Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.
– Vance Havner –
God’s Nature
Seek First the Kingdom of God – Hudson Taylor
Are we not told to seek first the Kingdom of God—not the means to advance it—and that all these things shall be added to us? Such promises are surely sufficient.
– Hudson Taylor –
God Never Hurries – AW Tozer
God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.
– AW Tozer –
The Son of God Became a Man – CS Lewis
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
– CS Lewis –
Through Christ We See – Clement of Rome
Through Christ we see as in a mirror the spotless and excellent face of God.
– Clement of Rome –
Promises of God & The Future – Adoniram Judson
The future is as bright as the promises of God.
– Adoniram Judson –
Trust God – Jonathan Edwards
Trust in God and you need not fear.
– Jonathan Edwards –
What is the Life of Faith? – Watchman Nee
We should inquire once again as to what the life of faith is. It is one lived by believing in God under any circumstance: “If he slay me,” says Job, “yet would I trust in Him.” That is faith. Because I once believed, loved and trusted God I shall believe, love and trust Him wherever He may put me and however my heart and body may suffer. … Emotion begins to doubt when it senses blackness, whereas faith holds on to God even in the face of death.
– Watchman Nee –
from The Spiritual Man
The Martyrdom of Polycarp
But the proconsul urged him and said, “Swear, and I will release thee; curse the Christ.” And Polycarp said, “Eighty and six years have I served him, and he hath done me no wrong; how then can I blaspheme my king who saved me?”
– The Martyrdom of Polycarp (in 155 AD) –