"Before the acorn can bring forth the oak, it must become itself a wreck. No plant ever came from any but a wrecked seed." ~Hannah W. Smith
"The mother eagle teaches her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. And just so does our God to us. He stirs up our comfortable nests, and pushes us over the edge of them, and we are forced to use our wings to save ourselves from fatal falling. Read your trials in this light, and see if you cannot begin to get a glimpse of their meaning. Your wings are being developed." ~Hannah Whitall Smith
“God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. The process is the same for us who will walk within Him." ~ D. Johnson
"God's care for us is more watchful and more tender than the care of any human father could possibly be." ~Hannah Whitall Smith
"Put together all the tenderest love you know of, multiply it by infinity, and you will begin to see glimpses of the love and grace of God." ~Hannah W. Smith
”The mills of God grinds slowly...but it grinds exceedingly fine. Wait patiently for your redemption and glorification. It will be worth the wait.” ~Lazarus Short
"The reason the world is not seeing Jesus is that Christian people are not filled with Jesus. They are satisfied with attending meetings weekly, reading the Bible occasionally, and praying sometimes. It is an awful thing for me to see people who profess to be Christians lifeless, powerless, and in a place where their lives are so parallel to unbelievers’ lives that it is difficult to tell which place they are in, whether in the flesh or in the Spirit." ~Smith Wigglesworth
"One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement...It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of discouragers. We have a Christian duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word." ~William Barclay
”The two most important days in a persons life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~William Barclay
"God is dwelling in light inaccessibly, a consuming fire of Holy Love, destroying all that resists, glorifying into its own purity all that yields. There is the Son, casting Himself into that consuming fire, whether in its eternal blessedness in heaven, or its angry wrath on earth, a willing sacrifice, to be its food and its satisfaction, as well as the revelation of its power to destroy and to save. And there is the Spirit of Holiness, the flames of that mighty fire spreading on every side, convicting and judging as the Spirit of Burning, and then transforming into its own brightness and holiness all that it can reach. All the relations of the Three Persons to each other and to us have their root and their meaning in the revelation of God as the Holy One. As we know and partake of Him, we shall know and partake of Holiness. ~Andrew Murray