Hope is much more than a mood. It involves a commitment to action…What we hope for should be what we are prepared to work for and do bring about as far as that power lies in us.
– John Polkinghorne –
Hope – John Polkinghorne
Miscellaneous Quote
The Sanctification of Waiting – John Ortberg
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
– John Ortberg –
Time and Eternity – T. Carlyle
He who has no vision of ETERNITY will never get a true hold of TIME.
– T. Carlyle –
Pray With Authority – T. Stanley Soltau
Pray with authority … Some have spoken of this as “throne prayer”–praying with one’s hand touching the throne of God.
– T. Stanley Soltau –
Find Thy Body Near the Wall – Matthew Arnold
Let the victors, when they come,
When the forts of folly fall,
Find thy body by the wall.
– Matthew Arnold –
1867
Run the Race and Don’t Be Lazy – Basilea Schlink
Do not be lazy. Run each day’s race with all your might, so that at the end you will receive the victory wreath from God. Keep on running even when you have had a fall. The victory wreath is won by him who does not stay down, but always gets up again, grasps the banner of faith and keeps on running in the assurance that Jesus is Victor.
– Basilea Schlink –
Patience is Harder than Work – Peter Marshall
Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.
– Peter Marshall –
Sins Against Hope – Ferdinand Kerstiens
The sins against hope are despair, as anticipated failure, and presumption, as anticipated fulfillment. In both these cases man seeks to break out of his pilgrim existence and have his life otherwise than from the hand of God.
– Ferdinand Kerstiens –
Anything is Possible in Prayer – Dick Eastman
Nothing lies beyond the potential of prayer.
– Dick Eastman –
