The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Church
The Church is to be Holy – Charles Spurgeon
The church is nothing if it is not holy. … Who is to keep the church pure? None but God Himself. If the Lord is there, holiness will abound, and fruits of the Spirit will be seen on all sides …
– Charles Spurgeon –
Prayer is the key to revival – Leonard Ravenhill
Maybe you are the key to revival in your church.
[Therefore pray!]
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The responsibility of the Church of God – Andrew Bonar
Oh, what responsibility this lays on the Church of God! If you grieve Him away from yourselves, or hinder His visit, then the poor perishing world suffers sorely!
– Andrew Bonar –
The extraordinary prayers of God’s people – Jonathan Edwards
When God has something very great to accomplish for His church, it is His will that there should precede it, the extraordinary prayers of His people … when God is about to accomplish great things for His Church, He will begin by remarkably pouring out the spirit of grace and supplication.
– Jonathan Edwards –
Measure of a Church’s Strength – EM Bounds
What is the truest measure of a church’s strength? True strength lies in the vital godliness of the people. The aggregate personal holiness of the members of each church is the only true measure of strength. Any other test offends God, dishonors Christ, grieves the Holy Spirit, and degrades religion.
– EM Bounds –
The primary purpose of every true church and Christian – Derek Prince
The supreme purpose of every true Christian Church, the chief duty of every Christian minister, the main responsibility of every Christian layman, is to present to all who may be reached, in the clearest and most forceful way, the basic facts of the gospel of Christ and to urge all who hear to make the definite personal response to these facts which God requires. To this, the supreme task, every other duty and activity of the Church, must be secondary and subsidiary.
– Derek Prince –
Entertainment Evangelism – Alistair Begg
We can’t entertain people into the kingdom.
– Alistair Begg –
The world and church can’t jog together – Catherine Booth
When the Church and the world can jog comfortably together, you may be sure there is something wrong. The world has not altered. Its spirit is exactly the same as it ever was, and if Christians were equally faithful and devoted to the Lord, and separated from the world, living so that their lives were a reproof to all ungodliness, the world would hate them as much as it ever did.
– Catherine Booth –