It requires a grander heroism to stand and wait and not lose heart and not lose hope, to submit to the will of God, to give up work and honors to others, to be quiet, confident and rejoicing, while the happy, busy multitude go on and away. It is the grandest life “having done all, to stand.”
– JR Miller –
Christians never retreat.
– Gladys Aylward –
I have one desire now — to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Dear Jesus…how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Do you find your own heart sensitive to the Lord’s presence, or are you among those who are “samplers” and “nibblers”? God help you if you are, for the child of the King isn’t a sampler and a nibbler—he’s a sheep who loves his Shepherd, and he stays close to his Shepherd. That’s the only safe place for a sheep—at the Shepherd’s side, because the devil doesn’t fear sheep—he just fears the Shepherd. Your spiritual safety and well-being lies in being near to the Shepherd. Stay close to Jesus and all of the wolves in the world cannot get a tooth in you.
– AW Tozer –
from Tozer Speaks, Volume One, vol. 2 (Chicago, IL: WingSpread, 2010), 21–22.
Preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten.
– Count Zinzendorf –
Courage is fear prayed for.
– Anonymous –
A man who kneels before God will stand before men.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, and thus they attempt very little and they always fail. All giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence to be with them.
– Hudson Taylor –