 He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment. Author: John Wesley |
| To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us. Author: John Henry Newman |
| Find preacher's of David Brainerd's spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man. Author: Jonathan Edwards
Source: Biography of David Brainerd |
| Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will. Author: Jonathan Edwards |
| Maturity comes from obedience, not necessarily from age. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
| Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things. Author: Origen |
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| Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading. Author: Oswald Chambers |
| Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people - the one who is called, and the one who loves that one. Author: Oswald Chambers |
| The golden rule for understanding in spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience. Author: Oswald Chambers |
| I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do. Author: Oswald Chambers |
| One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul, but prayer puts my soul in command of my body. Author: Oswald Chambers |
| Human nature, if it is healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek it in the wrong. God never makes bloodless stoics; He makes no passionless saints. Author: Oswald Chambers |
