He came to deliver us from our sinful dispositions, and create in us pure hearts, and when we have Him with us it will not be hard for us. Then the service of Christ will be delightful.
– Dwight L. Moody –
Work
How much can I do? – Stephen Olin
Inquire how much can I, not how little may I do.
– Stephen Olin –
from The Works of Stephen Olin Sermons and Sketches,1852
Why I am no longer anxious about anything – Hudson Taylor
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how that is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient.
– Hudson Taylor –
Real Christianity – Catherine Booth
Show the world a real, living, self-sacrificing, hard-working, toiling, triumphing Christianity, and the world will be influenced by it; but anything short of that they will turn round and spit upon.
– Catherine Booth –
Rest in Christ – Matt McMillen
God doesn’t want you to do religious stuff to feel better about yourself. He wants you to rest in Christ.
– Matt McMillen –
Eternity is Fast Approaching – Charles Spurgeon
If you have work to do, you must do it soon. The wheels of eternity are sounding behind you, press on! If you are to run a race you must run it fast, for death will soon overtake you.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Doing the Lord’s Work – Corrie Ten Boom
Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
– Corrie Ten Boom –
Fear God, Work Hard – David Livingstone
Fear God and work hard.
– David Livingstone –
Regardless of how you feel – Charles Spurgeon
If we never do any work for Christ except when we feel up to the mark, we shall not do much. If we feel that we will not pray because we cannot pray, we shall never pray.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from The Soul Winner