May 1, 2008
Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.
Neil Strait
Short Biography
May 2, 2008
Although we carry the light of Christ within us, many of us fail to recognize the exciting spiritual impact we have on others. We become distracted by the little things in life, unaware of how God's light within us challenges the darkness around us. Much of the time, we are focused only on those things which are seen (2 Corinthians 4:18) and limit our thinking to what is logical, rational, or tangible.
John Paul Jackson
Streams Ministries International
May 3, 2008
He does not need to transplant us into a different field, but right where we are, with just the circumstances that surround us, he makes his sun to shine and his dew to fall upon us, and transforms the very things that were before our greatest hindrances into the chiefest and most blessed means of our growth. No difficulties in your case can baffle him, no dwarfing of your growth in years that are past, no apparent dryness of your inward springs of life, no crookedness or deformity in any of your past development, can in the least mar the perfect work that he will accomplish, if you will only put yourselves absolutely into his hands and let him have his own way with you.
Hannah Whitall Smith
Online Books
May 4, 2008
Unity is necessary to the outpouring of the Spirit of God. If you have 120 volts of electricity coming into your house but you have broken wiring, you may turn on the switch, but nothing works - no lights come on, the stove doesn't warm, the radio doesn't turn on. Why? Because you have broken wiring. The power is ready to do its work..., but where there is broken wiring, there is no power. Unity is necessary among the children of God if we are going to know the flow of power...to see God do His wonders.
A. W. Tozer
The Works Of A. W. Tozer
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Knowledge of the Holy By A.W. Tozer Deepen your Christian walk with this spiritual classic! In words that go straight to your heart, Tozer's lucid discussion of the attributes of God---from his infinity to his love---will open your eyes to the greatness of our Father and to his active presence in today's world. Ideal for new and mature believers. 120 pages, softcover from HarperCollins. |
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Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centred in anything short of God and His will for us.
Billy Graham
Billy Graham Organization
May 6, 2008
Bitterness is a habit that can seriously hinder our spiritual journey. When life becomes difficult, when it doesn't seem as if God is providing for our needs, when we're not getting what we want when we want it, we have a decision to make. We can hold onto our faith and trust that God has an answer in mind, or we can gripe and moan and complain and let our souls become embittered. Expecting an oasis, but finding a bitter stream? Don't lose sight of the grace of God. - (Beside A Quiet Stream)
Penelope J. Stokes
Biography
May 7, 2008
The light of heaven is the face of Jesus Christ; the joy of heaven is the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ; the melody of heaven is the name of Jesus Christ. The theme of heaven is the work of Jesus Christ. The employment of heaven is the work of Jesus Christ. The fullness of heaven is the Lord Jesus Christ, himself.
Anonymous
May 8, 2008
Man still retains within himself the need to love a perfect object that will never disappoint him and to be himself loved totally and unconditionally. These needs can be met only in a relationship with God Himself. Otherwise, we go on demanding unattainable absolutes from human beings.
Tom Marshall
May 9, 2008
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking.
John Lubbock
Biography
May 10, 2008
If we do not wait patiently in expectation of God's coming [to us in prayer], then our minds lose the discipline of discerning between what leads us closer to God and what doesn't, and our hearts lose their spiritual sensitivity.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Nouwen Centre
May 11, 2008
(On the night he was robbed:) I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed and not I who robbed.
Matthew Henry
Biography Resources
May 12, 2008
The first and most solid conclusion which (for me) emerges is that both musical parties, the High Brows and the Low, assume far too easily the spiritual value of the music they want. Neither the greatest excellence of a trained performance from the choir, nor the heartiest and most enthusiastic bellowing from the pews, must be taken to signify that any specifically religious activity is going on. It may be so, or it may not.
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
Into The Wardrobe
May 13, 2008
If you would judge of the lawfulness or the unlawfulness of pleasure, then take this simple rule: Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, and takes off the relish of spiritual things - that to you is sin.
Susannah Wesley
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Susanna Wesley: Servant of God By Sandy Dengler The story of Susanna Wesley, mother of Charles and John Wesley, founders of the Methodist Church. A bright, beautiful woman whose life was turbulent but whose faith never wavered. |
May 14, 2008
A rent garment is catched by every nail, and the rent made wider. Renew therefore thy repentance speedily, whereby this breach may be made up, and worse prevented.
William Gurnall
Online Works
May 15, 2008
It is not that we keep His commandments first, and that then He loves; but that He loves us, and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace, which is revealed to the humble, but hidden from the proud.
Augustine
Works and Biography
May 16, 2008
Many people dread death, and lament that they have not "dying grace." Of course, they will not have dying grace when they are in good health, in the midst of life's duties, with death far in advance. Why should they have it then? Grace for duty is what they need then, living grace; then dying grace when they come to die.
Anonymous
May 17, 2008
Let us not be content to pray morning and evening, but let us live in prayer all day long. Let this prayer, this life of love, which means death to self, spread out from our seasons of prayer, as from a centre, over all that we have to do. All should become prayer, that is, a loving consciousness of God's presence, whether it be social intercourse or business. Such a course as this will ensure you a profound peace.
Francois Fenelon
Biography
May 18, 2008
There is a toleration which is treachery. There is a peace which issues in paralysis. There are hours when the Church must say NO to those who should ask communion with her, in the doing of her work, upon the basis of compromise. Such standing aloof may produce ostracism and persecution; but it will maintain power and influence...The reason why men do not look to the Church today is that she has destroyed her own influence by compromise.
