Christian Life

April 17, 2013

If we are to pray with power we must pray with faith.

– RA Torrey –
from How to Pray

April 16, 2013

The essence of prayer is simply talking to God as you would to a beloved friend – without pretense or flippancy.

– John MacArthur –
from Alone with God

April 15, 2013

Saints are often drowsy, and listless, and half asleep; but the word and Spirit of Christ will put life and vigor into the soul.

– Matthew Henry –

April 14, 2013

“What do you want with me?” I want you, not to be a convert to my opinions, but to be a member of Christ, a child of God, and an heir of his kingdom.

– John Wesley –

April 13, 2013

A man, and a Christian man too, may keep up all the outward appearances of religion; but if he has guilt on his conscience, or allows sin in his soul, he may frequent the Lord’s house but it will be without profit; he may worship but it will be without peace.

– James Thomas Holloway –
from The Analogy of Faith

April 12, 2013

God’s plan with most of us appears to be a design to make us flexible, twisting us this way and that, now giving, now taking; but always at work for and in us.

– Elizabeth Prentiss –
from More Love to Thee

April 11, 2013

What will your university education amount to, and all your wealth and honors if you go down through lust and passion and covetousness, and lose your soul at last?

– DL Moody –

April 10, 2013

The god of the world is riches, pleasure, and pride, wherewith it abuses all the creatures and gifts of God.

– Martin Luther –

April 9, 2013

It is true that all God requires of us we lack; but it is also true that all we need He supplies.

– Evan Hopkins –