A Christian in the world is one thing, and the world in a Christian is quite another thing. A ship in the water is all right, but when the water gets in the ship, it is quite a different thing.
DWIGHT L. MOODY
God doesn’t seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.
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A Christian in the world is one thing, and the world in a Christian is quite another thing. A ship in the water is all right, but when the water gets in the ship, it is quite a different thing.
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Fervency in prayer by the power of the Holy Spirit is a good preservative against thoughts rushing in. Flies never settle on the boiling pot.
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Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.
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The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe. God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.
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Everybody wants to enjoy heaven after they die, but they don’t want to be heavenly-minded while they live.
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The Lord gives his people perpetual joy when they walk in obedience to him.
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The first thing a man must do if he desires to be used in the Lord’s work, is to make an unconditional surrender of himself to God.
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Satan is willing to have us worship anything, however sacred – the Bible, the crucifix, the church – if only we do not worship God Himself.
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A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns; they only shine.
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If God has given you a message, go and give it to the people as God has given it to you. It is a stupid thing to try to be eloquent.
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Excuses are the cradle that Satan rocks men off to sleep in.
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I hunted all through the four Gospels trying to find one of Christ’s funeral sermons, but I couldn’t find any. I found He broke up every funeral He ever attended! Death couldn’t exist where He was.
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If I walk with the world, I can’t walk with God.
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Whatever you love more than God is your idol.
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A man can counterfeit love, he can counterfeit faith, he can counterfeit hope and all the other graces, but it is very difficult to counterfeit humility.
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The best way to show that a stick is crooked is not to argue about it or to spend time denouncing it, but to lay a straight stick alongside it.
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