Compassion costs. It is easy enough to argue, criticize and condemn, but redemption is costly, and comfort draws from the deep. Brains can argue, but it takes heart to comfort.
– Samuel Chadwick –
The Heart of Christian Truth – Charles Spurgeon
Atonement by the blood of Jesus is not an arm of Christian truth; it is the heart of it.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Only the Blood Can Cleanse – AW Tozer
Only the blood of Jesus can cleanse us, yet if we withhold ourselves from that blood, we will be unclean forever.
– AW Tozer –
What Can Wash Away My Sin? – Robert Lowry
What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
– Robert Lowry –
hymn writer
Martin Luther on the Black Plague
I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me however I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely as stated above. See this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God.
– Martin Luther –
concerning The Black Plague death of his day
Loneliness is a Required Course for Leadership – Elisabeth Elliot
Loneliness itself is material for sacrifice. The very longings themselves can be offered to Him who understands perfectly. The transformation into something He can use for the good of others takes place only when the offering is put into his hands. Loneliness is a required course for leadership.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Becoming Like the Lord – George Müller
It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honoured in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised.
– George Müller –
Compelled to Give All – Andrew Murray
How many have given only what they could never miss and what costs them little or no sacrifice. How different it would be if the full blessing of Pentecost began to flow in. How the hearts of men would burn with love for Jesus and, out of sheer joy, be impelled to give everything that He might be known as Savior and all might know His love.
– Andrew Murray –
from Experiencing the Holy Spirit
The Secret to Successful Work – Andrew Murray
The secret of successful work is to give away daily what we ourselves are receiving from God.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Ministry of Intercession