We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
– Oswald Chambers –
Fear – Worry – Anxiety
God Takes Part With Those Who Fear Him – John Bunyan
The great God, the former of all things, taketh part with them that fear him, and engage themselves to walk in his ways, of love, and respect, they bear unto him; so that such may boldly say, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me” (Hebrews 13:6).
– John Bunyan –
from All Loves Excelling, 1692
Turn Loneliness Into Solitude and Prayer – Elisabeth Elliot
Turn your loneliness into solitude, and your solitude into prayer.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
from The Path of Loneliness
Faith, Optimism, and Discouragement – George Kulp
Faith makes a man an optimist. The man who believes God cannot be discouraged. He hears the Master talking to him and, as he listens to Him, there comes the comforting words, “I am with thee even to the end.” Now, the devil can launch his brigades and his divisions and his legions, but this man sees the other side and shouts the victory.
– George Kulp –
Fear or Faith? – Smith Wigglesworth
Fear looks but faith jumps.
– Smith Wigglesworth –
No Fishing For Sin – Corrie ten Boom
When the Lord takes your sins, you never see them again. He casts them into the depths of the sea, forgiven and forgotten. I even believe that He places a sign over them that reads: “No fishing allowed.”
– Corrie ten Boom –
Leonard Ravenhill on Pleasing God
If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him does it matter whom we displease?
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Keeping the devil on his throne – William Gurnall
Everything the sinner has—time, strength, intellect, and all—is spent to keep the devil on his throne.
– William Gurnall –
Don’t Justify What You Need to Crucify – Unknown
Stop trying to justify what you need to crucify.
– Unknown –