“So long as we are occupied with any other object than God Himself, there will be neither rest for the heart nor peace for the mind. But when we receive all that enters our lives as from His hand, then, no matter what may be our circumstances or surroundings–whether in a hovel or prison-dungeon, or at a martyr’s stake–we shall be enabled to say, ‘The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places'” (Psalms. 16:6).
A.W. Pink
Even in the greatest afflictions, we ought to testify to God, that, in receiving them from his hand, we feel pleasure in the midst of the pain, from being afflicted by Him who loves us, and whom we love.
John Wesley
God has no pleasure in afflicting us, but He will not keep back even the most painful chastisement if He can but thereby guide His beloved child to come home and abide in the beloved Son.
Andrew Murray
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9-10 (ESV)
Jesus taught his disciples to pray that the kingdom of God would come to earth as it is in heaven. We know with the beginning of Jesus’ ministry God’s kingdom began to be manifest on earth (Matthew 12:28). God’s kingdom continues to be expanded today each time the work of Satan is defeated in a person’s life (Matthew 11:12). We should seek the coming of the kingdom of God in prayer not only for a future time (Revelation 11:15), but also for the expansion of God’s kingdom on earth now (Matthew 6:9-10). Continue reading
“Most Christians in our culture live like everyone else. There is little distinction between our lives and the lives of the pagans down the street. We wear the same clothes, watch the same movies, read the same books, send our children to the same schools, and sign the same divorce decrees as everyone else.”
Voddie Baucham
“If you don’t feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.”
John Piper
If the faith whereby I have laid hold on Christ to be my Savior be altogether wrought in me by the Holy Ghost through grace, then I defy the devil to take away that which he never gave me or to crush that which Jehovah Himself created in me. I defy my free will to fling what it never brought to me. What God has given, created, introduced, and established in the heart, He will maintain there.
Charles Spurgeon
Christians don’t tell lies they just go to church and sing them.
A.W. Tozer
