Read the Bible carefully, and then meditate and meditate and meditate.
– Charles Spurgeon –
not self effort
Prayer is laying hold of God’s willingness – George Müller
Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of God’s willingness.
– George Müller –
Fasting and Prayer – Julio C. Ruibal
Our greatest victories are won on our knees and with empty stomachs.
– Julio C. Ruibal –
Two realities of love – David Wilkerson
Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.
– David Wilkerson –
Happy are those Christians – JC Ryle
Happy are those Christians who have learned of Jesus to live for others more than for themselves, and who understand that is is “more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35)
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke, 1858
Claiming Bible Verses – Eric Metaxas
Another version of the “Prosperity Gospel” or “Name It and Claim It” teaching has to do with finding a verse in the Bible and then “claiming” that verse. Proponents of this thinking believe that God must fulfill his promise to us in whatever verse we are “claiming”… We need to have faith in what the Bible says, but we have to be careful that we aren’t trying to force God to do what we want. That is arrogance rather than humility. God loves us, but we cannot demand things of him as though our faith is in charge rather than God.
– Eric Metaxas –
Love Your Neighbor – CS Lewis
Do not waste time bothering whether you “love” your neighbor; act as if you did.
– CS Lewis –
What the Christian life truly is – Ian Thomas
The Christian life is the life of the Lord Jesus Christ lived two thousand years ago, lived now by Him in you!
– Ian Thomas –
Showing the love of God – DL Moody
If we have got the true love of God shed abroad in our hearts, we will show it in our lives. We will not have to go up and down the earth proclaiming it. We will show it in everything we say or do.
– DL Moody –