Great Quotes 3

...the conversion of a sinner being not owing to a man's self determination, but to God's determination, and eternal election, which is absolute, and depending on the sovereign Will of God, and not on the free will of man; as is evident from what has been said : and it being very evident from the Scriptures, that the eternal election of saints to the faith and holiness, is also an election of them to eternal salvation; hence their appointment to salvation must also be absolute, and not depending on their contingent, self-determining will. JONATHAN EDWARDS

"'Not called!' did you say?'Not heard the call,' I think you should say.Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there. Then look Christ in the face -- whose mercy you have professed to obey -- and tell Him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world. -- William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army

"For until we hold men as dear and precious to us, God holds us as murderers." --John Calvin

"The christian life is an impossible one and it isn't for everyone. You must enter through the narrow where you must leave everything behind and be stripped naked of yourself. You must get rid of your pride. Many so-called christians are on the wide road leading to destruction. they may have all the outward signs of being a christian (go to church, serve, read their bible, pray, etc.) but there is no inward change of repentance."--Unknown

"Whom have I in heaven but thee? The only heaven I wish above is but to see thy face. Let others form confused ideas of the upper world, and desire it as a place where something is to be enjoyed, they know not what; but I know what a heaven I desire. Could I ascend to the highest heavens and find the presence of my God withdrawn, it would be no heaven for me. The only reason I pant to ascend above the sun and all these ruinable worlds, is that I may bask in the sunshine of his smiles, and forever behold the source of light without one envious cloud between. Let me but sit at his feet and gaze upon his lovely face, and cry, with unutterable wonder and gratitude, 'My Lord and my God,' and I ask no more." -- Edward Griffin

"Emotions run high when you feel your man-centered world crumbling around you. I met Dr. Morgan in the hall one day. After a few minutes of heated argument about the freedom of my will, I held a pen in front of his face and dropped it to the floor. Then I said, with not as much respect as a student ought to have, 'I [!] dropped it.' Somehow that was supposed to prove that my choice to drop the pen was not governed by anything but my sovereign self. But thanks be to God’s mercy and patience, at the end of the semester I wrote in my blue book for the final exam, 'Romans 9 is like a tiger going about devouring free-willers like me.' That was the end of my love affair with human autonomy and the ultimate self-determination of my will. My worldview simply could not stand against the scriptures, especially Romans 9. And it was the beginning of a lifelong passion to see and savor the supremacy of God in absolutely everything." - John Piper

"My hope arises from the freeness of grace, and not from the freedom of the will." -C.H SPURGEON

"We are not called to proclaim philosophy and metaphysics, but the simple gospel. Man's fall, his need of a new birth, forgiveness through atonement, and salvation as the result of faith, these are our battle-ax and weapons of war." --- C. H. SPURGEON

"Knowledge is not about what information you have obtained but how you use it"-Korbin Wallace

"Absolute sovereignty is what I love to ascribe to God." --Jonathan Edwards

Wrong attitudes in our lives will block the blessings of God and cause us to live below God's potential for our lives. - John Maxwell

"what lies behind us & what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us"--Ralph W. Emerson

"The inner life, the story of our heart, is the life of the deep places within us, our passions and dreams, our fears and our deepest wounds. It is the unseen life, the mystery within. It cannot be managed like a corporation. The heart does not respond to principles and programs; it seeks not efficiency, but passion. Art, poetry, beauty, mystery, ecstasy: These are what rouse the heart. Indeed, they are the language that must be spoken if one wishes to communicate with the heart. It is why Jesus so often taught and related to people by telling stories and asking questions. His desire was not just to engage their intellects but to capture their hearts."--The Sacred Romance

"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." -- C.S. Lewis

"I will walk by faith even when I cannot see, well because this broken road prepares your will for me...well I'm broken but I still see your face, you've spoken pouring your words of grace."--unknown

"Men don't follow titles, they follow courage, and if you would just lead them, they would follow you forever, and so would I." Braveheart

"Lord, help me learn the secrets, that the little flowers know. That if it never rains, we will never grow."--known

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." - C. S. Lewis

"But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it." C.S. Lewis

Wanna know if Jesus Christ is THE ONLY WAY to heaven??? ..... ask the lost souls in hell!!--unknown--

