"O my heavenly Father, no sacrifice is too great to make to Thee. … I hold the rest of my life in trust for Thee. I abandon myself completely in Thy hands. If Lan Hsien recovers, Thy will be done. If she dies, Thy will be done."
— John C.H. Wu
Source: Beyond East and West (1951), pp. 259–260 (diary, January 1940)
Prayer, worry, time
Views: 481
"Having, first, gained all you can, and, secondly, saved all you can, then "give all you can." … When the Possessor of heaven and earth brought you into being, and placed you in this world, he placed you here not as a proprietor, but a steward: as such he entrusted you, for a season, with goods of various kinds; but the sole property of these still rests in him, nor can be alienated from him."
— John Wesley
Source: Sermon 50: "The Use of Money"
Wealth, saving, charity
Views: 441
"The cross is like a walnut whose outer rind is bitter, but the inner kernel is pleasant and invigorating. So the cross does not offer any charm of outward appearance, but to the cross-bearer its true character is revealed, and he finds in it the choicest sweets of spiritual peace."
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
Source: At the Master's Feet, ch. V "The Cross and the Mystery of Suffering" (tr. Arthur Parker)
Life, the Cross
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"Just as the sponge lies in the water, and the water fills the sponge, but the water is not the sponge and the sponge is not the water, but they ever remain different things, so children abide in Me and I in them. This is not pantheism, but it is the kingdom of God, which is set up in the hearts of those who abide in this world."
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
Source: At the Master's Feet, ch. I "The Manifestation of God's Presence" (tr. Arthur Parker)
Christian, Christ
Views: 448
"A cobbler, a smith, a farmer, each has the work and office of his trade, and yet they are all alike consecrated priests and bishops, and every one by means of his own work or office must benefit and serve every other, that in this way many kinds of work may be done for the bodily and spiritual welfare of the community, even as all the members of the body serve one another."
— Martin Luther
Source: To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (1520), tr. C. M. Jacobs (1915)
Preaching, profession, equality
Views: 423
"It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it. The motive is everything. Let a man sanctify the Lord God in his heart and he can thereafter do no common act. All he does is good and acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."
— A.W. Tozer
Source: The Pursuit of God, ch. 10 "The Sacrament of Living"