June 1, 2004
God's grasp cannot be broken. None can pluck his chosen out of his hand.
William S. Plumer
June 2, 2004
Take thy first walk with God! Let Him go forth with thee; by stream, or sea, or mountain path, Seek still His company.
Horatius Bonar
Website
June 3, 2004
Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief, and yet in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which His supernatural power is demonstrated.
Charles Stanley
In Touch
June 4, 2004
For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.
Martin Luther
Biography and Information
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Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.
Matthew Henry
Biography
June 6, 2004
Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.
George Macdonald
The Golden Key Website
June 7, 2004
Unforgiveness is like a scratch on an old record. The song never goes on to the end, it keeps the beautiful music yet to be released unheard and all that resounds are the same old three or four chords again and again and again.
Katherine Walden
I Lift My Eyes Web Ministries
June 8, 2004
Some Christians spend the first six days of each week sowing their wild oats, then they go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.
Anonymous
June 9, 2004
O brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper - and sleep too - than not pray. And we must not talk about prayer, we must pray in right earnest. The Lord is near. He comes softly while the virgin slumbers.
Andrew A Bonar
Short Biography
June 10, 2004
Love finds no steady home in psychological health. I am sure God wants us to be whole and healthy in every way possible, but love neither depends upon these things nor ends with them. In fact, blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way.
Gerald May
Online Article
June 11, 2004
There's much more for me included in Christ's salvation than merely a paid ticket to heaven. There is victory over present circumstances if I am willing to accept it.
Matilda Nordtvedt
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The Worship Warrior By Chuck Pierce According to the authors, the Church is being prepared to enter its most dynamic season of warfare, worship and harvest. The key to victory during this time will be our worship. When we praise God, He comes into our midst and manifests His rule and authority in our environment. He actually abides with us and dwells in the very center of our lives to lead us in the paths He chooses for us. When we ascend in worship, we go to the throne of God and receive our strategy from Him to fulfill His purposes on Earth. In effect, we align with God's purposes and then we descent with our marching orders to accomplish those purposes. The result of this supernatural process will be a great harvest of souls for God's kingdom. |
June 12, 2004
Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.
J. S. Bach
Website
June 13, 2004
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
Samuel Johnson
Informational Website
June 14, 2004
Certainly true worship invigorates, but to plan invigoration is not necessarily to order worship. As all that glitters is not gold, so all that makes us feel happy and strong is not worship. The question is not whether a particular liturgical form is used, but whether a God-centred as distinct from man-centred perspective is maintained-whether, in other words, the sense that man exists for God rather than God for man is cherished or lost. We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal.
James I (J. I.) Packer
Brief Online Interview
June 15, 2004
It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity.
John of Kronstadt
Brief Biography
June 16, 2004
Faith is not believing that God can, it is knowing that he will.
Anonymous
June 17, 2004
Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
Watchman Nee
Website
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Authority & Submission By Watchman Nee Our God is a God of order and divine arrangement, and He desires that all things be headed up in Christ (Eph.1:10). In opposition to the divine will, there is rebellion and chaos in God's creation due to the fall of humanity. According to God's divine arrangement, the reestablishment of order in the universe is centered on the relationship between Christ, the Head, and the church, His Body. Christ has been made Head over all things to the Church (Eph. 1:22), and the living exercise of authority and submission within the Body of Christ is central to the working out of God's Divine will. In Authority and Submission, Watchman Nee presents many helpful principles and examples from the Holy Scriptures related to the proper exercise of both authority and submission, an exercise that is according to the divine life in the Body of Christ. |
June 18, 2004
God is interested in developing your character. At times He lets you proceed, but He will never let you go too far without discipline to bring you back. In your relationship with God, He may let you make a wrong decision. Then the Spirit of God causes you to recognize that it is not God's will. He guides you back to the right path. He will clarify what He wants. He will even take the circumstances of your disobedience and work that together for good (Rom. 8:28) as He corrects you and teaches you His ways.
Henry Blackaby
Website
June 19, 2004
Spiritual rest maketh no man idle, spiritual walking maketh no man weary.
Nathaniel Hardy
June 20, 2004
When you cannot stand, He will bear you in His arms.
Francis de Sales
Biography and Works
June 21, 2004
This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such servants as will depend upon His bare word.
Richard Sibbes
Brief Biography and Article
June 22, 2004
Whatever is only almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is the more likely to lead astray.
Henry Ward Beecher
Archives
June 23, 2004
I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint. I have been keeping too late hours.
William Wilberforce
Biography
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William Wilberforce: A Hero for Humanity By Kevin Belmonte Discover how British statesman and reformer William Wilberforce overcame political and personal obstacles to bring an end to the slave trade in the United Kingdom! Written by a historian for the blockbuster film, this inspiring biography is a definitive example of how one man's faith in God changed his life, his country---and the world. 352 pages, softcover from Zondervan. |
June 24, 2004
Trust is faith that has become absolute, approved, and accomplished. When all is said and done, there is a sort of risk in faith and its exercise. But trust is firm belief; it is faith in full bloom. Trust is a conscious act, a fact of which we are aware.
Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds
Public Domain Texts
June 25, 2004
Lord, make my life a window for Your light to shine through and a mirror to reflect Your love to all I meet. Amen.
Robert Schuller
Website
June 26, 2004
You can operate your business without Christ. You can make it run well. You can raise your family without Christ. You can even pastor a church without Christ. But if you do, you will find that there will be no fruit, no Christlikeness, no manifestation of that beautiful character which arrests the attention of others. Instead there will be a sham, a phony imitation of the real thing, which will drive people away from Christ and will produce nothing but a dull, mechanical religiosity.
Ray C. Stedman
Homepage
June 27, 2004
You're rich if you've had a meal today.
Billy Graham
Billy Graham Organization
June 28, 2004
The elements which determine the make of any particular sermon are three; the preacher, the material, and the audience; just as the character of any battle is determined by three elements; the gun (including the gunner), the ammunition, and the fortress against which the attack is made.
Phillips Brooks
Biography
June 29, 2004
In worship God gathers his people to himself as centre: "The Lord reigns" (Ps. 93:1). Worship is a meeting at the centre so that our lives are centred in God and not lived eccentrically. We worship so that we live in response to and from this centre, the living God. Failure to worship consigns us to a life of spasms and jerks, at the mercy of every advertisement, every seduction, every siren. Without worship we live manipulated and manipulating lives. We move in either frightened panic or deluded lethargy as we are, in turn, alarmed by spectres and soothed by placebos. If there is no centre, there is no circumference. People who do not worship are swept into a vast restlessness, epidemic in the world, with no steady direction and no sustaining purpose.
Edmund Clowney
Website
June 30, 2004
Persevere in prayer. Persevere, even when your efforts seem sterile. Prayer is always fruitful.
Escriva
Short Biography
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Against the Wind By K. P. Yohannan A choice is set before you and what you decide will determine whether or not you will one day be able to declare: "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith" or if you will remain in the camp of compromise, holding to a form of godliness but knowing nothing of its power. In this practical and inspiring book, K.P. Yohannan reveals how we who began well can also finish well. We can live above the compromise, press against the wind and reach the goal. What will you choose? |
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