There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire off their guns anywhere. Possibly somebody would be killed, but the majority of the enemy would be missed
– Charles Spurgeon –
Surrender
Quietly, Carefully, Deliberately Examine – George Muller
At first I was able to trust the Lord for ten dollars, then for a hundred dollars, then for a thousand dollars, and now, with the greatest ease, I could trust Him for a million dollars, if there was occasion. But first, I should quietly, carefully, deliberately examine and see whether what I was trusting for, was something in accordance with His promises in His written Word.
– George Muller –
Where Wisdom May Be Found – Charles Spurgeon
There is more wisdom in a quarter of an hour’s prayer than there is in a quarter of a year’s consultation with friends. Oftentimes when we have sought counsel of the living God he has befriended us. When we have left things with him, we have always gone wisely. Oh, how he can make the most crooked thing that ever did happen suddenly turn out to be the very straightest thing that ever occurred for our welfare. I know that sometimes I have puzzled my head about some difficulty in my Master’s service — asked opinions of lots of people, like a stupid, and I have gone home with any head aching in deeper uncertainty than ever what to do. And I have never discovered how to unravel a knotty point by my own ingenuity, but I have always found that when I at last bowed the knee, and said, “Heavenly Father, it is rather thy business than mine; it is quite beyond me, and I now leave it in thy hands to guide me,” … it has gone all right. If I had maneuvered to manage it for myself it would have gone wrong enough.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Build Upon the Work Within You – George Whitefield
My dear friends beware of resting on your first conversion. You that are young believers in Christ, you should be looking out for fresh discovering of the Lord Jesus Christ every moment; you must not build upon your past experiences, you must not build upon a work within you, but always come out of yourselves to the righteousness of Jesus Christ without you; you must be always coming as poor sinners to draw water out of the wells of salvation; you must be forgetting the things that are behind, and be continually pressing forward to the things that are before. My dear friends, you must keep up a tender, close walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.
– George Whitefield –
from Select Sermons of George Whitefield
He Who Has Given Himself Entirely Unto God – Henry Scougal
He who hath given himself entirely unto God will never think he doth too much for him.
– Henry Scougal –
from The Life of God in the Soul of Man
If Only You Will Be – Major Ian Thomas
The Lord jesus Christ wants to be to you now, all that the Father was to Him then – God; if only you will be to Him now, all that He was to the Father then – Man!
– Major Ian Thomas –
If we have a purpose of our own – Oswald Chambers
If we have a purpose of our own, it destroys the simplicity and the leisureliness which ought to characterise the children of God.
– Oswald Chambers –
I Consecrate my Remaining Days – A W Tozer
O Lord of Heaven and earth, I consecrate my remaining days to Thee; let them be many or few, as Thou wilt. Let me stand before the great or minister to the poor and lowly; that choice is not mine, and I would not influence it if I could. I am Thy servant to do Thy will, and that will is sweeter to me than position or riches or fame and I choose it above all thing on earth or in heaven.
– AW Tozer –
Our Lord’s First Obedience – Oswald Chambers
Our Lord’s first obedience was the will of His Father, not to the needs of men. The saving of men was the natural outcome of His obedience to the Father.
– Oswald Chambers –