Quotes about Preparation

As Dr. Lloyd-Jones used to say, "The worst thing that can happen to a man is to succeed before he is ready.

You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.

We are living on the brink of the apocalypse, but the world is asleep.

A plan is always successful if the plan is good.

I read God's word when I am not suffering. And then I don't have to all of a sudden establish this habit when I am hurting.

I get ideas about what's essential when packing my suitcase.

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.

Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are wise, we will use our brief lives on earth positioning ourselves for the turn.

If economic catastrophe does come, will it be a time that draws Christians together to share every resource we have, or will it drive us apart to hide in our own basements or mountain retreats, guarding at gunpoint our private stores from others? If we faithfully use our assets for his kingdom now, rather than hoarding them, can't we trust our faithful God to provide for us then?

Five minutes after we die, we'll know exactly how we should have lived. But God has given us His Word so that we don't have to wait to die to find out. And He's given us His Spirit to empower us to live that way now.

any faith that leaves us unprepared for suffering is a false faith that deserves to be abandoned. Genuine

Most people live unprepared for death. But those who are wise will go to a reliable source to investigate what's on the other side. And if they discover that the choices they make during their brief stay in this world will matter in the world to come, they'll want to adjust those choices accordingly.