Christian Life

June 1, 2011

Men are in a restless pursuit after satisfaction in earthly things. They will exhaust themselves in the deceitful delights of sin, and, finding them all to be vanity and emptiness, they will become very perplexed and disappointed. But they will continue their fruitless search. Though wearied, they still stagger forward under the influence of spiritual madness, and though there is no result to be reached except that of everlasting disappointment, yet they press forward. They have no forethought for their eternal state; the present hour absorbs them. They turn to another and another of earth’s broken cisterns, hoping to find water where not a drop was ever discovered yet.

– Charles Spurgeon –

May 31, 2011

Tragically, our rendition of Christianity makes no demands, expects no sacrifice, and yields no eternal rewards. The Lion of Judah has been anesthetized, declawed, and tamed. We have reduced the Almighty to a harmless icon we passively honor in our busy lives…. We cling to a form of godliness, but there is no power.

– Steve Gallagher –

May 30, 2011

A life growing in its purity and devotion will be a more prayerful life.

– EM Bounds –

May 29, 2011

The vigour of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.

– George Müller –

May 27, 2011

Are battles won without shed blood or tears?

– Amy Carmichael –

May 26, 2011

I will tell you the secret. God has had all there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, men with greater opportunities. But from the day I got the poor of London on my heart and caught a vision of all Jesus Christ could do with them, on that day I made up my mind that God would have all of William Booth there was. And if there is anything of power in the Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.

– William Booth –

May 24, 2011

If you are not willing that God should have his way with you, then, in the name of God, be miserable – until your misery drives you to the arms of the Father.

– George MacDonald –

May 23, 2011

There must be a divorce! Within the egg of sin there sleeps the seed of damnation! Man, there must be a divorce between you and your sins. Not a mere separation for a season, but a clear divorce. Cut off the right arm; pluck out the right eye, and cast them from you, or else you cannot enter into eternal life.

– Charles Spurgeon –
from The Chief of Sinners

May 22, 2011

Love knows nothing about denial or sacrifice.  Love gives itself up and delights in the giving.

– Stephen Manley –