John Wesley
In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.
John Wesley
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John Wesley
In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.
John Wesley
Priscilla Shirer
Prayer wakes us up with mercies from God that are "new every morning" (Lam. 3:23). Prayer is how we start to stretch and feel limber again, feel loose, ready to take on the world. And when we start applying prayer to particular muscle groups—like our confidence in Christ and His victory over our past—our whole body and our whole being start to percolate with fresh energy, with the blood-pumping results of applied faith.
Priscilla Shirer
Henry Drummond
The Spiritual Life is the gift of the Living Spirit. The spiritual man is no mere development of the Natural man. He is a New Creation born from Above.
Henry Drummond
J.C. Ryle
[Jesus] saves His people from their sins. This is His special office. He saves them from the guilt of sin, by washing them in His own atoning blood. He saves them from the dominion of sin, by putting in their hearts the sanctifying Spirit. He saves them from the presence of sin, when He takes them out of this world to rest with Him. He will save them from all the consequences of sin, when He shall give them a glorious body at the last day. Blessed and holy are Christ’s people! From sorrow, cross, and conflict they are not saved. But they are saved from sin for evermore.
J.C. Ryle
1. Reconnaissez que l'amour du monde est l'ennemi de l'amour du Père (1 Jean 2:15). Vous ne pouvez pas avoir les deux. Vous devez en choisir un seul. Faites le bon choix.
2. Rappelez-vous que c'est le monde qui a crucifié le Christ et qu'il a fallu le sacrifice de la Croix pour vous en délivrer (Galates 6:14). Comment pouvez-vous négocier avec l'esprit qui a comploté l'assassinat de votre Sauveur ?
3. Réfléchissez au fait que le monde, dans ce sens, est transitoire et éphémère (1 Jean 2:17) ; ce n'est pas un investissement solide. Consacrez-vous plutôt à avoir un "trésor dans le ciel" (Matt. 6:19-21).
Sinclair Ferguson, Healthy Christian Growth, 1991, p. 19-20.
If the world is not rooted out from our hearts, it will devour them. There must be weeding, if the good seed of grace is to grow. But what weed-killer can we use against the spirit of the world? Here is a potent, three-fold formula from the Bible:
1. Recognize that love of the world is the enemy of the love of the Father (1 John 2:15). You cannot have both. You must choose one only. Make the right choice.
2. Remember that it was the world that crucified Christ and that it took the sacrifice of the Cross to deliver you from it (Galatians 6:14). How can you negotiate with the spirit which plotted the assassination of your Savior?
3. Reflect on the fact that the world, in this sense, is transient and ephemeral (1 John 2:17); it is not a solid investment. Devote yourself instead to having “treasure in heaven” (Matt. 6:19-21).
Sinclair Ferguson, Healthy Christian Growth, 1991, p. 19-20.
R.V.G. Tasker
Only a morbid fanatic can take pleasure in the sufferings he inflicts upon himself; only an insensitive fool can take pleasure in the sufferings that are the consequences of his folly; and only a convinced Christian can take pleasure in sufferings endured “for Christ’s sake,” for he alone has been initiated into the divine secret, that it is only when he is “weak,” having thrown himself unreservedly in penitence and humility upon the never-failing mercies of God, that he is “strong,” with a strength not his own, but belonging to the Lord of all power and might.
R.V.G. Tasker
Steven Lawson
A life of resolve comes with a price tag. You will be tested by the lure of the world. But you must turn a deaf ear to the crowd and live instead for the approbation of Christ. There will always be a cross before a crown, sacrifice before success, and reproach before a reward. The call of discipleship will cost you popularity, possessions, and position. But God will use your commitment. The grace of God will be multiplied in you if you cultivate a fixed resolution to live for the glory of God.
Steven Lawson
Ray Ortlund
In every generation we who confess the Lord Jesus are confronted with well-established offenses against Him, testing our courage. If we man up, some people will inevitably say we are moving too quickly and causing unnecessary provocation. That might be true. The moral nobility of a cause elevates no one above self-judgment, and crusaders can be the most self-righteous of all. But the lordship of Christ judges everything, including both the offenses He calls us to challenge and our own excuses for not doing so.
