We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
– Francis Chan –
Growing Closer to God – Francis Chan
old Christian quotes
When the Spirit Comes – Dwight L. Moody
When the Spirit came to Moses, the plagues came upon Egypt, and he had power to destroy men’s lives; when the Spirit came upon Elijah, fire came down from heaven; when the Spirit came upon Gideon, no man could stand before him; and when it came upon Joshua, he moved around the city of Jericho and the whole city fell into his hands; but when the Spirit came upon the Son of Man, He gave His life; He healed the broken-hearted.
– Dwight L. Moody –
The Hardest Thing Can Bring Your Soul to Blossom – Lilias Trotter
Take the very hardest thing in your life — the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.
– Lilias Trotter –
The Solution to Confusion – Samuel Chadwick
Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit.
– Samuel Chadwick –
Do All Possible Good – John Wesley
Employ whatever God has entrusted you with, in doing good, all possible good, in every possible kind and degree…
– John Wesley –
Be Filled with the Spirit – Dwight L. Moody
God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges.
– Dwight L. Moody –
Communion with Jesus – Charles Spurgeon
Come away to private communion. Come away, shut the doors of your chamber and talk with your Lord Jesus and have close and intimate dealing with Him.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Self-Pity – Corrie ten Boom
Self-pity is a nasty sin, and the devil uses it and always starts his talks with “poor Corrie!”
– Corrie ten Boom –
The Source of Sorrow is Unbelief – LB Cowman
I suspect that the source of every bit of sorrow in my life can be traced to simple unbelief. If I truly believe the past is totally forgiven, the present is supplied with power, and the future is bright with hope, how could I be anything but completely happy?
– LB Cowman –
from Streams in the Desert
