No one can lead farther than he himself has gone.
– A. W. Tozer –
Faith
November 11, 2011
The deeper we are willing to enter into the death of self, the more shall we know of the mighty power of God, and the perfect blessedness of a perfect trust.
– Andrew Murray –
November 9, 2011
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice to Him.
– Jim Elliot –
November 8, 2011
We always admire those who stand up when everyone else ducks or bows down. You may be the only one in your generation, but never bend your knee [to difficulties or the culture]. . . . Your knee is to bend solely to Jesus Christ.
– Eric Ludy –
November 6, 2011
In our abandonment we give ourselves over to God just as God gave Himself for us, without any calculation. The consequences of abandonment never enter into our outlook because our life is taken up with Him.
– Oswald Chambers –
from My Utmost for His Highest
November 4, 2011
The preoccupations of seventeen-year-old girls – their looks, their clothes, their social life – don’t change much from generation to generation. But, in every generation there seem to be a few who make other choices. Amy Carmichael was one of the few.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
from A Chance to Die (biography about Amy Carmichael), 31
November 3, 2011
Tell God you are ready to be offered, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be.
– Oswald Chambers –
from My Utmost for His Highest
November 1, 2011
We never test the resources of God until we attempt the IMPOSSIBLE.
– F. B. Meyer –
October 17, 2011
God is not dead. The gospel has lost none of its power. It is we Christians who have lost OUR power with God. God is able right now to give us the same times of blessing that He gave this church one hundred years ago—even greater! Are you willing to let God search your hearts to see that there are no sins which grieve God and keep back the blessing?”
From a sermon of the father of William Chalmers Burns preached at the gravesite of James Robe, whose pastoral efforts brought a great revival in Kilsyth Scotland in 1742