God's plan was put into the hands of eleven very ordinary men, fearful, and doubting. He sent His Holy Spirit and filled them and all those who believed in Him with power.

Anyone who puts his faith in himself has a short future. One of the biggest dangers of our day is pride.

We go into the week in relationship to a present Jesus in our hearts by His Spirit, and that makes all the difference in the world.

The victory depends on an abundance of counselors. God often uses his sons and daughters to teach us important life lessons.

Zwolle has never rivalled Rome or Athens, Jerusalem or Constantinople, Paris or London. Yet for over five centuries, millions have been spiritually nourished from this book’s five thousand editions and translations in over fifty languages.

It is much better not to promise in the first place than to promise, and then not get round to keeping it.

All the energy we waste looking outwards should be used more productively looking inwards to check what our failings are and seek to rectify them.

My pilgrimage started on the other side of the world and has taken me from place to place before eventually starting a new Fountain tribe in the Netherlands. 

Are you the first to offer sincere congratulations? Do you intend to thank God for what has happened?

We need an army of pragmatic Marthas, ready to serve and love their neighbour because they have first been an army of devoted Marys.

Do you realise that God has not promised to get us out of every difficult situation, but that He has promised to always be with us?

In Estonia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Latvia and Finland, just 10% or fewer adults say religion is a priority for them.

God's involvement with man does not depend primarily on man's personality or character, but on his love for them.

God does not expect you to go through life chasing miracles and wonders. He will do them for you in the simplicity of each day.

By casting the sorrows that tempt us toward overwork or other escape mechanisms to Christ, we become serene and rich in spirit.

What is the giant that is mocking you at the moment? Who is the 'Goliath' who makes you take a step backwards?

A bitter person has never helped to change the world. Dreams do not belong only to winners.

God is the Lord of history, both of the universe and of the personal history of each one of us.

Satisfaction of desires is the wrong door to knock on if we expect happiness to be waiting on the other side.

Undergoing spiritual training in our devotion to God means letting our character be moulded to Christ’s image.

How many times have we tried to fill our emptiness by trying to fulfil a “ghost mission”?

Never forget that God created happiness and He wants us to live with a joy inside that no one can take from us.

We are fully capable of arranging and messing up our world in a few seconds rather than handing things over to the Lord.

Are we living out the teachings of Jesus in a way that reflects love and compassion? Are we willing to challenge the status quo and make necessary changes before it is too late?

I thank God for the many men and women whom He uses to provoke us to live a thoughtful, faithful, and obedient life.