There are those who have a life they never live. They have come to Christ and thanked Him only for what He did, but do not live in the power of who He is.
– Ian Thomas –
Indwelling Life of Christ
Indwelling Holy Spirit – Henri Nouwen
Without Pentecost the Christ-event—the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus—remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think about and reflect on. The Spirit of Jesus comes to dwell within us, so that we can become living Christs [Christians] here and now.
– Henri Nouwen –
True Worship – AW Tozer
Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than the Christ within us.
– AW Tozer –
A Life of Righteousness – Ian Thomas
The One who calls you to a life of righteousness is the One who by our consent lives that life of righteousness through you!
– Ian Thomas –
True Godliness – Major Ian Thomas
True godliness leaves the world convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the only explanation for you, is Jesus Christ to whose eternally unchanging and altogether adequate “I AM!” your heart has learned to say with unshatterable faith, “Thou art!”
– Ian Thomas –
God is with, for, and in us – Robert Baer
Bethlehem was God with us, Calvary was God for us, and Pentecost is God in us.
– Robert Baer –
Something better than riches and gold – Hudson Taylor
[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.
– Hudson Taylor –
Glow with holy desire – AB Simpson
May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow
with the divine fire of holy desire.
– AB Simpson –
Only God can make you godly – Major Ian Thomas
The moment you come to realize that only God can make a man godly, you are left with no option but to find God, and to know God, and to let God be God in and through you.
– Major Ian Thomas –