It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Dependence
All My Requests Are Lost In One – Charles Wesley
All my requests are lost in one: “Father, Thy will be done!”
– Charles Wesley –
Strong Paths, Strong Shoes – Corrie ten Boom
If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Go to God as a Lamb – Thomas Haire
A man is dead when he no longer resists the will of God in anything … You must go to God as a lamb, to obey, follow and die.
– Thomas Haire –
Ability and Need – Mr. Gaston
I often overestimate my ability and underestimate my need.
– Mr. Gaston –
The God Who Promised – George Kulp
The God who promised that He would take you through, no matter what may befall, is the same today, He will see you through until your soul shall be gladdened one day in the city where the sun never goes down. If I had my choice, I would rather be the son of a poor Christian man, rich with the promises of God, than to be the son of any millionaire on earth who did not know God. I would rather lean on God’s Word than on any man’ s money.
– George Kulp –
Names and Offices of Christ – JC Ryle
The names and offices of Christ, as laid down in Scripture, appear to me to show unmistakably that this communion between the saint and his Savior is not a mere fancy, but a real true thing. Between the Bridegroom and His bride, between the Head and His members, between the Physician and His patients, between the Advocate and His clients, between the Shepherd and His sheep, between the Master and His scholars, there is evidently implied a habit of familiar communion, of daily application for things needed, of daily pouring out and unburdening our hearts and minds. Such a habit of dealing with Christ is clearly something more than a vague general trust in the work that Christ did for sinners. It is getting close to Him and laying hold on Him with confidence, as a loving, personal Friend. This is what I mean by communion.
– JC Ryle –
A Place of Difficulty and Hardship – Elisabeth Elliot
This is the very place meant by God to turn your eyes to Him.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Union with Jesus Christ – AB Simpson
Christianity may mean nothing more than a religious system. The Christian life may mean nothing more than an earnest and honest attempt to follow and imitate Christ. The Christ life is more than these and expresses our actual union with the Lord Jesus Christ. He is actually in us as the life and source of all our experience and work. This conception of the highest Christian life is at once simpler and more sublime than any other. We do not teach that the purpose of Christ’s redemption is to restore us to Adamic perfection, for if we had it we should lose it tomorrow. Rather, it is to unite us with the second Adam, and to lift us up to a higher plane than our first parents ever knew. This is the only thing that can reconcile the warring elements of diverse schools of teaching with respect to Christian life. The Spirit of God will lead us to have no controversy respecting mere theories. Rather, we are simply to hold to the person and life of Jesus Christ Himself and the privilege of being united to Him through living in constant dependence upon His keeping power and grace.
– AB Simpson –