The Bible distinguishes between “having” the Holy Spirit, which is true of all believers, and being “filled” with the Holy Spirit, which is true of very few.
The fulness of the Spirit is not a question of our getting more of the Holy Spirit, but rather of the Holy Spirit getting more of us.
The supreme task of the Church is the evangelization of the world.
You must go or send a substitute.
If God wills the evangelization of the world, and you refuse to support missions, then you are opposed to the will of God.
I have seen the vision and for self I cannot live; Life is less than worthless till my all I give.
This last month I have felt the burden of a city. Its great sorrow has pressed in on my soul. Its vice and sin have bowed me upon my knees in tears.
We all want to do the will of God, and we know that there is nothing nearer to His heart than the evangelization of the world.
If God is going to use us for His honor and glory, if His power is going to rest upon us, if He is going to bless our soul-winning ministry, then our lives must be places absolutely at His disposal.
The heart of the human problem, is the problem of the human heart.
The light that shines the farthest will shine the brightest at home.
Our work is to preach the gospel and we must not be sidetracked.
He who would preach powerfully must pray effectively.
There can be no prevailing in prayer without travailing in prayer.
Those who have been used of God had to pay a terrific price.
Only those who spend much time in HIs presence will ever become like Him.
A divided heart can never bring complete satisfaction. The man of mingled interests will seldom make a success of anything. If he would succeed in business he must give the major portion of his time and the best of his thought to his business... The very same is true of the man who would be used of God, only to a far greater degree. The work alone must claim his whole attention. He has no room for other things.
To be a Christian for ten year and to be no more like Jesus then than at the time of conversion, is a tragedy.
This, then is to be our vision. Not the duplicating of existing missionary agencies; rather we are to work in places still untouched. “Unoccupied areas,” “where Christ has not been named,” “the regions beyond,” “farther, still farther into the night,” “the neglected fields.” These are our watch- words, this our glorious mission.2.
It is even possible to be a martyr for the Faith and yet not love Jesus Christ.