Time and distance quench a small love but make a great love grow stronger.
– Richard Wurmbrandt –
to his wife after years in prison
Hardship
March 20, 2012
All my devotion is an insult to God unless every bit of my practical life squares with Jesus Christ’s demands.
– Oswald Chambers –
March 14, 2012
Self-sourcing asks, “How can I use you?” Spirit-sourcing asks, “How can I minister to you?” Self-sourcing sees inconvenience. Spirit-sourcing sees opportunities. Self-sourcing protects and guards. Spirit-sourcing flows and gives. Self sourcing is demanding; Spirit-sourcing is giving. I become the answer to the needs of your life, because He is the answer to the needs of my life.
– Stephen Manley –
from Eating at the Cross (Acts 2.42)
March 6, 2012
There are some who would have Christ cheap. They would have Him without the Cross. But the price will not come down.
– Samuel Rutherford –
February 25, 2012
The enemy will not see you vanish into God’s company without an effort to reclaim you.
– C.S. Lewis –
February 21, 2012
Measure thy life by loss and not by gain, not by wine drunk, but wine poured forth; for love’s strength standeth in love’s sacrifice, and he who suffers has most to give.
– Lilias Trotter –
February 18, 2012
Revival and change are almost synonymous terms and both clearly cut across traditionalism. There is no way true revival can occur without major changes disrupting and reordering the life of the Church. . . . God is no traditionalist. While God is orderly, He is always fresh and vital. If a church can run according to forms and traditions of men, it will run without the presence and power of God . . . . Is it any wonder the love of tradition is an enemy to revival? Revival and new life go hand in hand . . . . Let every church realize that the inordinate love of tradition is a great opponent to revival . . . . When a church slays the love of tradition, a major obstacle to revival will be slain With it.
– Richard Owen Roberts –
February 8, 2012
You are not here in the world for yourself. You have been sent here for others. The world is waiting for you!
– Catherine Booth –
February 3, 2012
We give ourselves to prayer. We preach a Gospel that saves to the uttermost, and witness to its power. We do not argue about worldliness; we witness. We do not discuss philosophy; we preach the Gospel. We do not speculate about the destiny of sinners; we pluck them as brands from the burning. We ask no man’s patronage. We beg no man’s money. We fear no man’s frown…Let no man join us who is afraid, and we want none but those who are saved, sanctified and aflame with the fire of the Holy Ghost.
– Samuel Chadwick –