 The happy sequence culminating in fellowship with God is penitence, pardon, and peace -- the first we offer, the second we accept, and the third we inherit. Author: Charles H. Brent |
| To be able to look into God's face, and know with the knowledge of faith that there is nothing between the soul and Him, is to experience the fullest peace the soul can know. Whatever else pardon may be, it is above all things admission into full fellowship with God. Author: Charles H. Brent |
| He (God) usually prefers to work through people rather than perform miracles, so that we will depend on each other for fellowship. Author: Rick Warren |
| There is a brotherhood within the body of believers, and the Lord Jesus Christ is the common denominator. Friendship and fellowship are the legal tender among believers. Author: J. Vernon McGee |
| Most church members live so far below the standard, you would have to backslide to be in fellowship with them. Author: Vance Havner |
| When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy. Author: Corrie Ten Boom |
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| It goes against the grain to give an image of oneself that is anything less than perfect, and many Christians imagine that they will be rejected by others if they admit to any faults. But nothing could be more destructive to Christian koinonia (fellowship) than the common practice today of pretending not to have any problems. Author: Ray C. Stedman
Source: Body Life, p. 110-111. |
| Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness. Author: Joyce Meyer |
| People go wrong in their fellowships before they go wrong in their doctrine. Author: John R. Rice |
| Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in. He attaches far more importance to godly intercourse than we do. Since union is strength, he does his best to promote separation. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Some Christians try to go to heaven alone, in solitude. But believers are not compared to bears or lions or other animals that wander alone. Those who belong to Christ are sheep in this respect, that they love to get together. Sheep go in flocks, and so do God's people. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Sermons, 30.597. |
