Do not let us fail one another in interest, care and practical help; but supremely we must not fail one another in prayer.-Michael Baughen

God takes life’s pieces and gives us unbroken peace.-W. D. Gough

Would you have perfect peace in life? Then lay hold on this doctrine of perseverance. Your TRIALS may be many and great. Your cross may be very heavy. But the business of your soul is all conducted according to an "everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure." (2 Sam. 23:5.) All things are working together for your good. Your sorrows are only purifying your soul for glory. Your bereavements are only fashioning you as a polished stone for the temple above, made without hands. From whatever quarter the storms blow, they only drive you nearer to heaven. Whatever weather you may go through it is only ripening you for the garner of God. Your best things are quite safe. Come what will, you shall "never perish.~ J.C. Ryle, Old Paths, “Perseverance”, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1999], 516, 517.

Christian leadership models itself upon our Lord Jesus Christ. One of the paradoxes of His ministry was that although He was so obviously the leader, He was conspicuously the servant. He illustrated and underlined this truth when He washed the disciples’ feet (John 13). We are spiritually effective as leaders as we follow His example. Although leaders, we are first and foremost servants.- Derek Prime and Alistair Begg, On Being a Pastor, Moody Press, 2004, p. 219.

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him, not the storm without.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whether we like it or not, a breakdown in home-life will eventually lead to a breakdown everywhere. This is, surely, the most menacing & dangerous aspect of the state of society at this present time. Once the family
idea, the family unit, the family life is broken up, soon you will have no other allegiance. ~ Martyn Lloyd-Jones

If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.-  George Orwell, 1903 - 1950

In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer.-  George Orwell, 1903 - 1950

Since the days before Pentecost, has the whole church ever
put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days,
that [the Spirit's] power might be manifested? ... We give too
much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too
little to the source of power.- J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), "The Source of Power for Christian Missions", in The Missionary Review of the World, v. LIII, Missionary Review Publishing Co., Inc., 1930, p. 516

Vice does not lose its character by becoming fashionable.- John Wesley, 1703 - 1791

Patience is a virtue that carries a lot of wait. Amish Proverb

If you can't see the bright side, polish the dull. -Amish Proverb

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. -Amish Proverb

Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be glad that 
the thornbush has roses. -Amish Proverb

Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up 
depends on what you are made of. -Amish Proverb

You can tell when you're on the right track. It's usually uphill. -Amish Proverb

They who trim themselves to suit others will soon whittle themselves away. -Amish Proverb

If the grass looks greener on the other side, fertilize. -Amish Proverb