First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.
– Thomas Manton –
Pride
The Price of Revival – Roy Hession
We sometimes talk about the price of revival, and we need to be very careful as to what we mean when we speak like this. We may place that price so high that we put revival right beyond the reach of the ordinary run of mortals. Maybe that is our way of attempting to justify God, that He has not yet, apparently, given the revival His people need. But that is a wrong done to God and a cruelty done to his church. There is without doubt a price to be paid for revival, but it is not of necessity the long nights of prayer or excruciating sacrifices, but of simply humbling pride to repent of sin.
– Roy Hession –
What Humility Is – Andrew Murray
Humility is nothing but the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all.
– Andrew Murray –
A Pharisee vs A Spiritual Man – AW Tozer
A Pharisee is hard on others and easy on himself, but a spiritual man is easy on others and hard on himself.
– AW Tozer –
From the Root of Bitterness – Woodrow Kroll
When the root is bitterness, imagine what the fruit might be.
– Woodrow Kroll –
If You Continue In Sin – Ichabod Spencer
No man can continue in any sin without losing more and more of the powers of self-control.
– Ichabod Spencer –
How Sin Works in Our Lives – Thomas Manton
First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it. Sin is first our burden, then our custom, then our delight, then our excellency.
– Thomas Manton –
1620-1677
No One Is Beyond the Reach of God’s Mercy – John Bunyan
They think themselves beyond the reach of his mercy. Wherefore in answer to this conceit it is, that the Lord asketh, saying, “Is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?” (Isaiah 50:2)
– John Bunyan –
from All Loves Excelling, 1692
Love is a Commitment – Ravi Zacharias
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.
– Ravi Zacharias –