Pray with authority … Some have spoken of this as “throne prayer”–praying with one’s hand touching the throne of God.
– T. Stanley Soltau –
Pray With Authority – T. Stanley Soltau
Miscellaneous Quote
Find Thy Body Near the Wall – Matthew Arnold
Let the victors, when they come,
When the forts of folly fall,
Find thy body by the wall.
– Matthew Arnold –
1867
Run the Race and Don’t Be Lazy – Basilea Schlink
Do not be lazy. Run each day’s race with all your might, so that at the end you will receive the victory wreath from God. Keep on running even when you have had a fall. The victory wreath is won by him who does not stay down, but always gets up again, grasps the banner of faith and keeps on running in the assurance that Jesus is Victor.
– Basilea Schlink –
Patience is Harder than Work – Peter Marshall
Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.
– Peter Marshall –
Sins Against Hope – Ferdinand Kerstiens
The sins against hope are despair, as anticipated failure, and presumption, as anticipated fulfillment. In both these cases man seeks to break out of his pilgrim existence and have his life otherwise than from the hand of God.
– Ferdinand Kerstiens –
Anything is Possible in Prayer – Dick Eastman
Nothing lies beyond the potential of prayer.
– Dick Eastman –
The Fruit of Faith – Stephen Charnock
Assurance is the fruit that grows out of the root of faith.
– Stephen Charnock –
Love is a Work of the Spirit – John Preston
The love of God is peculiarly the work of the Holy Ghost … Therefore the way to get it is earnestly to pray. … We are no more able to love the Lord than cold water is able heat itself … so the Holy Ghost must breed that fire of love in us, it must be kindled from heaven, or else we shall never have it.
– John Preston –
1587-1628
The Best Christians – John Geree
The best Christians should be the best husbands, best wives, best parents, best children, best magistrates, best subjects, that the doctrine of God might be adorned, not blasphemed.
– John Geree –
1646 AD
