The same Spirit that convinces of sin convinces of righteousness, and of judgment and victory, too. (John 16:8)
– Ralph Venning –
from Learning in Christ’s School,1675
God
Drawn to God – Madame Guyon
Of course, the closer you are drawn to God, the farther you are removed from the activities of your natural man. The natural man, to be sure, is very opposed to your inward drawing toward God.
– Madame Guyon –
God is Happiness and Peace – CS Lewis
God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself, because there is no such thing.
– CS Lewis –
Great is The Faithfulness – Thomas Chisolm
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with Thee; thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not, as Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be
– Thomas Chisolm –
Building All Towers On a Solid Foundation – Kieth Green
Towers of happiness built on the sand of confusion usually ruble down. I’m digging deep, I’m digging deep. Gotta find that solid rock foundation. I’m digging deep, I’m washing with water and cleansing in soil. When I reach a solid self, if there is one , then I’ll build a cabin of home in my heart. And maybe share it with another solid soul
– Keith Green –
What God Intends Prayer To Be – Rosalind Goforth
Prayer has been hedged about with too many man-made rules. I am convinced that God has intended prayer to be as simple and natural, and as constant a part of our spiritual life, as the intercourse between a child and his parent in the home. And as a large part of that intercourse between child and parent is simply asking and receiving, just so is it with us and our Heavenly Parent.
– Rosalind Goforth –
Cross Is Laid on Every Christian – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The cross is laid on every Christian. It begins with the call to abandon the attachments of this world. It is that dying of the old man which is the result of his encounter with Christ. As we embark upon discipleship we surrender ourselves to Christ in union with His death… we give over our lives to death. Since this happens at the beginning of the Christian life, the cross can never be merely a tragic ending to an otherwise happy religious life. When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die. It may be a death like that of the first disciples who had to leave home and work to follow Him, or it may be a death like Luther’s, who had to leave the monastery and go out into the world. But it is the same death every time… death in Jesus Christ, the death of the old man at His call. That is why the rich young man was so loath to follow Jesus, for the cost of his following was the death of his will. In fact, every command of Jesus is a call to die, with all our affections and lusts. But we do not want to die, and therefore Jesus Christ and His call are necessarily our death and our life
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer –
The Body Of The Word – Athanasius
The body of the Word, then, being a real human body, in spite of its having been uniquely formed from a virgin, was of itself mortal and, like other bodies, liable to death. But the indwelling of the Word loosed it from this natural liability, so that corruption could not touch it. Thus it happened that two opposite marvels too place at once: the death of all was consummated in the Lord’s body; yet, because the Word was in it, death and corruption were in the same act utterly abolished.
– Athanasius –
Never Forget the Eye of God – JC Ryle
Resolve never to forget the eye of God. The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always on you. “The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good” (Proverbs 15:3), and they are eyes that read hearts as well as actions.
– JC Ryle –
from Thoughts for Young Men, 1886