“I believe hope can become your normal way of looking at the world, so natural to you that you’re not conscious of it it until someone points it out with admiration (or envy). When that happens, you will have made a paradigm shift from the mindset of fatalism to one of a continual, confident expectation of God’s goodness.”

“Angels appear to mankind on Earth. Angels minister to the saints on Earth. Angels protect people on Earth. Angels deliver God’s judgment on nations and people on Earth. However, angels do not live on Earth. This planet probably is a place they visit, but they would not want to live here! So where do angels live? …”

“If Satan can’t get us to run from our calling, he will use more subtle means. He will fill us with fear; fear of failure and of what others will think of us; fear of rejection or even persecution. Satan will also tell us that we are not worthy. Satan knows the power of following God’s call to come before winter and he will do everything in his power to stop us. But God’s grace is sufficient. His power is perfected in our own inabilities. He needs only a willing heart. A heart that will cry, ‘Here am I Lord, send me.’ “

“Terry looked at his watch. 11:58pm. Time to pray out the Sixties and pray in the Seventies. He had often wondered how the team might begin the new decade, but he could never have dreamed of–this. Everyone ate the bread and drank the wine, and then Terry led a prayer. ‘God, we don’t understand what’s going on…but that prophecy back in Kansas City said there would come a time when we would be homeless. Well, here we are, and now we’re counting on you to bring the rest of it to pass. If you’ve called us to be kings to conquer, you’re going to have to make it happen. Because we can’t… Lord, where are you in all of this? Have you forgotten us?’ “