Intimacy

February 24, 2013

The closer a person is to God, the more terrible the least sin seems to be.

– Rees Howells –

February 12, 2013

. . .The underlying foundation of Christianity is personal, passionate devotion to the Lord Jesus.

– Oswald Chambers –

January 25, 2013

The first thing for our soul’s health, the first thing for His glory, and the first thing for our own usefulness, is to keep ourselves in perpetual communion with the Lord Jesus…

– Charles Spurgeon –

January 8, 2013

How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose! … YOU drove them from me, YOU Who are the True, the Sovereign Joy drove them from me and took their place! … O Lord, my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my Salvation!

– St. Augustine –

December 11, 2012

God’s sacred intent for you and for me is nothing short of absolute abandonment to Jesus, entire separation from the pollution of the world, and ardent worship of our King with every breath we take.

– Leslie Ludy –

December 1, 2012

Let me seek Thee in longing, let me long for Thee in seeking; let me find Thee in love, and love Thee in finding.

– Anselm of Canterbury –

November 2, 2012

Christ dazzles me and stirs within me such feelings of amazement that I can never get over Him.

– AW Tozer –

October 31, 2012

The time I spend with God determines both the direction and quality of the time I spend elsewhere.

– Randy Alcorn –

October 18, 2012

Thou art the life of my soul as my soul is the life of my body.

– Francois Fenelon and Jeanne Guyon –
from Spiritual Progress