God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Christian Life
Ultimate test of our spirituality – Martin Lloyd-Jones
The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.
– Martin Lloyd-Jones –
The power to preach the Gospel – Ian Thomas
The One who calls you to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature is the One who by your consent, goes into all the world and preaches the Gospel to every creature through you!
– Ian Thomas –
How we use our blessings – WT Purkiser
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving, and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
– WT Purkiser –
Total Commitment is Christ’s Demand – Chip Ingram
Many Christians “stall out” in the faith when the call to total commitment is received or viewed as something too high or too hard to acquire…or they have never been taught that total commitment is Christ’s demand for all His followers.
– Chip Ingram –
Public and Private Prayer – Leonard Ravenhill
E.M. Bounds is right in saying that short, powerful public prayers are the outcome of long, secret intercession.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Religious vs Christian – Ian Thomas
There are few things quite so boring as being religious, but there is nothing quite so exciting as being a Christian!
– Ian Thomas –
Doing great things for God – Hudson Taylor
Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, and thus they attempt very little and they always fail. All giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence to be with them.
– Hudson Taylor –
Focus on God’s mercy – Thomas Watson
Do not look upon your troubles as to forget your mercies.
– Thomas Watson –