It would seem that we have designed a modern-day rendition of carrying the Cross that doesn’t give us splinters, revilement, and death. We want the benefits of the Cross but we don’t want to carry it.
– Eric Ludy –
Trials
What God Can Do With A Broken Heart – Samuel Chadwick
It is wonderful what God can do with a broken heart, if He gets all the pieces.
– Samuel Chadwick –
Blessing Through Difficulty and Humility – AW Tozer
It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.
– AW Tozer –
Afflictions Prepare the Soul – Richard Sibbes
The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.
– Richard Sibbes –
Only Let Me Attain To Jesus Christ – Ignatius of Antioch
Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings … let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the evil torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ.
– Ignatius of Antioch –
(35-107 AD)
Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Church – Tertullian
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
– Tertullian –
(160-225 AD)
What is the Life of Faith? – Watchman Nee
We should inquire once again as to what the life of faith is. It is one lived by believing in God under any circumstance: “If he slay me,” says Job, “yet would I trust in Him.” That is faith. Because I once believed, loved and trusted God I shall believe, love and trust Him wherever He may put me and however my heart and body may suffer. … Emotion begins to doubt when it senses blackness, whereas faith holds on to God even in the face of death.
– Watchman Nee –
from The Spiritual Man
The Motto For Every Missionary – Adoniram Judson
The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be “Devoted for Life.”
– Adoniram Judson–
Not Going Under But Over – Catherine Booth
The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over.
– Catherine Booth –