"The thought of procrastination is murder to the soul." -Charles G. Finney

“It horribly skews the meaning of the cross when contemporary prophets of self-esteem say that the cross is a witness to my infinite worth… The biblical perspective is that the cross in a witness to the infinite worth of God's glory, and a witness to the immensity of the sin of my pride.”- John Piper"The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus"-John Piper"Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement! God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worsh"-John Piper"Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God." --John Piper "Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't."- John Piper

“The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Savior from Hell rather than a Savior from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness.”-A.W. Pink “Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude—an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.”-A.W. Pink“Before He furnishes the abundant supply, we must first be made conscious of our emptiness. before he gives strength, we must be made to feel our weakness. Slow, painfully slow, are we to learn this lesson; and slower still to own our nothingness and take the place of helplessness before the Mighty One.”- A.W. Pink

“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”- C.H. Spurgeon“Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.”- C.H. SpurgeonOh, Brethren, it is sickening work to think of your cushioned seats, your chants, your anthems, your choirs, your organs, your gowns, and your bands, and I know not what besides, all made to be instruments of religious luxury, if not of pious dissipation, while ye need far more to be stirred up and incited to holy ardor for the propagation of the truth as it is in Jesus.”- C.H. Spurgeon“Snarling at other folks is not the best way of showing the superior quality of your own character. He is blind who thinks he sees everything. The observant man recognizes many mysteries into which he can not pretend to see, and he remembers that the world is too wide for the eye of one man. But the modern sophists are sure of everything, especially if it contradicts the Bible.”- C.H. Spurgeon“A man says to me, "Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?" No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.”-C.H. Spurgeon“It is not thy hold on Christ that saves thee; it is Christ. It is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee; it is Christ. It is not even thy faith in Christ, though that be the instrument; it is Christ's blood and merit.”-C.H. Spurgeon"Someone asked Will the heathen who have never heard the Gospel be saved? It is more a question with me whether we -- who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not -- can be saved." -- Charles Spurgeon

“A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.”- Saint Augustine “Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.”- Saint Augustine“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”- Saint Augustine“For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doubt it is just as easy for Him not to allow what He does not will, as for Him to do what He will.”- Saint Augustine“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.”- Saint Augustine "He loves God too little, who loves ANYTHING (together with Him), which He loves not for His sake." - St. Augustine“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”-St. Augustine

“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”- C.S. Lewis “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.”-C.S. Lewis “The safest road to hell is the gradual one-the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”-C.S. Lewis *~There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind~* -C.S. Lewis

"Men are God’s method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men."-E.M.Bounds

Ah, yes, a good conscience is complete obedience to God day by day, and fellowship with God every day in His Word, and prayer — that is a life of absolute surrender.-Andrew Murray

God can part with nothing of His own power, and therefore I can experience the power and goodness of God only so far as I am in contact and fellowship with Himself; and when I come into contact and fellowship with Himself, I come into contact and fellowship with the whole omnipotence of God, and have the omnipotence of God to help me every day.-Andrew Murray

"So Jesus grew both in height and in wisdom, and He was loved by God and by all who knew Him."- Luke (2:52; NLT)*How precious it was to me to get a glimpse into the life, character and person of Jesus in this verse. For those of you who may getting to know Jesus in a deeper, more special and intimate way, this verse may touch your heart as well.

"And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger." -Angel of the Most High God(Luke 2:12) "...Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh..." -Apostle Paul to Timothy(1 Tim 3:16)

"If I obeyed even when it didn't make sense, He would never let me down."- Leslie Ludy

"Light means nothing to a blind man."A.W. Tozer

"the bible definately is infallible, how else could it survive so many years of bad preching"Mr Ravenhill

"People who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives ... and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted." -- Nate Saint, missionary martyr

"Someone asked Will the heathen who have never heard the Gospel be saved? It is more a question with me whether we -- who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not -- can be saved." -- Charles Spurgeon

"'Not called!' did you say?'Not heard the call,' I think you should say.Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there. Then look Christ in the face -- whose mercy you have professed to obey -- and tell Him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world. -- William Booth

"If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity." - William Carey

The invasion of the Church by the world is a menace to the extension of Christ's Kingdom. In all ages conformity to the world by Christians has resulted in lack of spiritual life and a consequent lack of spiritual vision and enterprise. A secularized or self-centered Church can never evangelize the world.” - John R. Mott

