Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.
– David Livingstone –
Christian Life
Fire that Leads to Action – Unknown
Lord grant that the FIRE of my heart may melt the lead in my feet.
– Unknown –
Soul-Hungry Praying – Leonard Ravenhill
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Moved by Eternity? – William Bramwell
How is it that the soul being of such value, and God so great, eternity so near, and yet we are so little moved?
– William Bramwell –
Money Often Quenches Spiritual Fire – JC Ryle
Nothing I am sure has such a tendency to quench the fire of religion as the possession of money.
– JC Ryle –
Rules for Self Discovery – AW Tozer
Rules for Self Discovery:
1. What we want most
2. What we think about most
3. How we use our money
4. What we do with our leisure time
5. The company we enjoy
6. Who and what we admire
7. What we laugh at
– AW Tozer –
Satan is busy when Christ is near – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Joy is the Beauty of Christians – Thomas Brooks
A beautiful face is at all time pleasing to the eye, but then especially when there is joy manifested in the countenance. Joy in the face puts a new beauty, and makes that which before was beautiful to be exceeding beautiful. It puts a lustre and glory upon beauty; so does joy in the face, heart, and life of a Christian, cast a general splendor and glory upon him, and the ways of God wherein he walks. The joy of the Lord is not only the strength, but also the beauty and glory of Christians. (see Nehemiah 8:10)
– Thomas Brooks –
from Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance, 1654
What Do You Count Necessary? – Joseph Alleine
It was a saying of the noble Roman when he has hasting with corn to the city in the famine and mariners were loath to set sail in foul weather, “It is necessary for us to sail—it is not necessary for us to live.” What is it that you count necessary?
– Joseph Alleine –
from A Sure Guide to Heaven, 1671