I have one desire now — to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Indwelling Life of Christ
Built as a palace – CS Lewis
You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.
– CS Lewis –
It is sweet to be nothing – David Brainerd
It is sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be all in all.
– David Brainerd –
The characteristic of holiness – Oswald Chambers
The characteristic of holiness, which is the outcome of the indwelling of God, is blazing truthfulness with regard to God’s word and an amazing tenderness in personal dealings.
– Oswald Chambers –
God enables us to obey – Oswald Chambers
If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar. And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account.
– Oswald Chambers –
Do all from a perfect oneness – Oswald Chambers
All I do should be biased on a perfect oneness with Him, not on a self-willed determination to be godly.
– Oswald Chambers –
The indwelling of God – Phoebe Palmer
May I never rest till I have the witness of the Spirit, that my heart is the temple of an indwelling God.
– Phoebe Palmer –
In Christ and Christ in You – Ian Thomas
To be in Christ—that makes you fit for heaven; but for Christ to be in you—that makes you fit for earth! To be in Christ changes your destination; but for Christ to be in you—that changes your destiny! The one makes heaven your home—the other makes this world His workshop.
– Ian Thomas –
from The Saving Life of Christ
Holiness of heart and life – AB Simpson
Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.
– AB Simpson –