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October 2011
October 1, 2011
I myself, for instance, am not especially gifted, and am shy by nature, but my gracious and merciful God and Father inclined Himself to me, and when I was weak in faith He strengthened me while I was still young. He taught me in my helplessness to rest on Him, and to pray even about little things in which another might have felt able to help himself.
James Hudson Taylor
James Hudson Taylor Biography
October 2, 2011
Gratitude is our ability to see the grace of God, morning by morning, no matter what else greets us in the course of the day.
Craig Barnes
Biography
October 3, 2011
The Lord God fashioned us for mighty ends, and nothing less than following that for which He made us can heal our restlessness of heart.
Arthur John (A. J.) Gossip
On line article.
October 4, 2011
The value of persistent prayer is not that he will hear us, but that we will finally hear him.
William McGill
October 5, 2011
ALL extreme sensitiveness, fastidiousness, suspicion, readiness to take offence, and tenacity of what we think our due, come from self-love, as does the unworthy secret gratification we sometimes feel when another is humbled or mortified; the cold indifference, the harshness of our criticism, the unfairness and hastiness of our judgments, our bitterness towards those we dislike, and many other faults which must more or less rise up before most men's conscience, when they question it sincerely as to how far they do indeed love their neighbours as Christ has loved them. He will root out all dislikes and aversions, all readiness to take offence, all resentments, all bitterness, from the heart which is given up to His guidance. He will infuse His own tender love for man into His servant's mind, and teach him to "love his brother as Christ has loved him."
Jean Nicolas (J N) Grou
Wiki Article
October 6, 2011
Thorns, it seems, always accompany visits to glory. No one who has walked in Christ's presence will ever be allowed to strut.
Jamie Buckingham
October 7, 2011
There can be no doubt that this possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the [christian] life. Because it is so natural, it is rarely recognized for the evil that it is. But its outworkings are tragic.
A. W. Tozer
The Works Of A. W. Tozer
October 8, 2011
Giver of Life and all good gifts, grant us also wisdom to use only what we need, courage to trust our bounty, imagination to preserve our resources, determination to deny frivolous excess, and inspiration to sustain through temptation.
Patricia Winters
October 9, 2011
We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
Into The Wardrobe
October 10, 2011
Let nothing disturb thee; let nothing dismay thee; all thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains all that it strives for. He who has God finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.
Teresa of Avila
Biography
October 11, 2011
When spiritual comfort is sent to you by God, take it humbly and give thanks meekly for it. But know for certain that it is the great goodness of God that sends it to you, and not because you deserve it. See to it, then, that you are not lifted up to pride because of the comfort, and that you do not rejoice too much in it or presume vainly in it; instead, seek to be more humble for so noble a gift, and the more watchful and fearful in all your works. That time of comfort will pass away, and the time of temptation will follow shortly after. It is not a good policy to let your lusts bear arms, which are sure to rise and declare against you.
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas a Kempis Biography And Works
October 12, 2011
Whatever man loves, that is his god. For he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day; he sleeps and wakes with it, be it what it may - wealth or self, pleasure or renown.
Martin Luther
Biography and Information
October 13, 2011
Tuck this thought away: Never in eternity will we want to walk up to Jesus and say, I surely wish you had answered my prayer differently.
Blaine Allen
October 14, 2011
The church is the creation of the Spirit. It is a community of believers who owe their religious life from first to last to the Spirit....Religious services and organized institutions do not constitute a Christian Church, and these may flourish without the gift of Pentecostal fire.
Samuel Chadwick
Biography
October 15, 2011
Fall on your knees and grow there. There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it. Prayer means not always talking to Him, but waiting before Him till the dust settles and the stream runs clear.
Frederick Brotherton ( F. B. ) Meyer
Online Works
October 16, 2011
The spiritual artist-the man who paints Christ in his soul-wants no solitary niche in the temple of fame. He would not like to hear anyone say, 'He is the first of his profession; there is not one that can hold a candle to him.' He would be very sad to be thus distinguished in his profession of Christ, marked out as a solitary figure. The gladdest moment to him will always be the moment when the cry is heard, 'Thy brother is coming up the ladder also; thy brother will share the inheritance with thee.'
George Matheson
Biography
October 17, 2011
Never tolerate through sympathy with yourself or with others any practice that is not in keeping with a holy God. Holiness means unsullied walking with the feet, unsullied talking with the tongue, unsullied thinking with the mind - every detail of the life under the scrutiny of God. Holiness is not only what God gives me, but what I manifest that God has given me.
