The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials.
– George Müller –
Hardship
An Endless Hope in Christ
A life without Christ is a hopeless end,
A life with Christ is an endless hope.
– Anonymous –
Strictly Forbidden to Preach – Richard Wurmbrand
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners, as it is in captive nations today. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their terms. It was a deal: we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching; they were happy beating us—so everyone was happy.
– Richard Wurmbrand –
How Humility Grows Best – Samuel Rutherford
Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.
– Samuel Rutherford –
1600-1661
A Backbone to Stand Alone – Leslie Ludy
A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone—even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone.
– Leslie Ludy –
from When God Writes Your Life Story
A True Leader Must Have This – Leslie Ludy
A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone—even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone.
– Leslie Ludy –
from When God Writes Your Life Story
The Modern Rendition of Carrying the Cross – Eric Ludy
It would seem that we have designed a modern-day rendition of carrying the Cross that doesn’t give us splinters, revilement, and death. We want the benefits of the Cross but we don’t want to carry it.
– Eric Ludy –
Nothing Is Too Big For God To Accomplish
Nothing is too big for God to accomplish, and nothing is too little for Him to use in accomplishing it!
– Unknown –
Truth and God Must Be Earnestly Sought – AB Simpson
God has hidden every precious thing in such a way that it is a reward to the diligent, a prize to the earnest, but a disappointment to the slothful soul. All nature is arrayed against the lounger and the idler. The nut is hidden in its thorny case; the pearl is buried beneath the ocean waves; the gold is imprisoned in the rocky bosom of the mountains; the gem is found only after you crush the rock which encloses it; the very soil gives its harvest as a reward to the laboring farmer. So truth and God must be earnestly sought.
– AB Simpson –