If my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me.
– John Bunyan –
Persecution
God fits everything for good – Elisabeth Elliot
I am convinced that everything that happens fits into a pattern for good.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
The world and church can’t jog together – Catherine Booth
When the Church and the world can jog comfortably together, you may be sure there is something wrong. The world has not altered. Its spirit is exactly the same as it ever was, and if Christians were equally faithful and devoted to the Lord, and separated from the world, living so that their lives were a reproof to all ungodliness, the world would hate them as much as it ever did.
– Catherine Booth –
Believe, don’t fear – Lottie Moon
Only believe, don’t fear. Our Master, Jesus, always watches over us, and no matter what the persecution, Jesus will surely overcome it.
– Lottie Moon –
Faith destroyed by suffering – Richard Wurmbrand
A faith that can be destroyed by suffering is not faith.
– Richard Wurmbrand –
Success and Sacrifice – Adoniram Judson
There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after.
– Adoniram Judson –
How true joy is formed – Francis Chan
The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
– Francis Chan –
Believe God – Charles Spurgeon
If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.
– Charles Spurgeon –
It costs to be faithful – Anonymous
It costs to be faithful. It cost Abraham the yielding up of his only son. It cost Esther to risk her own life. It cost Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego being put into a fiery furnace. It cost Stephen death by stoning. It cost Paul his life. Does it cost you anything to be faithful to your Lord and King?
– Anonymous –