Death to self is the only entrance into the Church of the living God; and nothing but God can give this death, and that alone through the inward work of the cross of Christ by His Spirit made real in the soul.
– William Law –
Centrality of Christ
Let Your Christianity Be Unmistakable – JC Ryle
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your whole so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt Whose you are and Whom you serve.
– JC Ryle –
The World is Small Compared to the Greatness of God – Brother Lawrence
The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.
– Brother Lawrence –
Till Sin Be Bitter, Christ Will Not Be Sweet – Thomas Watson
There is no rowing to paradise except upon the stream of repenting tears. Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.
– Thomas Watson –
God Give Me Humility, Zeal, Love, and Focus – George Whitefield
God give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst.
– George Whitefield –
Before the Sleepless, Lukewarm, Faithless, Namby-pamby Christian World – CT Studd
We will not build on the sand, but on the bedrock of the sayings of Christ, and the gates and minions of hell shall not prevail against us. Should such men as we fear? Before the whole world, yes, before the sleepless, lukewarm, faithless, namby-pamby Christian world, we will dare to trust our God, we will venture our all for Him, we will live and we will die for Him, and we will do it with His joy unspeakable singing aloud in our hearts. We will a thousand times sooner die trusting only in our God than live trusting in man. And when we come to this position the battle is already won, and the end of the glorious campaign in sight. We will have the real Holiness of God, not the sickly stuff of talk and dainty words and pretty thoughts; we will have a Masculine Holiness, one of daring faith and works for Jesus Christ.
– CT Studd –
Having God Within Us
Unless we have WITHIN us that which is ABOVE us, we will eventually yield to that which is AMONG us.
– Unknown –
Why the Church Exists – CS Lewis
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.
– CS Lewis –
Having the Reality of God’s Presence – Oswald Chambers
Having the reality of God’s presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually.
– Oswald Chambers –