Most Americans worship their work, work at their play, and play at their worship.
– Al Whittinghill –
Work
Can You Sit At Ease? – Leonard Ravenhill
Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry?
Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die?
Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand?
Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you DAMNED?
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Lives in Absolute Loyalty – G. Campbell Morgan
Do not let us imagine that we can take into our fellowship and enlist under one banner men who simply affirm truth about Jesus, unless in their own lives there is an absolute loyalty to the Lord Christ.
– G. Campbell Morgan –
Hard Work and Holy Living – Thomas Brooks
An idle life and a holy heart is a contradiction.
– Thomas Brooks –
A Man’s Actions – Thomas Brooks
A man’s most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions.
– Thomas Brooks –
Promoting the Cause and Kingdom of Christ – William Carey
Surely it is worthwhile to lay ourselves out with all our might in promoting the cause and kingdom of Christ.
– William Carey –
Pray As If Everything Depended Upon It – William Booth
Work as if everything depended upon your work, and pray as if everything depended upon your prayer.
– William Booth –
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–
Co-Workers with Jesus Christ – Lottie Moon
Should we not press it home upon our consciences that the sole object of our conversion was not the salvation of our own souls, but that we might become co-workers with our Lord and Master in the conversion of the world?
– Lottie Moon –
missionary to China (1840-1912)