At some point, it has to go from being highlighted in your Bible to being written on your heart.
– Unknown –
Miscellaneous Quote
Christian’s vital breath – James Montgomery
Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath,
The Christian’s native air …
– James Montgomery –
Hymn: Prayer Is The Soul’s Sincere Desire, 1818
Too busy for God? – AB Christiansen
Too busy? O forgive, dear Lord, that I should ever be, too much engrossed in earthly tasks, to spend an hour with thee.
– AB Christiansen –
The ONE Goal – Steve Case
Ask missionaries (regardless of age – 12 or 112) and they’ll tell you they have one goal – God. God first. God last. God in all things. Not to go out and feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, make busy with conversion activity, but God first. With God as the goal, the homeless get a roof, the hungry get fed, the cold get warmed, the lonely get a friend, and the wanderer finds a way.
– Steve Case –
Price of Prayerlessness – Unknown
The price of prayerlessness far exceeds the price of prayer.
– Unknown –
Adversity vs Prosperity – Thomas Carlyle
For a hundred that can bear adversity, there is hardly one that can bear prosperity.
– Thomas Carlyle –
Fasting and Prayer – Julio C. Ruibal
Our greatest victories are won on our knees and with empty stomachs.
– Julio C. Ruibal –
Claiming Bible Verses – Eric Metaxas
Another version of the “Prosperity Gospel” or “Name It and Claim It” teaching has to do with finding a verse in the Bible and then “claiming” that verse. Proponents of this thinking believe that God must fulfill his promise to us in whatever verse we are “claiming”… We need to have faith in what the Bible says, but we have to be careful that we aren’t trying to force God to do what we want. That is arrogance rather than humility. God loves us, but we cannot demand things of him as though our faith is in charge rather than God.
– Eric Metaxas –
A price to pay to follow Jesus – Dennis Curtis
Are you saying that there is a price to pay to follow Jesus? I can’t just believe the right things? I have to actually do something that may encroach upon my comfort zone? Now I remember! I am to pick up my cross daily if I want to be His disciple.
– Dennis Curtis –