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 –
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The Old Cross vs. The New Cross – AW Tozer
The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed confidence in the flesh; the new cross encourages it.
– AW Tozer –
The Cross of Christ – AW Tozer
Though the cross of Christ has been beautified by the poet and the artist, the avid seeker after God is likely to find it the same savage implement of destruction it was in the days of old. The way of the cross is still the pain-wracked path to spiritual power and fruitfulness. So do not seek to hide from it. Do not accept an easy way. Do not allow yourself to be patted to sleep in a comfortable church, void of power and barren of fruit. Do not paint the cross nor deck it with flowers. Take it for what it is, as it is, and you will find it the rugged way to death and life. Let it slay you utterly.
– AW Tozer –
Are You Called a Christian? – Ignatius of Antioch
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.
– Ignatius of Antioch –
(35-120 AD)
The Backwards Reality of the Gospel – AW Tozer
A real Christian is an odd number, anyway. He feels supreme love for the One whom he has never seen; talks with familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see; expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another; empties himself in order to be full; admits he is wrong so he can be declared right; goes down in order to get up; is strongest when he is weakest; richest when he is poorest and happiest when he feels the worst. He dies so he can live; forsakes in order to have; gives away so he can keep; sees the invisible; hears the inaudible’ and knows that which passeth understanding.
– AW Tozer –
Not Going Under But Over – Catherine Booth
The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over.
– Catherine Booth –
The Most Vital Question – Martin Lloyd-Jones
The most vital question to ask about all who claim to be in Christ is this: Have they a soul thirst for God? Do they long for this? Is there something about them that tells you that they are always waiting for His next manifestation of Himself? Is their life centered on Him? Can they say with Paul that they forget everything in the past? Do they press forward more and more that they might know Him and that the knowledge might increase, until eventually beyond death and the grave they may bask eternally in ‘the sunshine of His face?’ That I might know Him!
– Martin Lloyd Jones –
What Are You Living For? – Leonard Ravenhill
Is what you’re living for worth Christ dying for?
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The Man God Needs – EM Bounds
It is not great talents nor great learning nor great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God – men always preaching by holy sermons in the pulpit, by holy lives out of it. These can mold a generation for God.
– EM Bounds –