Get rid of this bunkum about the “carnal Christian.” Forget it! If you’re carnal, you’re not saved.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Sanctification
Purified Mind and Life – Smith Wigglesworth
God wants to purify our minds until we can bear all things, believe all things, hope all things and endure all things. God dwells in you, but you cannot have this divine power until you live and walk in the Holy Ghost, until the power of the new life is greater than the old life.
– Smith Wigglesworth –
A Heart Fit for Holy Duty – Thomas Watson
Sorrow and melting of heart fits us for every holy duty. A piece of lead, while it is in the lump, can be put to no use, but melt it, and you may then cast it into any mould, and it is made useful. So a heart that is hardened into a lump of sin is good for nothing, but when it is dissolved by repentance, it is useful.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Doctrine of Repentance, 1668
Sin and the Child of God – John R. W. Stott
Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony.
– John R. W. Stott –
Crying for the Filling of the Holy Spirit – DL Moody
I was crying all the time that God would fill me with His Spirit. Well, one day, in the city of New York — oh, what a day! — I cannot describe it, I seldom refer to it; it is almost too sacred an experience to name. Paul had an experience of which he never spoke for fourteen years. I can only say that God revealed Himself to me, and I had such an experience of His love that I had to ask Him to stay His hand. I went to preaching again. The sermons were not different; I did not present any new truths, and yet hundreds were converted. I would not now be placed back where I was before that blessed experience if you should give me all the world — it would be as the small dust of the balance.
– DL Moody –
Cleansed Motives – Smith Wigglesworth
The Lord would so cleanse the motive and desires of our hearts that we will seek but one thing only, and that is, His glory.
– Smith Wigglesworth –
Friendship with God Demands Obedience – Clovis Chappell
Whenever you make up your mind to refuse to go where God wants you to go and to do what God wants you to do, you must make up your mind at the same time to renounce the friendship of God. You cannot walk with Him and at the same time be in rebellion against Him … it is mere mockery, to say “Lord, Lord” and then refuse to do the things that He commands you to do.
– Clovis G. Chappell –
Revival is a Complete Takeover – Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Revival is not just an emotional touch; it’s a complete takeover!
– Nancy Leigh DeMoss –
True Revival – Henry Blackaby
When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.
– Henry Blackaby –