When I was a young Christian, I thought that God kept His gifts on shelves and the best gifts were on the highest shelves and I would have to reach up. I learned later the best gifts are on the lowest shelf and I had to stoop down.
– DL Moody –
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We need more Holy Spirit power – John Stott
What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.
– John Stott –
Believe God – Charles Spurgeon
If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.
– Charles Spurgeon –
It costs to be faithful – Anonymous
It costs to be faithful. It cost Abraham the yielding up of his only son. It cost Esther to risk her own life. It cost Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego being put into a fiery furnace. It cost Stephen death by stoning. It cost Paul his life. Does it cost you anything to be faithful to your Lord and King?
– Anonymous –
Availability not ability – Brother Andrew
God does not choose people because of their ability, but because of their availability.
– Brother Andrew –
The ministry of the Holy Spirit – JI Packer
The Holy Spirit’s main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.
– JI Packer –
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 –
Eagles don’t worry about rivers – Gladys Aylward
The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself how it is to cross rivers.
– Gladys Aylward –
Glow with holy desire – AB Simpson
May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow
with the divine fire of holy desire.
– AB Simpson –