Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and you have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by His heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.
– William Gurnall –
Courage – Boldness
Grand Heroism – JR Miller
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
Christians never retreat.
– Gladys Aylward –
A Life of Reckless Abandon – Elisabeth Elliot
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 –
Jesus is here – Corrie ten Boom
Dear Jesus…how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Sensitive to the Lord’s presence – AW Tozer
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, die, be forgotten – Count Zinzendorf
Preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten.
– Count Zinzendorf –
Courage – Anonymous
Courage is fear prayed for.
– Anonymous –
Kneeling and Standing – Leonard Ravenhill
A man who kneels before God will stand before men.
– Leonard Ravenhill –