Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded.
Nobody in pulpit or pew needs a revival more than a bitter-spirited fundamentalist with his dispensations right and his disposition wrong.
It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority.
The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal.
We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we ask for molehills where He has offered mountains.
One hour in heaven, and we shall be ashamed that we ever grumbled.
We are so prone to expect to become good Christians by some sudden experience that lifts us all at once to higher ground without the gradual climb. We forget that we are to "grow in grace" and that normal growth is not a matter of fits and starts.
There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.
Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God - when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.
Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal.
Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.
An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.
One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and confessing Him as Lord. We have made two experiences of it, but the New Testament makes them one.
It is debatable which is causing us more harm - hot-headed ignorance or cold-hearted intellectualism.
I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy and have never used either foot to go and bring men to Christ. I do not know who the 666 is in Revelation but I know the world is sick, sick, sick and the best way to speed the Lord's return is to win more souls for Him.
I'm convinced that a large percentage of people that we call worldly Christians are perhaps not Christian to begin with and that may be the trouble.
You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice.
God's Word is its own best argument.
You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad.
No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips.
Beware of being a religious poseur, trying to live up to a dramatized version of yourself.
To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.
One cannot help the evil thoughts that come, but it is the thoughts we cultivate that make the difference between good or evil. We don't have to open the door to the devil and say, "Make yourself at home."
People get so used to the dark that they think it's growing brighter. It's possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable.
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