As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
A. B. SIMPSONPerils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world’s greatest need.
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Once I tried to use Him, now He uses me.
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I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord’s coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.
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When God wants to bring more power into our lives, He brings more pressure. He is generating spiritual force by friction.
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Have you ever learned the beautiful art of letting God take care of you and giving all your thought and strength to pray for others and for the kingdom of God? It will relieve you of a thousand cares.
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One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
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If God’s Word is not absolutely and completely true, it is too weak a cable to fix our anchorage and guarantee our eternal peace.
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All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.
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Your words and wishes are cheap if they do not find expression in your actual gifts.
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Forget yourself and live for others, for It is more blessed to give than to receive.
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Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.
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Difficulties and obstacles are God’s challenges to faith. When hindrances confront us in the path of duty, we are to recognize them as vessels for faith to fill with the fullness and all-sufficiency of Jesus.
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I want the love that cannot help but love; Loving, like God, for very sake of love.
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God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.
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Unless I am sure I am doing more at home to send the gospel abroad than I can do abroad, I am bound to go.
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Warning: we may become so enamored with God’s good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.
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