Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by this heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.
– William Gurnall –
Hardship
Treated Better Than Jesus? – Leonard Ravenhill
Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?
– Leonard Ravenhill –
A Test of Christian Character – Lester Roloff
A test of a Christian’s character is what he does after he comes to the blockade in the road and what his attitude is after everything has left him except Jesus. You will never know down here that Christ is all you need until Christ is all you have left. You will never be able to tell the world for sure that He will do in a crisis unless you learn how to live in a crisis.
– Lester Roloff –
Live Near to God – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Live near to God, and all things will appear little to you in comparison with eternal realities.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
God Delights in Impossibilities – Billy Sunday
We have a God who delights in impossibilities.
– Billy Sunday –
Testing God’s Resources – FB Meyer
We never test the resources of God until we attempt the
IMPOSSIBLE.
– FB Meyer –
3 Stages to Every Work of God – Hudson Taylor
I have found that there are three stages in every great work of
God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.
– Hudson Taylor –
Rejoicing of Hope – William Gurnall
Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath; it is called “the rejoicing of hope” (Hebrews 3:6).
– William Gurnall –
The Soul In Any State – John Newton
A soul may be in as thriving a state when thirsting, seeking and mourning after the Lord as when actually rejoicing in Him; as much in earnest when fighting in the valley as when singing upon the mount.
– John Newton –