Jesus never says to the poor: “come find the church,” but he says to those of us in the church: “go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.”
– Tony Campolo –
Church
Be United With Other Christians – Corrie ten Boom
Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
– Corrie ten Boom –
1892-1983
The Secret to Successful Work – Andrew Murray
The secret of successful work is to give away daily what we ourselves are receiving from God.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Ministry of Intercession
Scripture Reading is our Spiritual Mealtime – Charles Spurgeon
Scripture reading is our spiritual meal-time. Sound the gong and call in every faculty to the Lord’s own table to feast upon the precious meat which is now to be partaken of; or, rather, ring the church bell as for worship, for the studying of the Holy Scripture ought to be as solemn a deed as when we sing the hymns upon the Sabbath day in the courts of Lord’s house.
– Charles Spurgeon –
From Council for Christian Workers
Is Your Church Out of the Hands of God? – AW Tozer
I remind you that there are churches so completely out of the hands of God that if the Holy Spirit withdrew from them, they wouldn’t find it out for many months.
– AW Tozer –
Demonstration of the Holy Ghost – Leonard Ravenhill
The world is not waiting for a new definition of the Holy Ghost but a new demonstration of the Holy Ghost.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
A Sick Church in a Dying World – Leonard Ravenhill
The greatest tragedy is a sick church in a dying world.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
A Revival Does Two Things – Billy Sunday
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!
– Billy Sunday –
Revival Begins with the Restoration of the Word – Wilbur M. Smith
Every revival worthy of the name begins in the restoration of the Word of God to the pulpit, and its fearless proclamation by those anointed of God to preach the Gospel.
– Wilbur M. Smith –