The perfect victory is to triumph over ourselves. For he that keepeth himself subject in such sort that his sensual affections be obedient to reason, and his reason in all things obedient to Me; that person is truly conqueror of himself . . .
– Thomas a Kempis –
from The Imitation of Christ
I desire to handle the Word of God so that no man may ever find an excuse in my ministry for his living without Christ.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Victory is not the experience of special Christians, it is instead an experience all believers may share.
– Watchman Nee –
Everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.
– John Newton –
Self-denial surely means something far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences!
– Hudson Taylor –
An honest, consistent, godly character, is a sermon all the week. The godly Christian–pure of heart and unspotted by the world–is the best preacher of the gospel. The revival which is most urgently needed, is a revival of practical godliness. Sunday preaching is not enough; we need more “sermons all through the week.”
– Theodore Cuyler –
from “Wayside Springs from the Fountain of Life,” 1883
Where are you saturating?
– Jeremiah Bolich –
The moment the soul yields itself to obey [responds], the Lord Himself gives the strength and joy to do it.
– Andrew Murray –
The Cross we preach to others should first crucify us.
– Watchman Nee –