Let us gather comfort from these comfortable promises for all true-hearted servants of Christ. Persecuted, vexed, and mocked, as they are now, they shall find at length they are on the victorious side. Beset, perplexed, tried, as they sometimes are, they shall never find themselves entirely forsaken. Though cast down, they shall not be destroyed. Let them possess their souls in patience. The end of all that they see going on around them is certain, fixed, and sure. The kingdoms of this world shall yet become the kingdoms of their God and of his Christ. And when the scoffers and ungodly, who so often insulted them, are put to shame, believers shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.~ J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark, [Carlisle, PA:Banner of Truth, 1985], 280. {Mark 13:9-13}

The truth about man is that he needs to be loved the most when he deserves it the least. Only God can fulfill this incredible need. Only God can provide a love so deep it saves from the depths.-Unknown

As sin lures the body into sinful action, we call to mind a Christ-revealing word of Scripture and slay the temptation with the superior worth and beauty of Christ over what sin offers.-John Piper,Why Memorize Scripture? September 5, 2006

There are, no doubt, passages in the New Testament which
may seem at first sight to promise an invariable granting of
our prayers. But that cannot be what they really mean. For in
the very heart of the story we meet a glaring instance to the
contrary. In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed
three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not.
After that the idea that prayer is recommended to us as a sort
of infallible gimmick may be dismissed.-C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), "The Efficacy of Prayer" in The World's Last Night [1960], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002, p. 5

My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments.- John Barrymore, 1882 - 1942