The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God’s victory over him.
To be entirely safe from the devil’s snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them.
If the envious, the defamers and the backbiters were taken out of the average church, there would be revival overnight.
Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image.
The Spirit-filled life is not a special, deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for His people.
A spiritual kingdom lies all about us, enclosing us, embracing us, altogether within reach of our inner selves, waiting for us to recognize it. God Himself is here awaiting our response to His presence. This eternal world will come alive to us the moment we begin to reckon upon its reality.
Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our ‘accepting’ and ‘willing’ are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.
Nothing should so occupy the mind of the Christian than discovering God each day.
Father, may my song today be a sweet sound in Your ears-even if in Yours alone. Amen.
We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.
When we yield ourselves completely to God, He gives Himself completely to us.
God loves you not because you are worthy, but because He is God and you are a fixture in His mind.
A scared world needs a fearless church.
We can express our worship to God in many ways. But if we love the Lord and are led by His Holy Spirit, our worship will always bring a delighted sense of admiring awe and a sincere humility on our part.
The key to prayer is simply praying.
The desire to fulfill the purpose for which we were created is a gift from God.
We who follow Christ are men and women of eternity. We must put no confidence in the passing scenes of the disappearing world. We must resist every attempt of Satan to palm off upon us the values that belong to mortality. Nothing less than forever is long enough for us.
The essence of surrender is getting out of God’s way so that He can do in us what He also wants to do through us.
May not the inadequacy of much of our spiritual experience be traced back to our habit of skipping through the corridors of the Kingdom like children in the market place, chattering about everything, but pausing to learn the value of nothing.
There are rare Christians whose very presence incites others to be better Christians. I want to be that rare Christian.