It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world.
– John Piper –
Christian Life
October 22, 2012
I am not raising future presidents or politicians, but raising children who will lead a nation to repentance, and die for their neighbors.
– Heather Elyse –
October 21, 2012
If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
October 20, 2012
The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity, but its sending capacity.
– Heather Elyse –
October 19, 2012
David Brainerd was pursued by unearthly adversaries who were resolved to rob him of his reward. He knew he must never take off his armor, but lie down to rest with his corselet laced. The stains that marred the perfection of his lustrous dress and the spots of rust on his gleaming shield are imperceptible to us, but they were to him the source of much sorrow and ardency of yearning.
– from The Life of David Brainerd –
October 18, 2012
Thou art the life of my soul as my soul is the life of my body.
– Francois Fenelon and Jeanne Guyon –
from Spiritual Progress
October 17, 2012
It is a great thing to enter the inner chamber, and shut the door, and meet the Father in secret. It is a greater thing to open the door again, and go out, in an enjoyment of that presence which nothing can disturb.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Prayer Life
October 16, 2012
It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide lovingly united to God’s will – that is my whole business.
– Brother Lawrence –
October 15, 2012
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer –