He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.
Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes, the Cross is the tree that sweetens the waters. ‘Love never faileth.
The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.
Live every day as if the Son of Man were at the door, and gear your thinking to the fleeting moment. Just how can it be redeemed? Walk as if the next step would carry you across the threshold of Heaven. Pray. That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.
Wherever you are – be all there.
Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.
Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.
Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.
Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.
The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for.
Ps 119:89-91: The settled Word in Heaven makes for a solid foundation on earth and a safe path for today.
Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it is not mine to save. Have it Lord, have it all. Pour out my life as an oblation for the world. Blood is only of value as it flows before Thine altar.