Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed. "Corrie," he began gently, "when you and I go to Amsterdam-when do I give you your ticket?" I sniffed a few times, considering this. "Why, just before we get on the train." "Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.

When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need—just in time.

If you allow your enemy to steal your faith, he can destroy your life and ultimately kill your relationship with God.

What one promise do you need to claim? Find it. Don't give up. Cling to it.

You do not need to let anything get you down, but if you are down you certainly need not let anything keep you down.

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.

In difficult situations when hope seems feeble the boldest plans are safest.

True followers of God quietly humble themselves and rise again courageously.

In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive, we must first lose hope in everything that deceives. —Georges Bernanos (in Reason for Being by Jacques Ellul)

True hope is honest.

Hope waits but does not sit. It strains with eager anticipation to see what may be coming on the horizon. Hope does not pacify; it does not make us docile and mediocre. Instead, it draws us to greater risk and perseverance