When Christ returns, and only then, will the angel's message to the shepherds be totally fulfilled: Peace on earth, goodwill toward men.

When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities.

Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the impossible, and know the will of God.

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.

No circumstance, person, or difficulty can stop the plans and the promises of God.

If you are a Christian, your search for approval should be over.

When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have.

Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God.

Everyone we meet is a hero waiting to happen. When Jesus saw people, He envisioned their potential. No respecter of persons, He associated with people from all walks of life.

Heaven is not a figment of imagination. It is not a feeling or an emotion. It is not the "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." It is a prepared place for a prepared people.

God loves you as though you are the only person in the world, and He loves everyone the way He loves you.

I hope that when the characters in my novels dream beyond their current circumstance, it inspires the reader to do the same.

God's grace is seed of salvation.

You happened to me, " she told him, her voice more fatigued than embittered. "You came out of a grubby sixth-rate farm on a tenth-rate planet, and destroyed my life." - Mara Jade

We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.

This guy is such an obvious cheater that once when he had a hole in one he wrote down zero on his scorecard.

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.

I was never happy, I was just less pissed off.

I grew up dancing, and my ballet teacher was literally a drill sergeant; she was so strict and so scary. And it made me a better dancer.

It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out.

The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape.