Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.
Do we not see God at work in our circumstances? Dark times are allowed and come to us through the sovreignty of God. Are we prepared to let God do what He wants with us? Are we prepared to be separated from the outward, evident blessings of God? Until Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, we each have goals of our own which we serve. Our faith is real, but it is not yet permanent. And God is never in a hurry. If we are willing to wait, we will see God pointing out that we have been interested only in his blessings, instead of God Himself.
We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be.
The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.
If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.
The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.
God is not concerned about our plans; He doesn’t ask, “Do you want to go through this loss of a loved one, this difficulty, or this defeat?” No, He allows these things for His own purpose. The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way. The things that happen either make us evil, or they make us more saintly, depending entirely on our relationship with God and its level of intimacy.
The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.
The test of a man’s religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what he does in the ordinary times, when there is nothing tremendous or exciting on. The worth of a man is revealed in his attitude to ordinary things when he is not before the footlights.
God never fits His word to suit me; He fits me to suit His word.
Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.
Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world.
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.
When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.
The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.
Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.
God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.
It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we try to do God's work in our own way.
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.
We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.
God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already
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