Because God disciplines those He loves, He will take drastic measures to get our attention if we need to grow up spiritually.
– Crystal McDowell –
Christian Life
I Want God Revealed – AW Tozer
I don’t want the world to define God FOR me. I want the Holy Spirit to reveal God TO me.
– AW Tozer –
God’s Great Men and Women – Hudson Taylor
God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God, because they reckoned on God’s being with them.
– Hudson Taylor –
Unable to Live Like the World – AW Tozer
The Holy Spirit never enters a person and lets them live like the world. You can be sure of that.
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
Actually Living the Christian Life – JC Ryle
The person who hears Christian teaching, and practices what they hear, is like a “wise man who built his house on a rock.” They do not content themselves with listening to exhortations to repent, believe in Christ, and live a holy life. They actually repent. They actually believe. They actually cease to do evil, learn to do well, abhor that which is sinful, and cleave to that which is good. They are a doer as well as a hearer.
– JC Ryle –
The Secret Prayer Life of a Disciple – Oswald Chambers
It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.
– Oswald Chambers –
Cultural Holiness – Jerry Bridges
Many Christians have what we might call a “cultural holiness”. They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them. As the Christian culture around them is more or less holy, so these Christians are more or less holy. But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.
– Jerry Bridges –
Preaching Cheap Grace – Vance Havner
We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that is free, but they are not interested in discipleship. They will take Christ as Savior but not as Lord.
– Vance Havner –
Christianity without Christ – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer –