Sanctification

Whosoever Hath Ears to Hear Let Him Hear – Adam Clarke

But is not the ground naturally bad in every heart? Undoubtedly. And can any but God make it good? None. But it is your business, when you hear of the justice and mercy of God, to implore him to work in you that which is pleasing in his sight. No man shall be condemned because he did not change his own heart, but because he did not cry to God to change it, who gave him his Holy Spirit for this very purpose, and which he, by his worldly-mindedness and impiety, quenched. Whoso hath ears to hear let him hear: and may the Lord save the reader from an impenitent and unfruitful heart!

– Adam Clarke –
writing on Matthew 13:23

No Excuse To Stay Where You Are – Eric Ludy

There is absolutely no excuse to stay where you are at right now. If you are weak, He can make you strong. If you are timid He can make you brave. If you are a pervert, He can make you pure. If you are selfish, He can make you selfless. If you are a shepherd, He can make you a king. If you are mediocre, He can make you a Mighty One of valor.

– Eric Ludy –
from Wrestling Prayer

Come to the End of Ourselves – AW Tozer

The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.

– AW Tozer –

Unless Revival Comes – Duncan Campbell

There is a growing conviction everywhere, and especially among thoughtful people, that unless revival comes, other forces will take the field, that will sink us still deeper into the mire of humanism and materialism.

– Duncan Campbell –

A Revival to Cleanse and Revive – Mary Booth

How we have prayed for a revival — we did not care whether it was old-fashioned or not — what we asked for was that it should be such that would cleanse and revive His children and set them on fire to win others.

– Mary Booth –

Arminian, Calvinist, or Born Again? – John Newton

If a man is born again, hates sin, and depends upon the Savior for life and grace, I care not whether he be an Arminian or a Calvinist. If he be not born again, he is nothing, let him be called by what name he will.

– John Newton –