Boldness in Christ’s service always brings its own reward. The boldest Christian is always the happiest man.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospel
Courage – Boldness
Give me a quiet heart – Elisabeth Elliot
Lord, give to me a quiet heart that does not ask to understand but confident steps forward in darkness guided by Thy Word.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Courage is Contagious – Billy Graham
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
– Billy Graham –
How to have courage and peace – Gladys Aylward
Here I was worrying about my journey, while God was helping me all the way. It made me realize that I am very weak; my courage is only borrowed from Him, but, oh, the peace that flooded my soul; and although I know that I may be held up at the border, I am at peace within, because I know that He never faileth.
– Gladys Aylward –
Reckless abandon for the Lord – 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 –
The Boldest People in the World – AW Tozer
Christians should be the boldest people in the world – not cocky and sure of ourselves, but sure of Him.
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
Grab the Impossible – CT Studd
God wants not nibbles of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible.
– CT Studd –
How to sustain a heart for prayer – John Piper
If we’re going to sustain a heart for prayer, we’ve got to believe and feel that life is war.
– John Piper –
Pressing and Pursuing Prayer – EM Bounds
Our praying needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage that never fails.
– EM Bounds –