When asked, what is more important: praying or reading the Bible? I ask, “What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?”
– Russ Scalzo –
Christian Life
Radical Obedience – David Platt
My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus’ words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.
– David Platt –
Comfort not Comfortable – John Henry Jowett
God does not comfort us to make us comfortable but to make us comforters.
– John Henry Jowett –
1864-1923
Linger in the Presence of God – AW Tozer
Get on your knees with an outspread Bible and linger in the presence of God.
– AW Tozer –
Dismissing Compassion – William Cowper
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
– William Cowper –
1731-1800
Put to Death – Oswald Chambers
If I do not put to death the things in me which are not of God, they will put to death the things that are of God.
– Oswald Chambers –
How much can I do? – Stephen Olin
Inquire how much can I, not how little may I do.
– Stephen Olin –
from The Works of Stephen Olin Sermons and Sketches,1852
Why I am no longer anxious about anything – Hudson Taylor
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how that is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient.
– Hudson Taylor –
Don’t hold onto tomorrow – Elisabeth Elliot
Once we give ourselves to God, shall we attempt to get hold of what can never belong to us — tomorrow?
– Elisabeth Elliot –