In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer –
With Thanksgiving, Life Becomes Rich – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Christian Life
The Greatest Saint is the Most Thankful – William Law
The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God.
– William Law –
Worry Less, Praise More – Harry Ironside
We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.
– Harry Ironside –
One Long Thanksgiving – Hannah Whitall Smith
This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.
– Hannah Whitall Smith –
If the Church Falls for Deception – Leonard Ravenhill
If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Is Christ Your Lord? – AW Pink
Thousands are deceived into supposing that they have “accepted Christ” as their “personal Savior”, who have not first received Him as their LORD.
– AW Pink –
We Need Not be Vegetarians – Hudson Taylor
God owns all the silver and the gold in the world and all the cattle on a thousand hills, we need not be vegetarians.
– Hudson Taylor –
The Commission of Our King – David Livingstone
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?
– David Livingstone –
The True Man of God is Grieved by the Following – Leonard Ravenhill
The true man of God is heartsick. He is . . .
grieved at the worldliness of the Church,
grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church,
grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
