01UndatedJesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.William Barclay / quote ↗
02UndatedTo see what God is like, we must look at Jesus. He perfectly represents God to men in a form which they can see and know and understand.William Barclay / quote ↗
03UndatedThere is a time when to avoid trouble is to store up trouble and when to seek for a lazy and a cowardly peace is to court a still greater danger.William Barclay / quote ↗
04UndatedSo often we have a kind of vague wistful longing that the promises of Jesus should be true. The only way really to enter into them is to believe them with the clutching intensity of a drowning man.William Barclay / quote ↗
05UndatedJoy has nothing to do with material things or with a man's outward circumstance ... a man living in the lap of luxury can be wretched and a man in the depths of poverty can overflow with joy.William Barclay / quote ↗
06UndatedIn the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.William Barclay / quote ↗
07UndatedWhen we believe that God is Father we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better but we will not resent life any longer.William Barclay / quote ↗
08UndatedEndurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.William Barclay / quote ↗
10UndatedLove always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.William Barclay / quote ↗
11UndatedThe tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.William Barclay / quote ↗
12UndatedThere are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.William Barclay / quote ↗
