"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." - C.S. Lewis“The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.†-Hudson Taylor“Sympathy is no substitute for action.†-David Livingstone“Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily.†-Sally Koch“It takes spiritual authority to bless others. Many Christians say, "God bless you," but one clearly senses that although the words express a kind wish, they lack real spiritual authority.†-M. Basilea Schlink“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.†-John Piper
........“The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don’t go— He simply says, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . .
"An unholy church! it is useless to the world, and of no esteem among men. It is an abomination, hell’s laughter, heaven’s abhorrence. The worst evils which have ever come upon the world have been brought upon her by an unholy church." -C.H. Spurgeon "First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it." -Thomas Manton"God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him." -Andrew Murray“Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.†-C.H. Spurgeon"An idle life and a holy heart is a contradiction." -Thomas Brooks"A servant of God has but one Master" -George Mueller"A person repents when he comes to the place where he discovers that the will of God is the government of his life and the glory of God is the reason for his life. He only has repented who has changed his mind about his reason for being." -Paris Reidhead"The only right a Christian has is the right to give up his rights." -Oswald Chambers"If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar. And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account." -Oswald Chambers"It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God." -George Whitefield"Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God's grace never encourages us to live in sin, on the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth." -Randy Alcorn"It is perilously easy to have amazing sympathy with God's truth and remain in sin." -Oswald Chambers"Christian men and women, self-renunciation is the cardinal ethic of the Christian Church." -Dr. Charles Inwood"Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart is unchanged, and you are an unsaved person. The Savior will sanctify His people, renew them, give them a hatred of sin, and a love of holiness. The grace that does not make a man better than others is a worthless counterfeit. Christ saves His people, not IN their sins, but FROM their sins. Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord." -Charles Spurgeon"There is no shortcut to holiness; it must be the business of our whole lives." -William Wilberforce"It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness." -E. M. Bounds"Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish for spiritual things then it is sin for you, however, innocent it may be in itself." -Suzanna Wesley"Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by this heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils." -William Gurnall"Sin is never an accident. It's always intentional." Ray Greenley"God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing- machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He came to save men because He had created them to be holy." -Oswald Chambers"Don't presume upon the mercy of God and so encourage yourself in sin." -Jonathan Edwards“Whatever call a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry.†-Charles H. Spurgeon"Many Christians have what we might call a "cultural holiness". They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them. As the Christian culture around them is more or less holy, so these Christians are more or less holy. But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God." -Jerry Bridges"Introspection can easily become the tool of Satan, who is called the accuser. One of his chief weapons is discouragement. He knows that if he can make us discouraged and dispirited we will not fight the battle for holiness." -Jerry Bridges"The breaking of a man in the hand of God is the making of a man of God" -Brother Mak
"Prayer is the acid test of devotion." -Samuel Chadwick"I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach." -J. H. Jowett"Some people become tired at the end of ten minutes or half an hour of prayer. What will they do when they have to spend Eternity in the presence of God? We must begin the habit here and become used to being with God." -Sadhu Sundar Singh"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God." -Andrew Murray"The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day." -E. M. Bounds"A prayer less soul is a Christ-less soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian" -Charles H. Spurgeon"If you are sick, fast and pray; if the language is hard to learn, fast and pray; if the people will not hear you, fast and pray, if you have nothing to eat, fast and pray." -Frederick Franson“We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism...To your knees, man! and to your Bible! Decide at once! Don't hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God, quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist! " -C. T. Studd“The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came...Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.†-R. A. Torrey"There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire off their guns anywhere. Possibly somebody would be killed, but the majority of the enemy would be missed." -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
I enjoy reading books that will challenge me and get me thinking! You know stuff like Dr. Sues.
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