“Lord, forgive me for the days when I was not thankful.” Gravestone in Louisville, Kentucky Saturday, August 1, 2009 – Cypress, Texas: Usually Shirley Dygert avoided risk.When her son Will decided to go skydiving to celebrate his 30th birthday, she pleaded with...
“God is continually preparing His heroes, and when the opportunity is right, He puts them into position in an instant. He works so fast, the world wonders where they came from.” A.B. Simpson September...
“Life was hard in the hood. Things were challenging, sometimes devastating, but I made it through. I am proof that your circumstances don’t have to determine your destiny.” Tinesha...
“Courage is one thing. A sense of purpose another. When you put them together in one human being, the world can be changed.” John Brown Christmas night, 1956 – Birmingham, Alabama: The late-night explosion reduced the small house to shambles and rattled...
“Providence would seem to sleep unless faith and prayer awaken it. The disciples had but little faith in their master’s accounts, yet that little faith awakened him in a storm, and he rescued them.” Stephen Charnock February 18, 1952 – Coast...
“The ability of God is beyond our prayers, beyond our largest prayers. We have asked for a cupful and the ocean remains.” John Henry Jowett 1401 A.D. London, England: King Henry IV declared that religious heretics would be burned at the stake. Seven...
