Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell when he gets the news of our departure from the field of battle.
– C. T. Studd –
We always admire those who stand up when everyone else ducks or bows down. You may be the only one in your generation, but never bend your knee [to difficulties or the culture]. . . . Your knee is to bend solely to Jesus Christ.
– Eric Ludy –
If you want a religion to make you feel comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.
– C.S. Lewis –
God has made me as bread for His chosen ones, and if it is necessary for me to be ground in the teeth of lions in order to feed His children, then blessed be the name of the Lord.
– St. Ignatius, Early Christian Martyr –
(quoted in Cowman, Streams in the Desert, 1996, pg 238)
You are not here in the world for yourself. You have been sent here for others. The world is waiting for you!
– Catherine Booth –
Have you had your Gethsemane?
– Leonard Ravenhill –
What nobler decoration of honor can any godly man seek after than his scars of service, his losses for the crown, his reproaches for Christ’s sake, his being worn out in his Master’s service.
– Mrs. Charles E. Cowman –
from “Streams in the Desert”
Tragically, our rendition of Christianity makes no demands, expects no sacrifice, and yields no eternal rewards. The Lion of Judah has been anesthetized, declawed, and tamed. We have reduced the Almighty to a harmless icon we passively honor in our busy lives…. We cling to a form of godliness, but there is no power.
– Steve Gallagher –
I will tell you the secret. God has had all there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, men with greater opportunities. But from the day I got the poor of London on my heart and caught a vision of all Jesus Christ could do with them, on that day I made up my mind that God would have all of William Booth there was. And if there is anything of power in the Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.
– William Booth –