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Dependency University, Alan Redpath
“The best place any Christian can ever be in is to be totally destitute and totally dependent upon God, and know it.” Alan Redpath (1907-1989) Please follow and like us:
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Piece by Piece, Francis Havergal
“The Master has not put a chest of poetic gold into my possession and said, ‘Now use it as you like,’ but He keeps the gold and gives it to me piece by piece just when He will and as much as He will and no more.” Frances Havergal (1836-1879) Please follow and like us:
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Get Hold of God, Oswald Chambers
“Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer. “ Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Please follow and like us:
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God Remembers That We Are Dust, A.W. Tozer
“He remembers our frame and knows that we are dust. He may sometimes chasten us, it is true, but even this He does with a smile, the proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over an imperfect but promising son who is coming every day to look more and more like the One whose child he is.” A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) Please follow and like us:
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#4 Trust God Enough To Wait, Michael Youssef
“As we grow in intimacy with God, we discern His voice and we obey the Lord—regardless of the circumstance. We know and believe that God is able to handle any obstacle that enters our path. We simply obey and watch as His grace unfolds before our very eyes. In fact, Christ’s life is a perfect model of what it means to have intimacy with God. Throughout every trial and tribulation, throughout every victory and valley, Jesus was in perfect communion with God. He listened for the voice of His Father and responded appropriately—even if the answer meant He must wait. In the moments we must wait, God’s grace sustains us. …
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Ripe Fruit Takes Time, Chrysostom
Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground, for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep its fruit until it be ripe. John Chrysostom (347-407) Please follow and like us:
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Regent of Your Own Action?
“We must refuse, abandon, deny self altogether as a ruling, determining, or originating element in us. It is to be no longer the regent of our action. We are no more to think, ‘What shall I do”‘ but ‘What would the Living One have me do?'” George MacDonald, Scottish poet, author, (1824-1905) Please follow and like us:
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Climb of Faith
“We rise on stepping stones of our dead selves to higher things.” The Beautiful Tree of Life, Publ. 1891 Please follow and like us:
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Hudson Taylor on Rest
“The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time, and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.” Hudson Taylor Please follow and like us:
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Become
“Beloved, if you know you are nothing in yourself, you’re a prime candidate to become something in God!” Francis Fragipane Please follow and like us:
