"Learn thus, if thou wouldest bless others, to abide in Christ, and that if thou dost abide, thou shalt surely bless. ... As you undertake to work, you speedily become conscious of your own weakness and the difficulties in your way. Souls are not saved at your bidding. You are ready to be discouraged, and to relax your effort. But abiding in Christ, you receive new courage and strength for the work."
— Andrew Murray
Source: Abide in Christ, Twentieth Day "That You May Bear Much Fruit"
Ministry, Pastoral Care
Views: 551
"God can open doors. … He opens the doors of utterance and entrance for the Gospel. … He holds all the keys of every situation. He opens, and no man can shut. He shuts and no man can open. God, the Opener, is not on the outside, but on the inside of the barred doorway. "Knock and it shall be opened;" and the knock of faith surely implies waiting at the door with a purpose that remains unshaken, a faith that never wavers."
— Samuel M. Zwemer
Source: The Unoccupied Mission Fields of Africa and Asia (1911), pp. 90–91
The first step, footsteps
Views: 602
"The most overwhelming losses of my life, those that I feared most, have in fact been "far outweighed by the gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." I can never prove it to anybody. … I only know that it is true and would say so with all my heart to others who, desiring to know Christ in all His fullness … yet fear loss. Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. The gain will outweigh everything."
— Elisabeth Elliot
Source: Discipline: The Glad Surrender
Loss, fear, eternity
Views: 544
"A person's life will not exceed his prayer life."
— Leonard Ravenhill
Source: Why Has Rejuvenation Been Delayed?
Prayer, Life
Views: 506
"The man who would know God must give time to Him."
— A.W. Tozer
Source: God's Pursuit of Man
Know God
Views: 546
"The cross is rough, and it is deadly, but it is effective. It does not keep its victim hanging there forever. There comes a moment when its work is finished and the suffering victim dies. After that is resurrection glory and power, and the pain is forgotten for joy that the veil is taken away and we have entered in actual spiritual experience the Presence of the living God."
— A.W. Tozer
Source: The Pursuit of God, ch. 3 "Removing the Veil"