"Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. 'Quick, get up!' He said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists." - Acts 12:7Corrie ten Boom was born in 1892 in Haarlem, Holland. During World War II,...
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." - Colossians 3:23-24When the famed Bible teacher Harry...
"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God." - Psalm 43:5Jeremy Taylor was born in 1613 in Cambridge, England. A student of John Milton, he studied at the University of Cambridge...
"The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. The Lord delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the Lord's anointed." - 1 Samuel 26:23In 1952 Mother Teresa began the work for which the Missionaries of Charity have been...
"But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you," - Matthew 5:44On December 21, 1974, Chris Carrier was in the fifth grade and walking home from school in North Miami Beach, Florida. An older man spotted Chris and tricked him into going into...
"We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ." - 1 John 1:3Jim Elliott was born in Portland, Oregon in 1927. He came to the Lord when he was six...
"So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man." - Acts 24:16March 18, 1937. The date is chiseled on dozens of tombstones in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in New London, Texas. On the fateful day, some 1200 students were in attendance at the town's only...