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- Christians don’t
need second hand knowledge so much as first-hand experience.
- " Christians
can be likened to bricks – they must be in close relationship with one
another to be part of a building, to be supported, covered and
protected by other bricks.
- If a brick is put
in a bucket of water it is immediately immersed , but it takes time for the water to permeates the
whole brick - when we become
Christians we are immediately
‘in Christ’ but it takes time for Christ to permeates our lives
(the ongoing process of Sanctification)
- I must be prepared
to put myself in the place where I am vulnerable to hurt.
- If a person has
feelings of love but to no faithfulness, his love is just
self-indulgent sentimentality.
- "The chains of
habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be
broken", (Samuel Johnson)
- God gives us the
power to forgive each other and make new starts when things go wrong.
- One man’s sin is
not an appropriate topic for another man’s conversation.
- Openness and
honesty are the most powerful spiritual defenses we possess.
- There are three
tenses of Salvation. We are saved from the penalty of sin. We are
being saved from the power of sin. We shall be saved from
the presence of sin. (Bishop Westcott)
- God never asks from
us what he doesn’t give us first.
- God gives Gifts to
us in order that we might use them for the benefit of others - for His Glory.
- To wait patiently
and expectancy is the essence of tranquil faith, that rests with
certainty upon the promises given by God. No restless questioning or
anxiety but a quiet belief that God is faithful and fulfills his
promises
- "Idols are not
just on pagan altars, but in well-educated human hearts and
minds", (R. Keys)
- God always gives
the best to those who leave the choice with him.
- It’s not how long
you talk, but what to say,
that matters.
- The task ahead of
me is never as great as the Power behind me (Philipians 4:13)
- A person can’t
stumble when he’s on his knees.
- Be assured, if you
walk with Him, and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will
never fail you. (Mueller).
- It matters not how
many 'decisions' a man has taken, if there is no change in his life he
is just not a Christian",
( Martyn Lloyd-Jones. )
- Anxiety is the
natural results when our hopes are centered in anything short of God
and His will.
- Empathy is your
pain in my heart.
- Do what you can,
with what you have, where you are. (Theodore Roosevelt )
- Any concern too
small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be turned into a
burden.(Corrie Ten Boom)
- If you find a path
in life with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
- A life watered by
the tears of tragedy and suffering often becomes the most fertile soil
for spiritual growth.
- Words which do not
give the Light of Christ increase the darkness. (Mother Theresa)
- "Faith does
not lay hold on the blessing itself, it lays hold on the One who gives
the blessing”. (Martyn Lloyd-Jones.)
- Some may see a
hopeless end, but as Believers we rejoice in an endless hope.
- Never take on more
work than you have time to pray about.
- Faith goes up the
stairs that love has made and looks out of the Windows which hope has
opened.
- Faith sees the
invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
- Lord give me the wisdom to make stepping
stones out of stumbling blocks.
- God can mend a
broken heart, but we have to give him all the pieces.
- It is a
"fallacy that a man can be justified without being
sanctified", ( Martyn
Lloyd-Jones}
- God comforts us to make us comforters,
not comfortable.
- He is no fool who
gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose. (Jim Elliott).
- Real difficulties
can be overcome, its only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
(Theodore Vail)
- There is more
safety with Christ in the tempest than without Him in the calmest waters .
- Worry is a stream
of fear trickling through the mind, if allowed to flow it cuts a
channel into which all other thoughts are drained.(A.S.Roche)
- Every morning lean
your arms on the windows of Heaven and gaze for a while upon Jesus
your Lord, then with that vision in your heart, turn to meet the day
in His Strength.
- "The three
blessed Persons in the Holy Trinity are concerned about us and our
salvation. The Father planned it; the Son came to execute it; and the
Holy Spirit applies it", ( Martyn Lloyd-Jones).
- A person’s character
is like a fence – it cannot be strengthened by whitewash.
- Getting me into hot
water is often God’s way of keeping the clean..
- Seeds of
discouragement will not grow in a thankful heart.
- The angel fetched
Peter out of prison – but it was prayer that fetch the angel. (Thomas)
- When one door
closes another opens, but we often look so long and so, regretfully at
the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us
(Alexander Graham Bell)
- There is comfort in
the fact that God is never taken by surprise (Goebelin)
- "God not only
orders our steps, He orders our stops",( George Muller).
