We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.
– Samuel Rutherford –
The World
September 30, 2012
The best training for a soldier of Christ is not merely a theological college. They always seem to turn out sausages of varying lengths, tied at each end, without the glorious freedom a Christian ought to abound and rejoice in. You see, when in hand-to-hand conflict with the world and the devil, neat little biblical confectionery is like shooting lions with a pea-shooter: one needs a man who will let himself go and deliver blows right and left as hard as he can hit, trusting in the Holy Ghost. It’s experience, not preaching that hurts the devil and confounds the world. The training is not that of the schools but of the market: it’s the hot, free heart and not the balanced head that knocks the devil out. Nothing but forked-lightning Christians will count. A lost reputation is the best degree for Christ’s service. It is not so much the degree of arts that is needed, but that of hearts, loyal and true, that love not their lives to the death: large and loving hearts which seek to save the lost multitudes, rather than guard the ninety-nine well-fed sheep in the pen.
– CT Studd –
September 5, 2012
How could I spend the best years of my life in living for the honours of this world, when thousands of souls are perishing every day?
– CT Studd –
September 2, 2012
Some wish to live within the sound of church or chapel bell. I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.
– CT Studd –
July 21, 2012
Regret for a sinful past will remain until we truly believe that for us in Christ that sinful past no longer exists.
– AW Tozer –
from That Incredible Christian
June 25, 2012
Self-denial surely means something far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences!
– Hudson Taylor –
June 24, 2012
An honest, consistent, godly character, is a sermon all the week. The godly Christian–pure of heart and unspotted by the world–is the best preacher of the gospel. The revival which is most urgently needed, is a revival of practical godliness. Sunday preaching is not enough; we need more “sermons all through the week.”
– Theodore Cuyler –
from “Wayside Springs from the Fountain of Life,” 1883
June 12, 2012
There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed.
– Oswald Chambers –
from Our Brilliant Heritage
June 5, 2012
There is no sin so strong that you have to yield to it.
– Watchman Nee –