“There is need of a great revival of spiritual life, of truly fervent devotion to our Lord Jesus, of entire consecration to His service. It is only in a church in which this spirit of revival has at least begun, that there is any hope of radical change in the relation of the majority of our Christian people to mission work.” – Andrew Murray

” Whenever, in any century, whether in a single heart or in a company of believers, there has been a fresh effusion of the Spirit, there has followed inevitably a fresh endeavor in the work of evangelizing the world.” - A. J. Gordon

"Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after new obedience.” -The Westminster Shorter Catechism

“If missions languish, it is because the whole life of godliness is feeble. The command to go everywhere and preach to everybody is not obeyed, until the will is lost by self-surrender in the will of God. There is little right giving because there is little right living, and because of the lack of sympathetic contact with God in holiness of heart, there is a lack of effectual contact with him at the Throne of Grace. Living, praying, giving and going will always be found together, and a low standard in one means a general debility in the whole spiritual being.” – Arthur T. Pierson

“Depend upon it, if you are bent on prayer, the devil will not leave you alone. He will molest you, tantalize you, block you, and will surely find some hindrances, big or little or both. And we sometimes fail because we are ignorant of his devices…I do not think he minds our praying about things if we leave it at that. What he minds, and opposes steadily, is the prayer that prays on until it is prayed through, assured of the answer.” - Mary Warburton Booth

"Father, never allow me to become a well-known speaker. Let Jesus become a well-known Savior!"- Anonymous

"Never let the world break inFix a mighty golf betweenKeep me humble and unknownPrized and loved by God alone"- Edward M. Bounds

"The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos; the church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray." - A. W. Tozer

"We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented and delighted in. We have allowed business, study or active labor to interfere with our closet-hours. And the feverish atmosphere in which both the church and the nation are enveloped has found its way into our prayer closets…" - Andrew Bonar

"I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach." - J. H. Jowett

"Some people become tired at the end of ten minutes or half an hour of prayer. What will they do when they have to spend Eternity in the presence of God? We must begin the habit here and become used to being with God." - Sadhu Sundar Singh

"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God." - Andrew Murray

"Continuing instant in prayer (Rom. 12:12). The Greek is a metaphor taken from hunting dogs that never give over the game till they have their prey." - Thomas Brooks

"There is no power like that of prevailing prayer, of Abraham pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with sorrow, David heartbroken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat of blood. Add to this list from the records of the church your personal observation and experience, and always there is the cost of passion unto blood. Such prayer prevails. It turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God." -Samuel Chadwick

"To strive in prayer means to struggle through those hindrances which would restrain or even prevent us entirely from continuing in persevering prayer. It means to be so watchful at all times that we can notice when we become slothful in prayer and that we go to the Spirit of prayer to have this remedied. In this struggle, too, the decisive factor is the Spirit of prayer." - 0. Hallesby

"Once a poor soul entered the school of prayer after his arrival in hell. He asked for relief from his agony; it was refused. He asked that a beggar warn his brothers; he was turned down. He was praying to Abraham, a man; he could not locate God. He dared not ask to get out; he plainly knew that he was beyond all hope. Prayerless on earth, unanswered in hell, he suffers on as the man who tried to learn to pray too late." - Cameron V. Thompson

"Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer. Most people consider the exercise a fatiguing ceremony, which they are justified in abridging as much as possible. Even those whose profession or fears lead them to pray, pray with such languor and wanderings of mind that their prayers, far from drawing down blessings, only increase their condemnation."- Fenelon

"How hard is it sometimes to get leave of hearts to seek God! Jesus Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace." - Thomas Watson

"I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o'clock before I begin secret prayer. This is a wretched system. It is unscriptural. Christ arose before day and went into a solitary place. David says: ‘Early will I seek thee’, ‘Thou shalt early hear my voice.’ Family prayer loses much of its power and sweetness, and I can do no good to those who come to seek from me. The conscience feels guilty, the soul unfed, the lamp not trimmed. Then when in secret prayer the soul is often out of tune. I feel it is far better to begin with God-to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another." - Robert Murray M'Cheyne

"The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day." - E. M. Bounds

"0h 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 virgins slumber." - Andrew A. Bonar

