John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips May 2

I prayed for this child, and the Lord…granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life… (I Samuel 10-28)

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips May 1

No one can be saved – in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved in virtue of what God can do.
—Karl Barth

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips May 1

We should never desire to be over others. We ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God’s sake.
—Francis of Assisi

John B. Phillips @JohnBPhillips May 1

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
—C. S. Lewis

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips May 1

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
—Saint Augustine

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips May 1

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
—John Wooden

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 30

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
—William Blake

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 30

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
—Reinhold Niebuhr

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 30

I am growing more and more aware that all too often we preachers aim at nothing and hit it.
—Peter Marshall

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 30

You can’t have a belief system on Sunday and not live it the other six days.
—David Green