For the Christian, death is not the end of adventure but a doorway from a wold where dreams and adventures shrink, to a world where dreams and adventures forever expand. Randy Alcorn More Quotes by Randy Alcorn More Quotes From Randy Alcorn ..tithing isn't something I do to clear my conscience so I can do whatever I want with the 90 percent--it also belongs to God! I must seek his direction and permission for whatever I do with the full amount. I may discover that God has different ideas than I do. Randy Alcorn want may ideas Am I getting braver, or just getting accustomed to being terrified? Randy Alcorn accustomed terrified The vermin explain their sin with sanctimonious language like, "We've prayed about it and sought counsel, and we feel it's the right thing to do." Don't let it down on them that to the Enemy what they feel is inconsequential. His moral laws don't give a rip about how any of them feel. The sludgebags have no more power to vote them in and out of existence than they have power to revoke the law of gravity. Randy Alcorn rip law giving The conflicting missions of the two armies seemed to have no fog, no gray, only black-and-white clarity. I had lived my life in terms of compromise, rule-bending, trade-offs, concessions, bargaining, striking deals, finding middle ground. In these two great armies, there was no such thing. Good was good, and evil was evil, and they shared no common ground. Randy Alcorn fog black-and-white army Seeking happiness apart from a right relationship God is like trying to turn on a light that's unplugged. Randy Alcorn turns light trying You can't take it with you - but you can send it on ahead. Randy Alcorn missions wealth missionary Parents who spoil their children out of 'love' should realize that they are performing acts of child abuse. Although there are no laws against such abuse--no man-made laws anyway--this spiritual mistreatment may result in as much long-term personal and social damage as the worst physical abuse. Randy Alcorn spiritual men children Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give. Randy Alcorn church stories giving Even if abortion were made easy or painless for everyone, it wouldn't change the bottom-line problem that abortion kills children. Randy Alcorn abortion lines children I imagine our first glimpse of Heaven will cause us to gasp in amazement and delight. That first gasp will likely be followed by many more as we continually encounter new sights in that endlessly wonderful place. Randy Alcorn sight inspirational life When I save, I lay something aside for future need. If I sense God's leading, I will give it away to meet greater needs. When I hoard, I'm unwilling to part with what I've saved to meet others' needs, because my possible future needs outweigh their actual present needs. I fail to love my neighbor as myself. Randy Alcorn failing giving needs The grace that has freed us from bondage to sin is desperately needed to free us from our bondage to materialism. Randy Alcorn materialism sin grace Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven. Randy Alcorn luxury helping-others heaven By trusting Christ's redemptive work for us, we can enter into what we long for: the happiness found only in God. Randy Alcorn found long christ I wrote my first novel, 'Deadline,' in 1994 as an experiment. Randy Alcorn experiment first deadline novel I try to tell a story that's good enough to win the right to integrate eternal themes into it. If it's poorly written or comes across as a sermon, then obviously you don't reach people, because they're aware that you're imposing something on a story that isn't innate to it. Randy Alcorn good win you people