"Whole days and WEEKS have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer."- George Whitefteld

"No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire. Prayer ascends by fire. Flame gives prayer access as well as wings, acceptance as well as energy. There is no incense without fire; no prayer without flame."- E. M. Bounds

"A man can not lead others where he is not willing to go himself. Therefore, beware of the prayerless church leader who no longer readily admits his own need for more of the person and power of Jesus Christ. Only a seeking, praying heart can truly encourage spiritual HUNGER in others!"– David Smithers

"We need a Heaven-sent revival, a burning fire from on high,A purifying passion and a forsaking of our stubborn pride.We need a vision of eternity, of Hell and the Judgement Day,A fervent love for our Savior, that will gladly serve and obey.We need a Pentecostal purging and a breaking deep within,A vision of God Almighty and a river of tears for our nations sin.We need a Heaven-sent revival, a burning fire set ablaze.Yet, we'll never see such glory, until the Church begins to pray." - David Smithers

"Revival is the assemblies of God manifesting the oneness of the membership in the mystical, supernatural body of Christ, delivered from denominational bigotry." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is the saints of God agonizing on behalf of lost souls going to hell." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is the people of God living in the power of an ungrieved, unquenched Spirit." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is the child of God desperately in love with his glorious Savior and Lord." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is living the Christ life in the home." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is the heathen saying, "The Lord hath done great things for them" (Psa. 126:2). – James A. Stewart

"Revival is Zion travailing in spiritual childbirth." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is the Church of God as a conquering army putting to rout the hosts of hell." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is torrents of living water flowing out of the individual believer." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is the beauty of holiness adorning the saints." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is the recognition of the ministry of insignificant members of the body, and deliverance from idol worship of the more prominent members who are in the limelight." – James A. Stewart

"Revival is the people of God constrained, gripped, overmastered, and overwhelmed by the love of Christ, so that they are feverishly restless to win souls for Christ." – James A. Stewart

"We need Divine help to preach aright to a congregation of one. If a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well"- Charles H. Spurgeon

"Having to carry the living water to others, we must go oftener to the well, and we must go with more capacious vessels than the general run of Christians. Look, then, to the vigor of your personal piety, and pray to be 'filled with all the fullness of God'"- Charles H. Spurgeon (on: the word of God)

"Give me the comforts of God, and I can well bear the taunts of men. Let me lay my head on the bosom of Jesus, and I fear no distraction of care and trouble. If my God will ever give me the light of his smile, and grant his benediction - it is enough"- Charles H. Spurgeon (on: suffering)

"Great hearts can only be made by great troublesGreat faith must have great trials" - Charles H. Spurgeon (on: suffering)I posted these four quotes (and one coming up :-)) from Spurgeon, because they are so simple but straight forward. They are so true! Here's my last one for now...it's a bit longer, take the time to read it:"There is no riding to heaven in a chariot; the rough way must be trodden; mountains must be climbed, rivers must be forded, dragons must be fought, giants must be slain, diffulties must be overcome, and great trials must be borne. It is not a smooth road to heaven, believe me; for those who have gone but a very few steps therin have found it to be a rough one. It is a pleasant one; it is the most delightful in all the world; but it is not easy in itself, it is only pleasant because of the company, because of the sweet promises on which we lean, because of our Beloved who walks with us through all the rough and thorny brakes of this vast wilderness"Bless!

"If sinners be dammed, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one GO there UNWARNED and UNPRAYED for." - Charles Spurgeon"

"Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is." -C. H. Spurgeon

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? ~ Corrie Ten Boom

"I feel now, that Arabia could easily be evangelized within the next thirty years if it were not for the wicked selfishness of Christians." – Samuel M. Zwemer

"I have said that there is nothing in the world or the Church, except it’s disobedience, to render the evangelization of the world in this generation an impossibility…" – Robert E. Speer

"It is possible to evangelize the world in this generation, if the Church will but do her duty. The trouble is not with the heathen. A dead Church will prevent it, if it is prevented. Why should it not be accomplished? God will have all men to be saved and come unto the knowledge of the truth. The resources of the Church are boundless. Let the will of the Church be brought into line with the will of God, and nothing will be found to be impossible. May God grant it!" - Griffith John

