The Christian person is the most free lord of all, subject to none. The Christian person is the most dutiful servant of all, subject to everyone.
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of God's willingness.
George Mueller
When I reach the end of my days a moment or two from now, I must look backward on something more meaningful than the pursuit of houses and land and stocks and bonds. I will consider my earthly existence to have been wasted unless I can recall a loving family, a consistent investment in the lives of people and an earnest attempt to serve the God who made me. Nothing else makes much sense.
Dr James Dobson
Who are your enemies? Who are the people who consider you as enemies? Who are the people who show contempt for you? Who are the people you find hard to love? Spend some time now in silence to pray for just one of them. As you pray, ask God to give you opportunities to move toward that person to do good, that God will strengthen you so that you will not allow yourself to be compromised by their antagonistic attitude to you. Pray also that you will be unfailingly kind and generous to them, as your heavenly Father is kind and generous to you.
David Cook
