“Oh Lord forgive me for all the selfish years of wanting to be seen and praised by man. Let me seek only Your praise where the unseen acts of service are worship and a sweet aroma to You. May I be broken and crushed to release Your fragrance.”

"Everything is a trifle to a man who is a Christian except the glorifying of Christ."

“Genuine self-denial and self-sacrifice are impossible for anyone who doesn't rely on Christ for his core security and significance. A person cannot be free to make another's well-being his top priority until he has trusted his own well-being to Another.”

“Self-sacrifice is the decision to take whatever personal risks are necessary to help another enter into a trusting relationship with Christ.”

“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men, the sons of men, who are but grass, that you forget the Lord your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth…
"For I am the Lord your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves roar—the lord almighty is his name. I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of My hand—I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who says to Zion, ‘You are my people.' ”

“The real problem of Christian life does not come where people usually look…it comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes, and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals, and the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back, in listening to that other voice, taking the other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. Come on, Holy Spirit, come flowing in, and so on, all day. Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind, that the peace of God rule in every one of our lives.”

-- C.S. Lewis

“More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people, enter their homes, sit on their doorsteps, play ball, throw water and be known as someone who wants to live with them. It is a privilege to have the time to practise this simple ministry of presence. Still, it is not as simple as it seems. My own desire to be useful, to do something significant or be part of some impressive project, is so strong that soon my time is taken up by meetings, conferences, study groups, and workshops that prevent me from walking the streets. It is difficult not to have plans, not to organize people around an urgent cause, and not to feel that you are working directly for social progress. But I wonder more and more if the first thing shouldn’t be to know people by name, to eat and drink with them, to listen to their stories and tell your own, and to let them know with words, handshakes, and hugs that you do not simply like them, but truly love them.”

-- Henri Nouwen

“ The baptism of the Holy Spirit is to so possess us that we may be continually full of His utterances, and revelations and divine perception. I beseech you that you may be so remarkably controlled by the Spirit of God that you may live and move in a glorious sphere of usefulness for His glory. ”

--Smith Wigglesworth

“God could change us and the whole world instantly by force. But instead, He chooses to conquer with love.”

--Pastor Urie from the Ukraine

“There was a human nature in Jesus, possessed by the divine Spirit. God would have it so with all men who accept Jesus and His Spirit as their life.”

--Andrew Murray

“It is a heavy and tiresome burden to live for, or from the flesh—the flesh is a harsh master, never satisfied. It’s a huge task to protect, provide for, and constantly please Self. But once every part of life—time, possessions, position, etc., have been surrendered to Jesus, then, and only then will we be free and find rest. Become His willing bond slave and all things become His responsibility. No longer must I guard my time. No longer must I tightly hold my things or vie for position or recognition. It’s all on Him and I can rest because He is my Master.”

--Anonymous

“Love is slow to anger or punish and is kind and mild. Love does not strive, does not display itself, is not inflated, does not behave rudely, is not selfish, irritated, exasperated or scornful; it does not keep count of things that are not as they ought to be and is ready to believe the best of every person.”

--Adapted from 1 Corinthians 13

“Man reaches for thrones. Jesus reached for a towel”

“…God is more concerned with our being faithful than successful. Our whole North American gauge of success in ministry is in terms of numbers and budget. But God is concerned that we are faithful to Him.”

--- Joel Vestal

“We must so manage an affliction that it may not be a stumbling-block or hindrance to us in any service we have to do for God. We must…go on with it in our way, though it lie heavy… We should not say,
‘This is an evil, and I must bear it, because I cannot help it;’ but,
‘This is an evil, and I will bear it, because it shall work for my good.’”

--- Matthew Henry’s Commentary on Matt. 16:24

“I was regretting the past and fearing the future, and suddenly my Lord was speaking. ‘My name is I AM,’ he said. ‘When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets it is hard. I am not there; my name is not I Was. When you live in the future with it problems and fears it is hard. I am not there; my name is not I Will Be. When you live in this moment it is not hard; I AM here. My name is I AM.’”

--- Helen Malecoat

"There is one thing we do on earth that we will continue to do in heaven. That is to praise and worship God….In light of that, there is no more important activity of the human heart than to praise and worship God."

--- Michael Coleman

“Why don’t you choose to be led by the Spirit and so escape the erratic compulsions of a law-dominated existence?”

--- Galatians 5:18 The Message

“If you want the Kingdom speeded up, go out and speed it up yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity.”

--- William Carey

“A good pioneer is always eager to learn from the insight and experience of others, but stand still NEVER! Not while the promises of revival are still unknown in this generation. Not while Christ is still a stranger to countless lost and dying souls around the world…”

--- David Smithers

“The generation that will change the world is the generation that the world can not change.”

--- Ron Luce

“It’s not about what we can do for God—it’s about what He can do through us. The infinite, Almighty Creator of the universe has no need of our tiny, mortal, fleshly efforts. Our best (and only) service to Him is to surrender to do ONLY what He does through us.”

“There was true heroism in the act when Moses stepped down from Pharaoh’s throne to share the lot of his brethren. But it would take many a long year of lonely waiting and trial before this strong and radiant nature could be broken down, shaped into a vessel meet for the Master’s use, and prepared for every good work….One blow struck when God’s time is fulfilled is worth a thousand struck in premature eagerness.”

--- F.B. Meye

 

“We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is good, but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism…to your knees, man! And to your Bible! Decide at once! Don’t hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God; quit consulting your flesh and blood. Stop your lame lying and cowardly excuses. Enlist!”

--- C.T. Studd

“The branch and the vine do not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek 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.”

--- James Hudson Taylor

“You are not in the world for yourself. You have been sent here for others. The world is waiting for you!”

--- Catherine Booth

“Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), as something done for the Lord and not for men, knowing (with all certainty) that it is from the Lord, and not from men, that you will receive the inheritance which is your real reward. The One Whom you are actually serving is the Lord Christ, the Messiah.”

--– Colossians 3:23-24 The Amplified Bible

“A prayerless man is proud and independent, and any church that neglects corporate prayer is sadly no better. Only God’s humble and needy children take time to pray. Everyone else is just going through the motions and naively trusting in their own strength.”

--– David Smithers

“This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the Earth.”

--– Keith Green

“I would rather teach twenty men to pray than a thousand to preach. A minister's highest mission ought to be to teach his people to pray.”

--– H. MacGregor

“The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God…it takes time for fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for us to know He is there. It takes time to assimilate His truth. You ask me, how much time? I do not know. I know it means time enough to forget time.”

--– John R. Mott

“It is not the bee's touching on the flower that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet. It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on divine truth, that will prove the choicest, strongest Christian.”

---Joseph Hall

“Are you living for the things you are praying for?”

-–Austin Phelps

“The doctrine of the indwelling of the Spirit is very wonderful, and also very solemn. What condescension on his part to dwell in us! How reverently should we entertain such a guest!”

--C. H. Spurgeon

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