Nothing takes God by surprise. He knows the future and can therefore guide us through its trackless ways.
– WT Purkiser –
Trust
Waiting Souls – Thomas Brooks
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him (Lam 3:25). Waiting souls, remember this assurance is yours, but the time of the giving it is the Lord’s; the jewel is yours, but the season in which he will give it is in his own hand: the gold chain is yours, but he only knows the hour wherein he will put it about your necks.
Well! Wait patiently and quietly, wait expectantly, wait believingly, wait affectionately, and wait diligently, and you shall find that scripture made good in power upon your souls, “Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry,” (Heb 10:37, Hab 2:3).
– Thomas Brooks –
from Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance, 1654
Trustful Prayer – Alexander MacLaren
The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
– Alexander MacLaren –
1826-1910
Believing God – Charles Spurgeon
If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem to be against us, we do not believe Him at all.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Something better than riches and gold – Hudson Taylor
[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.
– Hudson Taylor –
Faith is more than thinking – WT Purkiser
Faith is more than thinking something is true. Faith is thinking something is true to the extent that we act on it.
– WT Purkiser –
Believe God – Charles Spurgeon
If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Spirit of Complaint – Priscilla Shirer
The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today. … spending your time looking back toward Egypt or wishing for the future all the while missing what God is doing right now.
– Priscilla Shirer –
Reckless abandon for the Lord – Elisabeth Elliot
I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.
– Elisabeth Elliot –