Abiding

Be Daring – Brother Lawrence

Be daring. None of us have a long time to live. Again, what years we have, let us live them with God. If there is any suffering, it will be sweet, even pleasant, while we are with Him. And brother, without Him the greatest pleasure you could ever have would be but anguish.

– Brother Lawrence –

Let me … – Anselm

Let me seek Thee in longing, let me long for Thee in seeking; let me find Thee in love, and love Thee in finding.

– Anselm –

If Thou Trust In The Lord – Thomas a’Kempis

He that willingly submits to the cross, to him its whole burden is changed into a sweet assurance of divine comfort. And the more the flesh is broken down by the cross, the more the spirit is strengthened by inward grace. It is not in man by nature to bear the cross, to love the cross, to deny self, to bring the body into subjection, and willingly to endure suffering. If thou look to thyself, thou canst accomplish nothing of all this. But if thou trust in the Lord, strength shall be given thee from heaven, and the world and the flesh shall be made subject to thy rule. Set thyself, therefore, to bear manfully the cross of thy Lord, who out of love was crucified for thee.

– Thomas a’Kempis –

Pray Often – John Bunyan

 

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

– John Bunyan –

If Only You Will Be – Major Ian Thomas

The Lord jesus Christ wants to be to you now, all that the Father was to Him then – God; if only you will be to Him now, all that He was to the Father then – Man!

– Major Ian Thomas –

If Armed – William Gurnall

As [there is] no standing without armor, so [there is] no fear of falling into the fiend’s hands if armed.

– William Gurnall –