“I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.” David Livingston 1909 – London, England. When 20-year-old Evie Harris heard 24-year-old Jesse...
“How many great songs, stories and books are in desk drawers and file cabinets because somebody said, ‘That’s not very good,’ so people gave up?” Andy Andrews Christmas 1984 – Thomas Road Baptist Church,...
“Seek your calling even if you don’t know what it means. If you are following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, and the disappointments will be fuel.” Phil Knight 1962 – Portland, Oregon: “I didn’t send you to...
“I never prayed sincerely and earnestly about anything, but it came at some time; no matter how distant a day, somehow, in some shape, probably the least I would have devised, it came.” Adoniram Judson October 1811 – Boston, Massachusetts: When...
“Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? And the Lord answered them, as you did it to one of the least...
“I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I had quit my job at the Kalamazoo paper. I might have missed the Left Behind series. The best advice I ever got was don’t quit.” Jerry Jenkins 1968 – Kalamazoo, Michigan: At...