Too busy? O forgive, dear Lord, that I should ever be, too much engrossed in earthly tasks, to spend an hour with thee.
– AB Christiansen –
Spiritual Growth
A Revival of Praying – EM Bounds
We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.
– EM Bounds –
Victorious fruitfulness comes via prayer – Jim Cymbala
The world has yet to see a Christlike, victorious fruitful believer who was not a person of considerable prayer.
– Jim Cymbala –
from Breakthrough Prayer
Fast food or banquet? – Woodrow Kroll
Don’t settle for fast food when you can feast at God’s banquet.
– Woodrow Kroll –
What God WON’T protect you from – Elisabeth Elliot
God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Only God can make you godly – Ian Thomas
The moment you come to realize that only God can make a man godly, you are left with no option but to find God, and to know God, and to let God be God in and through you.
– Ian Thomas –
Never be afraid of going to far – JC Ryle
I exhort you to keep up a habit of close relationship with Christ, and never to be afraid of “going to far” in you religion.
– JC Ryle –
from Sickness
State of Mind – Charles Finney
A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.
– Charles Finney –
Joy must be grown – Henry Drummond
“No one can get Joy by merely asking for it. It is one of the ripest fruits of the Christian life, and, like all fruits, must be grown.
– Henry Drummond –