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 –
Missions
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 –
Proclaiming the Gospel – Underground Church
Never give up in freedom what we would never give up in persecution.
– Underground Church –
from Insanity of God
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
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 –
Lifeboat or a Cruise Ship? – Leonard Ravenhill
The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising.
– Leonard Ravenhill –