Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.
– Oswald Chambers –
Christian Life
Not looking for much from God – George Macdonald
O Lord my God, in you I put my trust. Psalms 7:1
“O God, one day we will laugh ourselves to scorn that we looked for so little from you.”
– George Macdonald –
What makes us complain – Hudson Taylor
It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
– Hudson Taylor –
Tune Your Instrument First – Hudson Taylor
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.
– Hudson Taylor –
How to be truly happy – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
They alone are truly happy who are seeking to be righteous. Put happiness in the place of righteousness and you will never get it.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
No pretense in godliness – Oswald Chambers
The life of God has no pretense, and when His life is in you, you do not pretend to feel sweet, you are sweet.
– Oswald Chambers –
God’s love allows suffering – Elisabeth Elliot
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering … The love of God did not protect His own Son… He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
A Revival of Praying – EM Bounds
We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.
– EM Bounds –
Mercy outweighs affliction – Thomas Watson
Our mercies far outweigh our afflictions. For one affliction—we have a thousand mercies! The sea of God’s mercy swallows up our few drops of affliction!
– Thomas Watson –