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 –
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 –
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
God wants not nibbles of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible.
– CT Studd –
If we’re going to sustain a heart for prayer, we’ve got to believe and feel that life is war.
– John Piper –
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 –
Never give up in freedom what we would never give up in persecution.
– Underground Church –
from Insanity of God
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
– JC Ryle –
We need this simple, confident faith that God will give us what we ask for. Where it really exists, there will be no mistake about whether or not we should pray.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Ministry of Intercession