"The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed."— Hudson Taylor
It is only by growing in our faith that we develop spiritual maturity and the liberty that comes as a result. Today.
Obedience is about pleasing God, doing "what is well pleasing in His sight." This is why Christ died for us. "He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again" (2 Corinthians 5:15). Living to please self is the ultimate disobedience to God. As God's children, we want to live for His approval. "Walk as children of light…proving what is acceptable to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:8-10).
“A Christian is not one who withdraws but one who infiltrates.” —Bill Glass
Take the time, like Jesus did, to get to know individual people and their stories. Be salt, sprinkled everywhere, inspired and empowered by the Holy Spirit to show the love of Jesus to the world.
God is always paying careful attention to the smallest detail of our lives and is in complete control of all circumstances. There’s a season for everything. We’re not victims of fate or dumb luck. God is guiding and directing our steps.
When we put our faith in Jesus Christ, we come under His protective care. This means God is fully aware of everything that happens to us.
The things we experience are not random events that float in and out of our lives. Rather, they are specific events that God has chosen, and they are timely and purposeful. This includes the good times that we experience and the bad times we experience.
"Evangelism is the normal life of the church and can never be regarded as an optional extra." —Alistair Begg
"When we reject and revile God, we foolishly think we are secure, which convinces us that it's acceptable for us to mistreat others." —Alistair Begg
"God has ordered your life right up until today and will continue to do so until He welcomes you home. Because of this, you can actually rejoice in what you do not know." —Alistair Begg
“… the key to the leader's public usefulness is his inner, unseen life. Character is what we are when no one is looking. The leader is leading all the time and, for the most part, unconsciously.” — Alistair Begg
“God's attributes are distinguished in their objects and effects, but they are all one in Him.” — J. Stephen Yuille
“For Christians, thinking is part of believing.” - Robert Wilken
“The adversaries of the grace of God quarrel with us because we preach justification by the free mercy and love of God in Christ. They say this is to deaden the spirits of men so that they do not care about good works.” — Richard Sibbes
“A leader's character must never be an afterthought, nor can strengths in teaching justify or make up for weaknesses in conduct.” — Rico Tice, Faithful Leaders, 31. “Heaven is high but limited; hell is deep but restricted; the earth is long but contained; and the sea is broad but confined. God alone is unlimited, unrestricted, uncontained, and unconfined.” — J. Stephen Yuille
“I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is that the world has so much influence over the church.” — C. H. Spurgeon
I have ever found that when I have thought the battle was over and the conquest gained, and so let down my watch, the enemy has risen up and done me the greatest injury. —
David Brainerd (1718-1747)
Some have thought that whatever is in the Old Testament is the law and that whatever is in the New is gospel. But this is such a mistake as reveals great ignorance of the sacred Oracles. —John Colquhoun (1748-1827), Treatise on the Law and the Gospel, Pg. 100
Think not that Christ is more willing to save you than the Father is. The will of Christ, his Father, and Spirit, are one. And one person of the glorious Trinity cannot be less willing to help poor sinners than another is. —Thomas Boston (1676-1732), Works 1:324 There is no such teacher as Christ, who does not only give us our lesson but also a heart to learn. — Thomas Manton
“A home should be a Bethel, not a Babel.” —Charles Spurgeon, John Ploughman’s Talk, Pg. 92
I am so weak that I can hardly write, I cannot read my Bible, I cannot even pray, I can only lie still in God’s arms like a little child, and trust. Hudson Taylor The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation. Dwight L. Moody He taught me in my helplessness to rest on Him and to pray even about little things in which another might have felt able to help himself. Hudson Taylor
God doesn't expect the impossible from us. He wants us to expect the impossible from Him! Dwight L. Moody Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; forty years learning he was nobody; and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody. Dwight L. Moody Christians should live in the world, but not be filled with it. A ship lives in the water; but if the water gets into the ship, it goes to the bottom. So Christians may live in the world; but if the world gets into them, they sink. Dwight L. Moody I myself, for instance, am not especially gifted and am shy by nature, but my gracious and merciful God and Father inclined Himself to me, and when I was weak in faith He strengthened me while I was still young. Hudson Taylor God's work is not a man working for God; it is God's own work, though often wrought through man's hands. Hudson Taylor Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us.
Hudson Taylor
"The gospel is all about Christ from beginning to end." – Charles Spurgeon "Do you want to know love? Go to Calvary and see the Man of Sorrows die." — Charles Spurgeon
When we begin to conform to the world’s expectations, we lose our Christian distinction. We must brace ourselves with fearless conviction.
