The world cries for men who are strong: strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray you will be that kind of man, glad that God made you a man, glad to shoulder the burden of manliness in a time when to do so will often bring contempt.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Not somehow – but triumphantly!
– V. Raymond Edman –
in They Found the Secret, page 11
God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life, that I may burn for Thee.
– Jim Elliot –
But we never can prove the delights of His love, until all on the altar we lay.
– Hymn: Trust and Obey –
Time and distance quench a small love but make a great love grow stronger.
– Richard Wurmbrandt –
to his wife after years in prison
All my devotion is an insult to God unless every bit of my practical life squares with Jesus Christ’s demands.
– Oswald Chambers –
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)
There are some who would have Christ cheap. They would have Him without the Cross. But the price will not come down.
– Samuel Rutherford –
The enemy will not see you vanish into God’s company without an effort to reclaim you.
– C.S. Lewis –