading gives us breadth, but study gives us depth.
A person's mind may be broad but have no depth.
Never judge a man by his relatives-he didn't choose them.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into but hard to get out of.
Not til a life is broken is it ready for the Master's use.
You can't pour deep spirituality into a shallow life.
Faith either moves mountains or tunnels through them.
Pick your friends but not to pieces.
Three can keep a secret if two are dead.
Footprints in the sands of time are not made sitting down.
A lie can travel half way around the world while truth is still putting on its shoes.
Moral indignation is sometimes jealousy with a halo.
God loves His children-not because of who they are-But because of who He is.
If God simply handed us everything we want, He'd be taking away from us our greatest prize - the joy of accomplishment.
Every time you lend money to a friend you damage his memory.
God's voice whispers in pleasure, shouts in conscience, and roars in trouble.
Failure is often the path of least persistence.
Swallow your pride, then console yourself with the fact it is %100 calorie free.
No one has been able to stand up forever under the weight of carrying a grudge.
Worry is a merry-go-round but it rides you.
A fine cage will not feed the bird.
Jesus Christ is the only light that knows no power failure.
He that lieth with dogs will rise with fleas.
People who take time for prayer will find time for all the other things needing his attention.
Every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
It is much easier to keep a fire going than to rekindle it after it has gone out.
If you insist on standing still, stand aside, others may be going somewhere.
A broken home is the world's greatest wreck.
Lend a man your ears and you will immediately open a pathway to his heart.
Live so that as people get to know you, they get to know Christ better.
God mightily uses people who stay cool in a hot place, sweet in a sour place, and little in a big place.
Joy is not the absence of suffering, but the presence of God.
Pleasant memories must be arranged for in advance.
It isn't success that God rewards for, but the faithfulness of doing His will.
Only you can damage your character.
A flaw in a person's character will show up under pressure.
A church is a hospital for sinners not a museum for saints.
A house is made of wood and beams, a home of love and dreams.
The wages of sin never go unpaid.
Too often when we speak of repentance, we only mean forgetting.
Nothing shows more accurately what we are than how we face trials and difficulties.
If a care is too small to turn into a prayer it is too small to turn into a burden.
We can never profit from our mistakes as long as we blame others for them.
An argument is the longest distance between two points of view.
Salvation is free - but not cheap.
A heart that is praising can not complain at the same time.
A tongue of praise has not time for gossip.
A heart and voice of praise consistently beats the temptation and knocks Satan to his knees.
A heart of praise and love show others just what Jesus can do in the lives of men.
Prayer is a pause that empowers.
Go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you can see still farther.
Joy is the bi-product of obedience.
If a church wants a better minister, it can get one by praying for the one it has.
Step on your stumbling blocks instead of falling over them.
He who practices what he preaches may have to put in some overtime.
Past failures are guideposts for future success.
Success has three foundation stones: Preparation, Persistence and Perspiration.
You will never find true faith unattended by true Godliness.
A kind deed is never lost even though you may not be able to see results.
A smile is a light in the window of your face showing your heart is at home.
Confession of sin reflects an obedient heart. You can not separate confession and obedient.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
A day of worry is more exhausting that a week of work.
You can do no sin that will not come back and haunt you.
Anything less than a victorious life is subnormal New Testament Christianity.
It's easier to save face if you keep the lower half shut.
Truth our of balance is heresy.
The beauty of holiness is companionship with God.
A Heavenly Christ came to earth so we earthlings could ascend to Heaven.
Sin causes the cup of joy to spring a leak.
All hell can not tear a boy or girl from a praying mother.
It is tragic to know the 23rd Psalm and not know the Shepard.
Drive carefully and avoid the mourning after.
Pray for a faith that will not shrink int he waters of adversity.
You can learn many things from children... how much patience you have for instance.
A happy marriage is a long conversation that seem all too short.