Go to church once a week and nobody pays attention. Live for God seven days a week and you become strange! -A.W. Tozer -
God by his Spirit dwells in the hearts of his people so that they are little temples of God. God forbid that I should glory in anything but free grace: had not God plucked me as a brand out of the fire, I had now either been given over to a reprobate mind, or cast into a place of torment.
We must accept his (Christ’s) person first, and then his benefits: as it is in the marriage covenant.
Outside the will of God, there's nothing I want. Inside the will of God, there's nothing I fear. -A.W. Tozer - The main door by which the devil comes into the hearts of those who are zealous for Christ is spiritual pride. -Jonathan Edwards -
'There is nothing in the hardness of your hearts that will keep God from having mercy on you.' (Robert Murray McCheyne)
"The only worthwhile life is one of unconditional surrender to God's will." -Betty Stam.
"Pastors effectively have a pulpit inside people's heads. That is precisely why character matters when it comes to whether a person is qualified for the ministry." - Michael Kruger
"Surely there are few habits more important to pass on to our children than the rock-solid routine of going to church every Sunday." -Kevin DeYoung.
Nothing fulfills us like time alone with our Father, pouring out our hearts, reading His Word, and feeling His presence and rest. Are you on the road to destruction? Do you need to get back on the right path? It's not too late. Begin right now.
Our gifts and talents should also be turned over to Him. They should be recognized for what they are, God’s loan to us, and should never be considered in any sense our own. We have no more right to claim credit for special abilities than for blue eyes or strong muscles. ~A. W. Tozer~
The Church is the most complex of all human organizations. It is what we call goal conflict. One goal is to send people forth; another is to care for them. People are always either getting on a stretcher or getting off ...The Church is like a hospital where sick people come to receive help, to be totally made whole through the work of redemption in Jesus Christ. ~Ed Dalton~
It is the whole business of the whole Church to preach the whole Gospel to the whole world.
~C. H. Spurgeon~
C.S. Lewis said, “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 sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
If we be married to Christ, and He is jealous of us, depend upon it this jealous husband will let none touch His spouse.~C.H. Spurgeon~
No new Christian is born in a vacuum. He is delivered into the fellowship of the Church. He is baptized by the one Spirit into the body of Christ. He joins the Society of the Saints.
~Arthur Skevington Wood~
The word church as applied to the Christian society was first used by Jesus Himself when He told Peter, “Upon this rock, I will build my church” [Matthew 16:18 KJV]. He [Jesus Christ] is the foundation of all Christian experience.~Billy Graham~
I love the Lord He alone will close a door and open another and you can count on it.
It is not enough that our actions be good and praiseworthy if our intentions are not pure and upright. It is too profane the good to do it with a bad end in view. ~Jean Daillé~
Our welfare is the constant concern of God’s loving heart. ~W. J. C. White~
"One person caring about another represents life's greatest value." -- Jim Rohn
Showing respectful behavior when we don’t ‘feel respectful’ is evidence of maturity, not hypocrisy." ~Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
God's power is impossible to man but done through man that is why man can not understand it unless he is one with the Lord in Spirit and in truth.
The desires of God are His will for you. To know his will is simple just get into his word. Spend time in prayer. When we know His will our selfishness dies...
Spending time with the Lord produces Godly character, Not in studying the word but in devotion and quiet time with Him.
Obedience is about pleasing God, doing "what is well pleasing in His sight." This is why Christ died for us. "He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again" (2 Corinthians 5:15). Living to please self is the ultimate disobedience to God. As God's children, we want to live for His approval. "Walk as children of light…proving what is acceptable to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:8-10).
When we repent of our sins and trust Jesus as our Savior, we begin to experience the greatness of His love.
Not surprisingly, all of God's working within us is done "through Jesus Christ." It is all based upon who Jesus is, all that He has done for us, and all that He alone can accomplish as He lives in us!
TRUST! TRUST! TRUST! TRUST! TRUST! TRUST! TRUST!
"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own." ~ Ben Sweetland
"People will only see what they want to see until you show them otherwise"
Do you have paralysis by analysis? Do you spend more time wondering about the Lord's will for your life or doing what the Lord has asked? Do you need too much detail or are you willing to simply, "go up to the chariot" and then let the Lord continue to lead?
Psalm 126:3 The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.
Some Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them. Ask for their impression of the Christian life, and they will describe their continual conflicts, their deep afflictions, their sad adversities, and the sinfulness of their hearts, yet with scarcely any allusion to the mercy and help which God has vouchsafed them. But a Christian whose soul is in a healthy state, will come forward joyously, and say, "I will speak, not about myself, but to the honor of my God. Charles Spurgeon
It was never God’s intention for man to divorce. Examine your heart. It is better to forgive.
If we really know Christ as our Savior our hearts are broken and cannot be heard, and we cannot refuse forgiveness. ~D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones~
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