Lord, give me firmness without hardness; steadfastness without dogmatism; love without weakness.
– Jim Elliot –
from his Journals, November 24, 1949
Love
Holy Spirit Imparts – DL Moody
The Spirit of God first imparts love; he next inspires hope, and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing we have in many of our churches.
– Dwight L. Moody –
Perfect Love – Hugh Binning
Perfect love casts out the fear of hell, but perfect love brings in the fear of sin: “Ye that
– Hugh Binning –
from Christian Love, 1627-1653
A Mighty Longing After God – AW Tozer
I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire. Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people. He waits to be wanted. Too bad that with many of us He waits so long, so very long, in vain.
– AW Tozer –
I Must Pray At All Times – Andrew Murray
As long as I live and love and hear and work, I must pray at all times.
– Andrew Murray –
Measurement of Our Love for Others – AW Pink
The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.
– AW Pink –
1886-1952
Revival Begins with God’s People – Andrew Bonar
Revivals begin with God’s own people; the Holy Spirit touches their heart anew, and gives them new fervor and compassion, and zeal, new light and life, and when He has thus come to you, He next goes forth to the valley of dry bones…
– Andrew Bonar –
Love is Something You Do – David Wilkerson
Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.
– David Wilkerson –
Knowledge and Love – Thomas Brooks
Knowledge and love, like water and ice, beget each other. Man loves Christ by knowing, and knows Christ by loving.
– Thomas Brooks –