Lord, thou has called me forth, I turn and call on thee.
– George MacDonald –
from Diary of an Old Soul
Dependence
July 18, 2012
It is a grand thing to have a man with whom God is, to entrust one’s business to.
– Andrew Murray –
July 17, 2012
Let us thus think often that our only business in this life is to please God, that perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity.
– Brother Lawrence –
July 12, 2012
Stubbornness and self-love give way to beauty in one who has been broken by God.
– Watchman Nee –
from The Release of the Spirit
July 1, 2012
Let me find thy light in my darkness, thy life in my death, thy joy in my sorrow, thy grace in my sin, thy riches in my poverty, they glory in my valley.
– The Valley of Vision –
A collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
June 25, 2012
Self-denial surely means something far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences!
– Hudson Taylor –
June 24, 2012
An honest, consistent, godly character, is a sermon all the week. The godly Christian–pure of heart and unspotted by the world–is the best preacher of the gospel. The revival which is most urgently needed, is a revival of practical godliness. Sunday preaching is not enough; we need more “sermons all through the week.”
– Theodore Cuyler –
from “Wayside Springs from the Fountain of Life,” 1883
June 22, 2012
The moment the soul yields itself to obey [responds], the Lord Himself gives the strength and joy to do it.
– Andrew Murray –
June 18, 2012
O God, wake us up to Jesus, give us His passion for prayer and His passion for people.
May our needs drive us to Thee and the needs of others drive us to them.
– E. Stanley Jones –