The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.
– William Booth –
Consecration
November 29, 2012
He that willingly submits to the cross, to him its whole burden is changed into a sweet assurance of divine comfort. And the more the flesh is broken down by the cross, the more the spirit is strengthened by inward grace. It is not in man by nature to bear the cross, to love the cross, to deny self, to bring the body into subjection, and willingly to endure suffering. If thou look to thyself, thou canst accomplish nothing of all this. But if thou trust in the Lord, strength shall be given thee from heaven, and the world and the flesh shall be made subject to thy rule. Set thyself, therefore, to bear manfully the cross of thy Lord, who out of love was crucified for thee.
– Thomas a’Kempis –
November 9, 2012
The Cross in actual history is the point where the real Presence of God enters human history; and the point where the real Presence of God enters human life is the moment of absolute surrender, not of religious sentiment. The first step to sacramental discipleship is the crowning of Jesus as Lord.
– Oswald Chambers –
November 7, 2012
If you went after Jesus with the same fervency you went after the world, you would be radically transformed.
– Robert Saunders –
November 3, 2012
The purpose of God isn’t to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ.
– AW Tozer –
October 15, 2012
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer –
October 12, 2012
As Christians we should have only one message coming out of our lips and lives: the unsearchable riches of Christ!
(see Ephesians 3.8)
– NRJohnson –
October 5, 2012
If you would test the character of anything, you only need to inquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
– Watchman Nee –
October 3, 2012
We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.
– Samuel Rutherford –