[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.
– Hudson Taylor –
Dependence
Doing great things for God – Hudson Taylor
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 –
Oh the fullness of Christ – Hudson Taylor
When we look at ourselves, at the littleness of our love, the bareness of our service, and the small progress we make towards perfection, how soul-refreshing it is to turn away to Him; to plunge afresh in “the fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness”; to remember that we are “accepted in the beloved” … “who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” Oh! the fullness of Christ, the fullness of Christ.
– Hudson Taylor –
Never be afraid of going to far – JC Ryle
I exhort you to keep up a habit of close relationship with Christ, and never to be afraid of “going to far” in you religion.
– JC Ryle –
from Sickness
Nature vs Origin – Ian Thomas
It is not the nature of what you are doing that determines its spirituality, but the origin of what you are doing.
– Ian Thomas –
Nothing Takes God By Surprise – WT Purkiser
Nothing takes God by surprise. He knows the future and can therefore guide us through its trackless ways.
– WT Purkiser –
Dependent on God – Oswald Chambers
God comes in where my helplessness begins.
– Oswald Chambers –
God will assume full responsibility – Andrew Murray
God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.
– Andrew Murray –
When God leads your life – Corrie ten Boom
When God leads your life, He will lead you safely home.
– Corrie ten Boom –