"Hope and confidence should not be placed in the extent and perfection of organizations, nor in the experience which has been accumulated and the agencies and methods which have been devised in a long century of missions, nor in the unusual strength of the missionary body, nor in the multitude who have been gathered from every nation and race and faith into the native Church, nor in the wonderful resources and facilities of the home Church, nor in far-sighted and comprehensive plans, nor in enthusiastic forward movements and inspiring watchwords. It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy." – John R. Mott

"Let methods be changed, therefore, if necessary, that prayer may be given its true place. Let there be days set apart for intercession; let the original purpose of the monthly concert of prayer for missions be given a larger place; let missionary prayer cycles be used by families and by individual Christians; let the best literature on prayer be circulated among the members of the Church; let special sermons on the Subject of intercession be preached. By these and by all other practical means a larger, deeper, wider spirit of prayer should be cultivated in the churches." – John R. Mott

"The Church has not yet touched the fringe of the possibilities of intercessory prayer. Her largest victories will be witnessed when individual Christians everywhere come to recognize their priesthood unto God and day by day give themselves unto prayer." – John R. Mott

"If added power attends the united prayer of two or three, what mighty triumphs there will be when hundreds of thousands of consistent members of the Church are with one accord day by day making intercession for the extension of Christ's Kingdom." – John R. Mott

"There’s only one proof of the Holy Ghost in your life and that’s a holy life"- Leonard Ravenhill

"Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service." ROBERT MURRAY MCCHEYENE

"Christ heals with more ease than any other. Christ makes the devil go out with a word (Mark 9:25). Nay, he can cure with a look: Christ's look melted Peter into repentance; it was a healing look. If Christ doth but cast a look upon the soul he can recover it. Therefore David prays to have a look from God, 'Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me' (Psalm 119:132)." THOMAS WATSON

Our age is without passion. Everyone knows a great deal, we all know which way we ought to go and all the different ways we can go, but nobody is really willing to move.Soren Kierkegaard

"The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed"- Leonard Ravenhill

"The whole history of the Church is one long story of this tendency to settle down on this earth and to become conformed to this world, to find acceptance and popularity here and to eliminate the element of conflict and of pilgrimage. That is the trend and the tendency of everything. Therefore outwardly, as well as inwardly, pioneering is a costly thing." – T. Austin Sparks

"A beautiful woman appeals to the eye; a good woman appeals to the heart. One is a jewel; the other, a treasure."- Napoleon Bonaparte (not Dynamite!)*You godly women out there striving to remain set apart for God, hang in there; keep pressin' forward! Bring a smile to your heavenly Father's face. Make Him proud and continue to bring Him glory!

"Our God is so wonderfully good, and lovely, and blessed in every way that the mere fact of belonging to Him is enough for an untellable fullness of joy!"- Hannah Whitall Smith

What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use-men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men-men of prayer.~E.M. Bounds~

His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us no other choice. - John R. W. Stott

His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us no other choice.WOW...GREAT ONE!A servant of God has but one Master- George Muller

“Defend the Bible? I would just as soon defend a lion. Just turn the Bible loose. It will defend itself.” - Charles Spurgeon

"Everything which relates to God is infinite. We must therefore, while we keep our hearts humble, keep our aims high. Our highest services are indeed but finite, imperfect. But as God is unlimited in goodness, He should have our unlimited love." - Hannah MoreSET ME ON FIREby Ryan DelmoreI am so tired of compromisingI am so tired of lukewarm livingSo here I am with arms wide openLord here I am, my heart wide openSet me on fireSet me on fireSet me on fireSet me on fireTake this heart of minePlace your love insideI want to go against the grainI want to go against the grainMAY THE WORDS OF MY MOUTHby Tim HughesMay the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heartBless Your name, bless Your name, JesusAnd the deeds of the day and the truth in my waysSpeak of You, speak of You, JesusFor this is what I'm glad to doIt's time to live a life of love that pleases YouAnd I will give my all to YouSurrender everything I have and follow YouI'll follow YouLord, will You be my vision, Lord, will You be my guideBe my hope, be my light and the wayAnd I'll look not for riches, nor praises on earthOnly You'll be the first of my heartI will followI will followI will follow You

"Having a full life is not necessarily a long life"-unknown- (from compilation Voice of the Martyrs)