- It isn’t the load
that weighs us down, it’s the way we carry it.
- Temptation is sure
to ring your doorbell – do not ask it to stay to dinner.
- I am sorry for
those who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive
themselves of the strength and the pleasure. (Woodrow Wilson)
- God loves us the
way we are, but he loves us too much to let us stay that way . (Leighton
Ford)
- The great point is
never to give up . . . If you desire anything for God’s glory - pray.
55. They came first for the
Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they
came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they
came for the Trade Unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up
because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me - and there was no one
left to speak up for me. – (Martin Niemoller, )
- Since the Lord is
directing our steps, why try to understand everything that happens
along the way? (Proverbs 20: 24 TLB)
- We would be more
grateful if we knew how much of what we take for granted is planned by
God.
- God has promised
Forgiveness for your repentance, but he hasn’t promised tomorrow for
your procrastination (St. Augustine)
- If your troubles
are deep-seated or long-standing try kneeling.
- People may spurn
your appeals, reject your messages and oppose your arguments, but they
are helpless against your prayers.
- Each day God gives
me 86,400 seconds – remind me to use some of them to say thank You.
- Lord, help me to
put aside the things that are breaking my heart, to pray about things
that break Yours.
- Rest is the repose
of a heart set deep in God.(Drummond)
- Those who brings
sunshine to others also keep it for themselves (John Barry)
- Every saint has a past and every sinner has a
future. –( Oscar Wilde)
- Trials are not
enemies of faith but are opportunities to prove God’s Faithfulness.
- Our goal should not
be to try harder but to trust God
more.
- Don’t worry about
opposition. Remember, a kite rises against the wind, not with the
wind.
- Worry often gives a
small thing a big shadow.
- Faith is the inborn
capacity to see God behind everything.(Oswald chambers)
- If you want to pray
better you must pray more.(Mother Theresa)
- Praying demands a
relationship in which you allow the Creator to enter the very center of
your being and see there what you would rather leave in darkness, to
touch what you would rather leave untouched.(Hanni Nouwen)
- A gem cannot be
polished without friction – nor a child of God without adversity.
- We must never
separate the words of Jesus from His deeds – or separate them from the
Cross.
- What is morally
wrong can never be politically right. – (Abraham Lincoln)
- Am I afraid to put
myself in the place where I am vulnerable to hurt?
- Is the beauty of a
chant ‘Worship’ or ‘ Self-indulgence’?
- To do something God
does not require of me is as damaging to my Christian life as not
doing something I should.
- 1 Peter 4:19 –
‘those who suffer according to God’s will’.
- Caleb and Joshua
proved that the majority are not always right.
- Remember the God
you knew in the wilderness, and allow those memories to enable you to
stand in the future.
- If Satan reminds
you of your past, reminded him of his future. . .
- Death is the last
great milestone on the road to freedom ( Bon Hoffer)
- God requires that
one thing you’re hiding from him. If you resist Him, He may go round
you or move you out of the way.
- People are healed
and set free when we ignore the cost and obey Jesus. Be bold – speak the words He gives you.
- Every moment I
depend on the righteousness of Christ to keep me in existence before
God.
- It’s not a question
of whether we are active or not, but of whose power is behind our
actions and who originates them. (Watchman Nee)
- It is comforting to know that willing amateurs built the Ark, whereas
professionals built the Titanic.
- Only what God does
in us, and through us, can satisfy Him.
- It’s no use
preaching against the flesh to unbelievers. They are flesh and they
possess nothing else! It is Christ dwelling in us who sets us
free.(Watchman Nee)
- The slightest
particle of human ambition in a situation is sufficient to negate
God’s glory.
- We should not
hesitate to teach what is right and wrong. We should preach a God of
justice as well as a God of love. We should preach Sin and Salvation
to a world that doesn’t believe in Sin and sees no need of
Salvation.(Sir Fred Catherwood)
- The love of God is
uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith.
- Everywhere we walk
we must leave foot prints of Love.
- We have to walk with
God or we will not get to the place he has prepared for us.
- It’s dangerous to
receive a dramatic Spiritual Gift as we may depend on the Gift more
than the Giver (Derek Prince)
- All we take into
Eternity is our character.
- Christians all need
training to follow Christ, and much more training to wait for Him.
99. The word translated to ‘believe’ means ‘loyalty’ in Hebrew.
(Derek Prince)
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