The great battles, the battles that decide our destiny and the destiny of generations yet unborn, are not fought on public platforms, but in the lonely hours of the night and in moments of agony.
– Samuel Logan Brengle –
Compassion Costs – Samuel Chadwick
Compassion costs. It is easy enough to argue, criticize and condemn, but redemption is costly, and comfort draws from the deep. Brains can argue, but it takes heart to comfort.
– Samuel Chadwick –
Cowards Never Won Heaven – William Gurnall
Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by this heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.
– William Gurnall –
Consume My Life Oh God – Jim Elliot
Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like You, Lord Jesus.
– Jim Elliot –
1927-1956
Christ is Praying for You – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Testing God’s Resources – FB Meyer
We never test the resources of God until we attempt the
IMPOSSIBLE.
– FB Meyer –
3 Stages to Every Work of God – Hudson Taylor
I have found that there are three stages in every great work of
God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.
– Hudson Taylor –
Stand in the Hour of Trial – George Müller
Do but stand still in the hour of trial, and you will see the help of God, if you trust in Him. But there is so often a forsaking the ways of the Lord in the hour of trial, and thus the food of faith, the means whereby our faith may be increased, is lost.
– George Müller –
from Answers to Prayer
Everyone Was Happy – Richard Wurmbrand
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists’] terms. It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us, so everyone was happy.
– Richard Wurmbrand –
from Tortured for Christ