G. Campbell Morgan
Biography
May 19, 2008
We need passion in our faith! Instead of praying, 'If I should die before I wake', we should pray, 'Lord wake me up before I die!'
Tony Campolo
May 20, 2008
No one yet has ever set out to test God's promises fairly, thoroughly, and humbly, and had to report that God's promises don't work. On the contrary, given a fair opportunity, God always surprises and overwhelms those who truly seek, with His bounty and His power.
Peter Marshall
Spiritual Portrait
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Life with God: Reading the Bible for Spiritual Transformation By Richard J. Foster Many of us read the Bible like we're at a fast-food restaurant--we want nourishment quickly and read only to satisfy the gnawing hunger. We want the Bible to meet our needs, and it does, but-- what if we the read the Bible like a five-course meal, pausing to savor and enjoy, allowing the experience to settle and transform us. In "Life with God," Richard Foster introduces you to the "with-God life," showing you how to experience the Scriptures in a deeper way. Allow the truth of Scripture not only to meet your needs, but transform you into the image of Christ. |
May 21, 2008
If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!
Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot's Website
May 22, 2008
His will is our hiding place.
Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom Museum
May 23, 2008
Pride is the dandelion of the soul. Its root goes deep; only a little left behind sprouts again. Its seeds lodge in the tiniest encouraging cracks. And it flourishes in good soil: The danger of pride is that it feeds on goodness.
David Rhodes
May 24, 2008
If you trust yourself to walk in the light of your own conscience, uninstructed or little instructed by the Word of God, you will end up doing things that you are deeply and sincerely convinced are right. But they may be terribly hurtful and destructive within the Church.
R. C. Stedman
May 25, 2008
When the devil, the foe and the tyrant, sees a man bearing this weapon [fasting], he is straight-away frightened and he recollects and considers that defeat which he suffered in the wilderness at the hands of the Saviour; at once his strength is shattered and the very sight of this weapon, given us by our Commander-in-chief, burns him.
Isaac of Syria
Biography and Writings
May 26, 2008
Christ is like a river. A river is continually flowing, there are fresh supplies of water coming from the fountain-head continually so that man may live by it, and be supplied with water all his life. So Christ is an ever-flowing fountain; he is continually supplying his people, and the fountain is not spent. They who live upon Christ, may have fresh supplies from him to all eternity; they may have an increase of blessedness that is new, and new still, and which never will come to an end.
Jonathan Edwards
The Works Of Jonathan Edwards
May 27, 2008
An active faith can give thanks for a promise, though it be not as yet performed; knowing that God's bonds are as good as ready money.
Matthew Henry
Biography Resources
May 28, 2008
Go and have compassion on all, for through compassion, one finds freedom of speech before God.
Anonymous
May 29, 2008
Is it a small thing in your eyes to be loved by God - to be the son, the spouse, the love, the delight of the King of glory? Christian, believe this, and think about it: you will be eternally embraced in the arms of the love which was from everlasting, and will extend to everlasting - of the love which brought the Son of God's love from heaven to earth, from earth to the cross, from the cross to the grave, from the grave to glory - that love which was weary, hungry, tempted, scorned, scourged, buffeted, spat upon, crucified, pierced - which fasted, prayed, taught, healed, wept, sweated, bled, died. That love will eternally embrace you.
Richard Baxter
Biography
May 30, 2008
Let us give ourselves to God without any reserve, and let us fear nothing. He will love us, and we shall love Him. His love, increasing every day, will take the place of everything else to us. He will fill our whole hearts; He will deprive us only of those things that make us unhappy. He will cause us to do in general, what we have been doing already, but which we have done in an unsatisfactory manner; whereas, hereafter, we shall do them well, because they will be done for His sake. Even the smallest actions of a simple and common life will be turned to consolation and recompense. We shall meet the approach of death in peace; it will be changed for us into the beginning of the immortal life.
Francois Fenelon
Biography
May 31, 2008
Sometimes you have asked, "Lord, make me like Your Son." And He took you at your word and began the process and you said, "Lord, what happened? Why did You allow this to come into my life? What are You doing with this drying brook?" He answers, "Nothing, except answering your prayer." For never forget, Jesus Christ, "Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered" (Heb. 5:8).
Howard G. Hendricks
Brief Biography
June 1, 2008
Duties are ours, events are God's; When our faith goes to meddle with events, and to hold account upon God's Providence, and beginneth to say, 'How wilt Thou do this or that?' we lose ground; we have nothing to do there; it is our part to let the Almighty exercise His own office, and steer His own helm; there is nothing left for us, but to see how we may be approved of Him, and how we roll the weight of our weak souls upon Him who is God omnipotent, and when we thus essay miscarrieth, it shall be neither our sin nor our cross.
Samuel Rutherford
Selected Letters
June 2, 2008
Most Christians are like a man who was toiling along the road, bending under a heavy burden, when a wagon overtook him, and the driver kindly offered to help him on his journey. He joyfully accepted the offer, but when seated, continued to bend beneath his burden, which he still kept on his shoulders. "Why do you not lay down your burden?" asked the kind-hearted driver. "Oh!" replied the man, "I feel that it is almost too much to ask you to carry me, and I could not think of letting you carry my burden too." And so Christians, who have given themselves into the care and keeping of the Lord Jesus, still continue to bend beneath the weight of their burden, and often go weary and heavy-laden throughout the whole length of their journey.
Hannah Whitall Smith
Online Books
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