Ray Ortlund
Le style de Dieu me déconcerte souvent : Dieu se déplace à un rythme lent, préfère les rebelles et les prodigues, restreint le pouvoir et parle en chuchotant et en se taisant. Pourtant, même dans ces qualités, je vois des preuves de la longanimité de Dieu, de sa miséricorde et de son désir d'amadouer plutôt que de contraindre. En cas de doute, je me concentre sur Jésus, la révélation la plus transparente de la personne même de Dieu. J'apprends à faire confiance à Dieu, et lorsque survient une tragédie ou un mal que je ne peux pas synthétiser avec le Dieu que j'ai appris à connaître et à aimer, je cherche d'autres explications.
Philip Yancey
God’s style often baffles me: God moves at a slow pace, prefers rebels and prodigals, restrains power, and speaks in whispers and silence. Yet even in these qualities I see evidence of God’s longsuffering, mercy, and desire to woo rather than compel. When in doubt, I focus on Jesus, the most unfiltered revelation of God’s own self. I learn to trust God, and when some tragedy or evil occurs that I cannot synthesize with the God I have come to know and love, then I look to other explanations.
Philip Yancey
Auteur inconnu, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, Introduction.
Unknown Author, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, Introduction.
Robert Murray McCheyne, Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray McCheyne, ed. Andrew A. Bonar.
To gain entire likeness to Christ, I ought to get a high esteem of the happiness of it. I am persuaded that God’s happiness is inseparably linked in with His holiness. Holiness and happiness are like light and heat. God never tasted one of the pleasures of sin. Christ has a body such as I have, yet He never tasted one of the pleasures of sin. The redeemed, through all eternity, will never taste one of the pleasures of sin; yet their happiness is complete… Every sin is something away from my greatest enjoyment… The devil strives night and day to make me forget this or disbelieve it. He says, Why should you not enjoy this pleasure as much as Solomon or David? You may go to heaven also. I am persuaded this is a lie — that my true happiness is to go and sin no more.
Robert Murray McCheyne, Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray McCheyne, ed. Andrew A. Bonar.
Auteur inconnu
The church has existed from the beginning of the world and will last until the end. That appears from the fact that Christ is the eternal King, from which it follows that He cannot be without subjects. And this holy church is preserved by God against the rage of the whole world. It shall never be destroyed even though for a while it may appear very small and may even seem to be snuffed out.
Unknown Author
Ajith Fernando, The Supremacy of Christ by Ajith Fernando, 1995, p. 183.
When we enter into the “in Christ” existence we become one with those who are in Christ. Eternal life is received individually, but it is lived out in community. And the community battles sin in the body by confronting sinners and by requiring spiritual accountability.
Ajith Fernando, The Supremacy of Christ by Ajith Fernando, 1995, p. 183.
Randy Smith
An understanding of God should only be gleaned from the Bible. Everything God wants us to know about heaven is contained in the Bible. Not only do these best-selling books cast doubts on the sufficiency of the Bible and also contradict each other, but they are contrary to everything the Bible teaches us about heaven. These books seem to make it all about one’s self-focus from their self-experience. According to the Bible, heaven is about worshiping the greatness of God.
Randy Smith
Sam Storms
We become like that which we behold. We will never be transformed into the likeness of God or be conformed to the image of Christ Jesus until we learn how to behold His beauty. To see Him is to be like Him. As David beheld the beauty of the Lord, as he meditated on the glorious perfections and passions of God’s character, he became more like God. More than that, he fell ever more in love with God.
Sam Storms
Nancy Leigh DeMoss, A Place of Quiet Rest, Moody, 2000, p. 43.
The Christian life is not about all the things we do for God- it’s about being loved by Him, loving Him in return, and walking in intimate union and communion with Him.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss, A Place of Quiet Rest, Moody, 2000, p. 43.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer is simple, prayer is supernatural, and to anyone not related to our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer is apt to look stupid.
Oswald Chambers
Michael Maiden
People with a spirit of offense will watch your life with a jaundiced critical view of all you say and do. They're ready to pounce on the first thing you say or post they disagree with by unleashing personal attacks are unfollowing you. That is toxic, manipulative behaviour. Remind yourself that God loves them too, and refuse the impulse of responding to them in an ungodly way. Never be seduced into changing your core values, just to gain or keep followers.
Michael Maiden