Christian Life

Where are you storing up treasure – Randy Alcorn

Many Christians dread the thought of leaving this world. Why? Because so many have stored up their treasures on earth, not in heaven.

– Randy Alcorn –

For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.

– Thomas a’ Kempis –

We are not here to be overcome, but to rise unvanquished after every knockout blow, and laugh the laugh of faith, not fear.

– Amy Carmichael –

He became what we are that He might make us what He is.

– Athanasius –

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.

– GK Chesterton –

The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.

– John Wesley –

Gifts are improved in us by prayer and study, but the benefits of those gifts are shared among us by love and unity.

– John Flavel –
1627-1691

If you would have the divine life of the Spirit within you grow strong in every part of your nature, let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.

– Andrew Murray –
from The Indwelling Spirit

Standing pools gather mud, and nourish and breed venomous creatures; and so do the idle and slothful Christians.

– Thomas Brooks –
from Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks