We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit.
Faith in God is to be demonstrated, not defined.
Our mistake is that we want God to send revival on our terms. We want to get the power of God into our hands, to call it to us that it may work for us in promoting and furthering our kind of Christianity. We want still to be in charge, guiding the chariot through the religious sky in the direction we want it to go, shouting "Glory to God," but modestly accepting a share of the glory for ourselves in a nice inoffensive sort of way. We are calling on God to send fire on our altars, completely ignoring the fact that they are OUR altars and not God's.
Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience.
In the Bible, the race of life is never considered from the viewpoint of speed... We are to run it with patience.
We must never allow the majority to overrule the clear teaching of the Word of God.
Christians must understand most emphatically that the world around us is in conflict with the Word within us.
The main thing is this: we should never blame anyone or anything for our defeats. No matter how evil their intentions may be, they are altogether unable to harm us until we begin to blame them and use them as excuses for our own unbelief.
We please God most, not by frantically trying to make ourselves good, but by throwing ourselves into His arms.
Breezy, self-confident Christians tell us how wonderful it is to accept Christ and then have a good time all the rest of your life; the Lord won't demand anything of you. Yes, He will, my friend! The Lord will demand everything of you. And when you give it all up to Him, He may bless it and hand it back, but on the other hand He may not.
Only the redeemed have the ability to like what God likes and to be pleased with what pleases God.
Every ransomed man owes his salvation to the fact that during his days of sinning, God kept the door of mercy open.
If we make provision for sinning tomorrow, we will be sinning tomorrow.
Holiness has nothing to do with what we know and everything to do with Who we know.
The Christian's heart must be soaked in prayer before the true spiritual fruits begin to grow.
I wish that we might get back to worship again. Then when people come into the church they will instantly sense that they have come among holy people, God's people. They can testify, 'Of a truth God is in this place'
What good is all our busy religion if God isn't in it? What good is it if we've lost majesty, reverence, worship-an awareness of the divine? What good is it if we've lost a sense of the Presence and the ability to retreat within our own hearts and meet God in the garden?
God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way.
Our error today is that we do not expect a converted man to be a transformed man, and as a result of this error our churches are full of substandard Christians. A revival is among other things a return to the belief that real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life.
There is no place to hide but in the blood of the Lamb.
God dwells in eternity but time dwells in God. He has already lived all our tomorrows as He has lived all our yesterdays.
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.
Prayer is the most sacred occupation a person could engage in.
Distractions must be conquered or they will conquer us. So let us cultivate simplicity; let us walk in the Spirit.
After my study of today's church, my conclusion is that the church is politely bored with God.
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