What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.
– John Stott –
Knowledge – Understanding
Doctrine or Devotion? – David Smithers
Are you truly a Spirit-filled Christian? Does the term “Spirit-filled” describe your doctrine or your devotion?
– David Smithers –
Soul-Hungry Praying – Leonard Ravenhill
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Rules for Self Discovery – AW Tozer
Rules for Self Discovery:
1. What we want most
2. What we think about most
3. How we use our money
4. What we do with our leisure time
5. The company we enjoy
6. Who and what we admire
7. What we laugh at
– AW Tozer –
The Devil Knows Theology – AW Tozer
The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.
– AW Tozer –
One Eternal Lesson for Us All – Henry Drummond
The world is not a play-ground; it is a school-room. Life is not a holiday, but an education. And the one eternal lesson for us all is how better we can love.
– Henry Drummond –
Understanding the Bible – Oswald Chambers
There are tremendous thoughts expressed in God’s Book, and unless we have learned to rely on the Holy Spirit we shall say, “Oh, I shall never understand that.” But the Holy Spirit understands it, and as we recognize that and rely on Him, He will work it out, whether we consciously understand or not.
– Oswald Chambers –
from the book If You Will Ask
Aligning Our Thinking to Scripture – Elisabeth Elliot
The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows our own crookedness. We can’t really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Seek God – Winkie Pratney
To deliberately seek or glorify any form of guidance is an outright invitation to spiritual deception, we are not to seek or specify how God should speak, but only seek Him in any way that He wishes to make Himself known.
– Winkie Pratney –
