There are only two kinds of preachers. Those who preach the Bible. And those who need to resign.
– Steven Lawson –
Ministry
Conformed to the Likeness of Christ – Elisabeth Elliot
The place where we are [at now] is God’s schoolroom, not somewhere else. Here we may be conformed to the likeness of Christ.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Redemptive work always has suffering – Elisabeth Elliot
There is, in fact, no redemptive work done anywhere without suffering.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Know and Make Him Known – AW Tozer
…it is God Himself who puts it in our hearts to seek Him and makes it possible in some measure to know Him, and He is pleased with even the feeblest effort to make Him known.
– AW Tozer –
Don’t sacrifice truth for peace – JC Ryle
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
– JC Ryle –
Holiness would transform the world – CS Lewis
How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even 10% of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?
– CS Lewis –
from Letters to an American Lady, 1967
Doing the Lord’s Work – Corrie Ten Boom
Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
– Corrie Ten Boom –
Regardless of how you feel – Charles Spurgeon
If we never do any work for Christ except when we feel up to the mark, we shall not do much. If we feel that we will not pray because we cannot pray, we shall never pray.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from The Soul Winner
When you’re on fire, everyone knows it – Leonard Ravenhill
You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there’s a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.
– Leonard Ravenhill –