Christian Life

May 24, 2012

Does your one goal, one drive, all of your plans day and night focus on how to redeem your world? What you cry about, what upsets you, your tiredness, is it all focused on the one thing that beats in the heart of God? Do you see every person with the question of how you can be a redemptive force in their lives? Is every situation of your life viewed with a focus on redemption for the world? May I boldly say that if this is not true for you, you have missed the impact of the Gospel of Matthew and especially this initial call to His disciples [Matthew 4.19].

– Stephen Manley –
from his chapter “A Call to Continuity” in Commentary on Matthew 3-4

May 23, 2012

It was out of His goodness that He created you, and it is out oh His goodness that He will give you everything you need at the precise moment you need it. That is providence. He will oversee your life at all times and provide for you. He is the reason that you are breathing. And He is the reason you keep breathing.

– Steve Farrar –

May 22, 2012

You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness.

– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –

May 21, 2012

Jesus said there is only one way to develop and grow spiritually, and that is through focusing and concentrating on God.

– Oswald Chambers –

May 20, 2012

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ”Blessed are they that mourn.”

— CS Lewis –

May 19, 2012

The greatest Old or New Testament saints were on a level that is quite within our grasp. The same power that was available to them is also available to us.

– Dr. Goulburn –
Dean of Norwich

May 18, 2012

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

– Corrie ten Boom –

May 17, 2012

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

– CS Lewis –

May 16, 2012

Love of All, I hold me fast by Thee,
Ruler of time, King of Eternity
There is no great with Thee, there is no small,
For Thou art all, and fullest all in all.

The newborn world swings forth at Thy command,
The falling dewdrop falls into Thy hand.
God of the firmament’s mysterious powers
I see Thee thread the minutes of my hours.

– Amy Carmichael –