"The world isn't reading the Bible; they're reading Christians like you. And if they don't like what they see in you, they're not going to want what you've got--Jesus." -Christnotes.org-

Only one life will soon be past;only what's done for Christ will last.

continuation on:Only one life will soon be past;only what's done for Christ will last....And when I am dying, how happy I'll be,if the lamp of my life has been burned out for Thee.- Charles T. Studd

"Inner purity results in outer power"-Christnotes.org-

"With complete consecration comes perfect peace." -Watchman Nee

It's not the parts of the Bible I don't know that worry me. . it's the parts that I do. ---Mark Twain

Abandon the world, Burden our hearts with the lost, Invest our lives in the cross,Die to ouselves, then will we Emerge fruitful--as Jesus desires in John 15.-D.E. Gifford

"Anything that is not settled while you are on earth will have to be settled at the Judgement Seat of Christ." Zac Poonen

"Do you realize this? That if you were to somehow purpose to, from this day on, perfectly please God and succeed in doing it, that that perfect obedience, from this moment, would not acquire in the remainder of your life, enough merit to atone for one past sin, because God exacts and God demands perfect obedience and there's no merit for giving him the minimal requirement." Paris Reidhead

"Get rid of this bunkum about the 'carnal Christian'. Forget it! If you're carnal, you're not saved." Leonard Ravenhill

"A person repents when he comes to the place where he discovers that the will of God is the government of his life and the glory of God is the reason for his life. He only has repented who has changed his mind about his reason for being." Paris Reidhead

"Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives. God, the master artist, is most concerned about expressing Himself - His thoughts and His intentions - through what He paints in our character... [He] wants to paint a beautiful portrait of His Son in and through your life. A painting like no other in all of time."- Joni Eareckson Tada

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"You can draw near to God even though you cannot say a word. A prayer may be crystallised in a tear. A tear is enough water to float a desire to God." - Charles H. Spurgeon

"A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honour of a Christian"- Charles H. Spurgeon

prayer is so simple. it is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. there, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. it matters not. just to be there in His presence is prayer. -author unknown

The only right a Christian has is the right to give up his rights -Oswald Chambers

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to him. -Charles H. Spurgeon

Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them.-Charles Finney

My favorite quote was in a sermon of AW Tozer where he referenced "Golf-a-holics annoymonous". I seen so much humor as well as truth in that statement.

"If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar. And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account."- Oswald Chambers

Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies in an easy view; place their desires afar off, carry their accomplishment behind the clouds out of their sight, interpose difficulties and perplexities -- their hearts are instantly sick. They cannot wait for God; they do not trust Him, nor ever did. Would you have the presence of God with you? Learn to wait quietly for the salvation you expect from Him.John Owen (1616-1683)http://www.cqod.com/

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."- MARION WRIGHT EDELMAN

"The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find God in the routines of home and shop, then we will not find Him at all."- RICHARD J. FOSTER

Smile:) God is a consuming fire!~Leonard Ravenhill~

"Lock yourself in a room; throw the key away; do something! Seek God and be found of Him. That is His promise: "If you will seek for Me with all your heart and all your soul, you shall be found of Me" (Deut. 4:29). When you do obtain that knowledge, maintain it, or else you will lose it."- Art Katz

"Humility is the key to the Kingdom"- Art Katz

...In regards to the unregenerate(unsaved) man's heart who loves the world and the things in it... "O miserable man, what a deformed monster has sin made you! God made you 'little lower than the angels'; sin has made you little better than devils, a monster that has his head and his heart where his feet should be, and his feet kicking against heaven, and everything out of place. The world that was formed to serve you, is come to rule you- the deceitful harlot has bewitched you with her enchantments, and made you bow down and serve her." -Joseph Alliene

"Christian people, are you figuring round and round to get a little property, yet neglecting souls? Beware lest you ruin souls that can never live again! Do you say -- I thought they knew it all? They reply to you, "I did not suppose you believed a word of it yourselves. You did not act as if you did. Are you going to heaven? Well, I am going down to hell! There is no help for me now. You will sometimes think of me then, as you shall see the smoke of my woe rising up darkly athwart the glorious heavens. After I have been there a long, long time, you will sometimes think that I, who once lived by your side, am there. O remember, you cannot pray for me then; but you will remember that once you might have warned and might have saved me." -Charles G. Finney