Father, let me loose my clutch on everything temporal. My life, my reputation, my possessions, Lord, let me loose the tension of the grasping hand. Open my hand to receive the nail of Calvary, as Christ’s was opened. He thought Heaven, yea, equality with God, not a thing to be clutched at. So let me release my grasp.
– Jim Elliot –
If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
– Corrie ten Boom –
In prayer, I give myself to God; in the Word, God gives Himself to me.
– Andrew Murray –
from 199 Treasures of Wisdom on Talking with God: Compiled from the Writings of Andrew Murray
What is the secret to great living? Entire separation to Christ and devotion to Him. Thus speaks every man and woman whose life has made more than a passing flicker in the spiritual realm. It is the life that has no time for trifling that counts.
– Amy Carmichael –
I never saw a fruit-bearing Christian who was not a student of the Bible.
– DL Moody –
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.
– Hudson Taylor –
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
– AW Tozer –
from The Pursuit of God
(Faith) is good for everything—good for the timid to make them strong, good for the rash to make them wise; it is good for those who are desponding to make them brave, and good for those who are too daring, to make them discreet. There is no respect in which faith is not useful to us, therefore, whatever you leave out, see to your faith; if you forget all besides, be careful above all that ye take the shield of faith (Ephesians 6:16).
– Charles Spurgeon –
from the sermon “The Shield of Faith”, October 27,1861
Take the very hardest thing in your life — the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.
– Lilias Trotter –