Holiness

July 26, 2012

Pray God to send a few men with what the Americans call “grit” in them; men, who: when they know a thing to be right, will not turn away or aside, or stop; men who will persevere all the more because there are difficulties to meet or foes to encounter; who stand all the more true to their Master because they are opposed; who, the more they are thrust into the fire, the hotter they become; who, just like the bow, the further the string is drawn the more powerfully it sends forth its arrows, and so the more they are trodden upon, the more mighty will they become in the cause of truth against error.

– Charles Spurgeon –

July 23, 2012

Tomorrow’s character is made out of today’s thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin doesn’t.

– Randy Alcorn –
from The Purity Principle 

July 21, 2012

Regret for a sinful past will remain until we truly believe that for us in Christ that sinful past no longer exists.

– AW Tozer –
from That Incredible Christian 

July 12, 2012

Stubbornness and self-love give way to beauty in one who has been broken by God.

– Watchman Nee –
from The Release of the Spirit 

June 27, 2012

Victory is not the experience of special Christians, it is instead an experience all believers may share.

– Watchman Nee –

June 25, 2012

Self-denial surely means something far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences!

– Hudson Taylor –

June 24, 2012

An honest, consistent, godly character, is a sermon all the week. The godly Christian–pure of heart and unspotted by the world–is the best preacher of the gospel. The revival which is most urgently needed, is a revival of practical godliness. Sunday preaching is not enough; we need more “sermons all through the week.”

– Theodore Cuyler –
from “Wayside Springs from the Fountain of Life,” 1883

June 21, 2012

The Cross we preach to others should first crucify us.

– Watchman Nee –

June 17, 2012

“O my God, I lie in Thy fire burning and purifying – so much dross I seem to discover today, so little of Thy sweet and lovely grace in dealing with others’ faults. Lord, forgive me.”

– Oswald Chambers –
from Knocking at God’s Door, March 8