Christian Life

January 26, 2013

If we profess to have any real Christianity, let us strive to be of John the Baptist’s spirit. Let us study humility. This is the grace with which all must begin, who would be saved. We have no true religion about us, until we cast away our high thoughts, and feel ourselves sinners. This is the grace which all saints may follow after, and which none have any excuse for neglecting. All God’s children have not gifts, or money, or time to work, or a wide sphere of usefulness; but all may be humble. This is the grace, above all, which will appear most beautiful in our latter end. Never shall we feel the need of humility so deeply, as when we lie on our deathbeds, and stand before the judgment-seat of Christ. Our whole lives will then appear a long catalogue of imperfections, ourselves nothing, and Christ all.

 – JC Ryle –

January 25, 2013

The first thing for our soul’s health, the first thing for His glory, and the first thing for our own usefulness, is to keep ourselves in perpetual communion with the Lord Jesus…

– Charles Spurgeon –

January 24, 2013

We refuse to so strive and should not be surprised at the lack of God’s mighty stirrings. Is it not amazing that we have no problem with people wearing themselves out in sports for pleasure, work for money, politics for power, and programs for charity, but think it fanatical to so pray for souls? We would die for national freedom, but never for progress in the Kingdom of God. Is it any wonder we see so little of God’s great working? Father Nash* would pray until he had to ‘go to bed absolutely sick, for weakness and faintness, under the pressure.’ The world would have no problem with such dedication except that it was due to prayer for souls. Why should it be such a strange thing to the Church?

– J. Paul Reno –

*Father Nash was the man who prayed “under the stage” during Charles Finney’s revivals.

January 23, 2013

Oh! man, learn to reject pride, seeing that thou hast no reason for it; whatever thou art, thou hast nothing to make thee proud. The more thou hast, the more thou art in debt to God; and thou shouldst not be proud of that which renders thee a debtor.

– Charles Spurgeon –

January 22, 2013

It is in the closet, in the morning watch, that our spiritual life is both tested and strengthened.  There is the battlefield where it is to be decided every day whether God is to have all, whether our life is to be absolute obedience.  If we truly conquer there, getting rid of ourselves into the hands of our Almighty Lord, the victory during the day is sure.  It is there, in the inner chamber, proof is to be given whether we really delight in God, and make it our aim to love Him with our whole heart.

– Andrew Murray –

January 21, 2013

Victory is not won in the pulpit by firing intellectual bullets or wisecracks, but in the prayer closet; it is won or lost before the preacher’s foot enters the pulpit.

– Leonard Ravenhill –

January 20, 2013

Cheerfulness is the support of our strength; in the joy of the Lord are we strong.

– Charles Spurgeon –

January 19, 2013

Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth its preaching hand but not its praying hand? Oh dear friends! Let us agonize in prayer!

– Charles Spurgeon –

January 18, 2013

He that loveth little prayeth little, he that loveth much prayeth much.

– Augustine –