Missions

April 30, 2012

When He was crucified He did that in the wild weather of His outlying provinces which He had done at home in glory and gladness.

– George MacDonald –
as quoted by C.S. Lewis

April 28, 2012

Others before me have gone  much farther into these holy mysteries than I have done, but if my fire is not large it is yet real, and there may be those who can light their candle at its flame.

– AW Tozer –
from Pursuit of God 

April 8, 2012

Not somehow – but triumphantly!

– V. Raymond Edman –
in They Found the Secret, page 11

March 29, 2012

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life, that I may burn for Thee.

– Jim Elliot –

March 27, 2012

The secret of the success of the Apostles lay not in what they did and said, but in the presence of Christ in them and with them. They saw with the eyes of Christ, felt with His heart, and worked with His energies. They were nothing; Christ was everything. Christ was living, breathing, and triumphing in their personal lives. Their entire nature being replete with His life, their spirits bathed in His light, and their souls kindled with the fires of His love, they moved in the midst of men as embodiments of supernatural power… Brethren, this is what we must be, if this mighty Empire (China) is to be moved through us. But to be this, the throne of grace must be our refuge, the secret place of the Most High must be our daily and hourly habitation.

– Griffith John –

March 22, 2012

We shall not get revival by filling our churches with men, but by getting the men who already come to our churches filled with God.

– Duncan Campbell –

March 17, 2012

I started at the bottom and loved just one; and if you love one, you can love many; and if many, you can love all.

– Rees Howells –
from Rees Howells Intercessor, 47

March 15, 2012

The Holy Spirit is the immediate source of all holiness. The missionary must above all things be a holy man. The ideal teacher … is a holy man. He is entirely sincere, and perfect in love. He is magnanimous, generous, benign, and full of forbearance. He is pure in heart, free from selfishness, and never swerves from the path of duty in his conduct. He is deep and active like a fountain, sending forth his virtues in due season. He is seen, and men revere him; he speaks, and men believe him; he acts, and men are gladdened by him. He possesses all heavenly virtues.  He is one with Heaven.

– Griffith John –

March 6, 2012

There are some who would have Christ cheap. They would have Him without the Cross. But the price will not come down.

– Samuel Rutherford –