Oswald Chambers
My Utmost for His Highest
October 18, 2011
Christ is my saviour. He is my life. He is everything to me in heaven and earth. Once while traveling in a sandy region I was tired and thirsty. Standing on the top of a mound I looked for water. The sight of a lake at a distance brought joy to me, for now I hoped to quench my thirst. I walked toward it for a long time, but I could never reach it. Afterwards I found out it was a mirage, only a mere appearance of water caused by the refracted rays of the sun. In reality there was none. In a like manner I was moving about the world in search of the water of life. The things of this world - wealth, position, honour and luxury - looked like a lake by drinking of whose waters I hoped to quench my spiritual thirst. But I could never find a drop of water to quench the thirst of my heart. I was dying of thirst. When my spiritual eyes were opened I saw the rivers of living water flowing from his pierced side. I drank of it and was satisfied. Thirst was no more.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
A Short Biography
October 19, 2011
To know Christ is the way to grow in holiness. Christianity is not a religion of rules. It is the religion of the divine example. Try to follow the blessed steps of the most holy life. Take His advice. Ask yourself, in the moment of perplexity or temptation, what would He do if He were here? Nothing else will so surely lead us into the way of holy living.
George Hodges
October 20, 2011
The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said.
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
Into The Wardrobe
October 21, 2011
A child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
The Spurgeon Archive
October 22, 2011
When you go to the door of a physician and knock, you do not need to make an apology. It is his business to be a physician. So it is with Christ. We may go to him as we would to a physician, and tell our wants and our diseases.
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Online Information
October 23, 2011
It's easy to get attached to idols, good things inappropriately adored. But when you have Jesus in the centre of a room, everything else only junks up the decor.
Charles (Chuck) Swindoll
Insight for Living
October 24, 2011
If you board the wrong train, it's no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer Home Page
October 25, 2011
The valley of the shadow of death. It is a valley where the sun's rays often seem to be blotted out. To approach it is to tremble. We would prefer to walk around it, to seek a safe bypass. But men and women of faith can enter that valley without fear.
R. C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries
October 26, 2011
The only known cure for fear is faith.
Lena Kellogg Sadler
October 27, 2011
There is a big difference between hurt and harm. We all hurt sometimes in facing hard truths, but it makes us grow. It can be the source of huge growth. That is not harmful. Harm is when you damage someone. Facing reality is usually not a damaging experience, even though it can hurt.
Dr Henry Cloud
October 28, 2011
It is the office of the parent to train the child to independence. As the schoolmaster's aim ought to be to train his pupils to a stage where they are able to face the work of life without any more help from him, so parents have to recognize that there is a point at which their commands must cease and their children be allowed to choose and act for themselves.
James Stalker
Writings
October 29, 2011
Just as soon as we turn toward Him with loving confidence, and say, "Thy will be done," whatever chills or cripples or enslaves our spirits, clogs their powers, or hinders their development, melts away in the sunshine of His sympathy. He does not free us from the pain, but from its power to dull the sensibilities; not from poverty and care, but from their tendency to narrow and harden; not from calumny, but from the maddening poison in its sting; not from disappointment, but from the hopelessness and bitterness of thought which it so often engenders. We attain unto this perfect liberty when we rise superior to untoward circumstances, triumph over the pain and weakness of disease, over unjust criticism, the wreck of earthly hopes, over promptings to envy, every sordid and selfish desire, every unhallowed longing, every doubt of God's wisdom and love and kindly care, when we rise into an atmosphere of undaunted moral courage, of restful content, of child-like trust, of holy, all-conquering calm.
William W. Kinsley
Online Articles
October 30, 2011
It is amazing how many people let life happen to them rather than asking God for wisdom in their decisions. He promises to give you wisdom and knowledge for everything you do. When you make a decision knowing that it is based on the wisdom of God, joy and peace cannot help but follow.
Don Clowers
Ministry Website
October 31, 2011
Our approach to God is conditioned by our concept of Him, whether accurate or distorted. If we suspect that He is too busy with more important matters, as if we think there is a great queue in front of us, we won't want to bother Him. If we see Him as a tyrant, watching sternly for any false moves, ready with a big stick to wallop us, we will come very warily! If, on the other had, we see Him as a soft and indulgent "super-daddy," we may come presumptuously, blundering carelessly onto holy ground.
Graham Kendrick
Website
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