Barry Malphrus

“When the darkness comes, we simply have to learn the art of night vision. We must see the outlines of God’s hand, acting for our benefit out of his infinite love and wisdom.”
― Bob Russell, Acts of God: Why Does God Allow So Much Pain?

“I have generally found . . . on these seasons, that the Lord has been pleased to honour me as an instrument of awakening some one poor careless sinner, at least, to desire of his salvation. And to be useful to one soul is of more importance than the temporal prosperity of a whole Nation.”
― Steve Turner

“I asked that it should be looked upon, not as a necessary drudgery to be undergone for the purpose of making money, but as a way of life in which the nature of man should find its proper exercise and delight and so fulfill itself to the glory of God. That it should, in fact, be thought of as a creative actively undertaken for the love of the work itself; and that man, made in God’s image, should make things, as God makes them, for the sake of doing well a thing that is well worth doing.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers

“Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference. Dreamers think about how nice it would be for something to be done. Visionaries look for an opportunity to do something.”
― Andy Stanley, Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision