Death

The Heartbeat of Prayer – Al Whittinghill

Without the heartbeat of prayer, the body of Christ will resemble a corpse. The church is dying on her feet because she is not living on her knees.

– Al Whittinghill –

What is the Life of Faith? – Watchman Nee

We should inquire once again as to what the life of faith is. It is one lived by believing in God under any circumstance: “If he slay me,” says Job, “yet would I trust in Him.” That is faith. Because I once believed, loved and trusted God I shall believe, love and trust Him wherever He may put me and however my heart and body may suffer. … Emotion begins to doubt when it senses blackness, whereas faith holds on to God even in the face of death.

– Watchman Nee –
from The Spiritual Man

The Martyrdom of Polycarp

But the proconsul urged him and said, “Swear, and I will release thee; curse the Christ.” And Polycarp said, “Eighty and six years have I served him, and he hath done me no wrong; how then can I blaspheme my king who saved me?”

– The Martyrdom of Polycarp (in 155 AD) –

A Broken Heart – Oswald Chambers

If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.

– Oswald Chambers –

I Will Yet Go Forward! – John Bunyan

To go back is nothing but death: to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it. I will yet go forward

– John Bunyan –

from the book Pilgrim’s Progress

Teach The Old-Fashioned Gospel – Catherine Booth

We teach the old-fashioned Gospel of repentance, faith, and holiness, not daring to separate what God has joined together…We teach that a man cannot be right with God while he is doing wrong to men – in short, that holiness means being saved from sin …and filled with love to God and man.

– Catherine Booth –