Faith cannot be learned in comfortable surroundings. 

Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen.

Faith is idle when circumstances are right.

Faith that fizzles at the finish had a flaw from the first.

Follow the pastor as he follows the Master.

For Paul, heaven was not just a destination, it was a motivation. 

Forgiveness is the result of God's grace in my heart.

Forgiveness of sins does not negate the consequences.

God has not promised to make me comfortable, but conformable to His image.

God is not attracted to our strengths but our weaknesses.

Author unknown

Trusting God

Sure, it takes a lot of courage to put things in God's hands

To give ourselves completely, our lives, our hopes, our plans;

To follow where He leads us and make His will our own,

But all it takes is foolishness to go the way alone.

Betsey Kline

The Measure of a Man

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.         

The Book

I heard the old-time preacher speak without one reference to the Greek,

"This precious Book within my hand is God's own Word on which I stand."

    And then the scholars came along and said the preacher had it wrong:

"Conflations here, rescissions there, and scribal errors everywhere!

   A book 'essentially correct,' but not in every last respect.  A 'fairly certain'

Word," they say, "to light our path and guide our way."

    Then in despair I bowed my head.  "We have no Word of God, " I said

"If some of this old Book is wrong, what other sections don't belong?"

    Will still more manuscripts be found to make us go another round?

Correcting, changing, taking out; creating questions, fear and doubt?

    Must more discoveries come to light before we finally get it right?

Will precious doctrines fade away because of what the scholars say?

How many errors must we purge because of what the scholars urge?

How many versions must we make?  How many changes can we take?

    How will we ever know we're through - that we possess the Scripture true?

If man must find God's Word, my friend, when will the changes ever end?

    Then to the Book again I fled to find out what my Father said. 

If God or scholars you must choose, be sure the "experts" always lose!

    "Forever settled...never fade" - the promise God the Spirit made.

A thousand generations hence - that seems a pretty strong defense.

    A perfect Book?"  Then it must be man can't improve what God gave me. 

We have a Book completely true, instructing us in all we do. 

    Preserved by God, not found by men, inscribed by God the Spirit's pen.

If God or scholar you must choose, be sure the "experts" always lose. 

Don't give them a second look; Just keep believing this old Book!

R. B. Ouellette

Official Duty of Prayer

I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life

by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty

God and those who have the superintendence of them into His Holy Keeping.

George Washington

The Servant

Come when called, Do what you are told, Go where you are sent

Author unknown

The Missionary

No Reserves, No Return, No Regrets

Bordon of Yale

The Missionaries Priority

He is no fool that gives what he cannot keep, to get what he cannot loose.

Jim Elliot

A Fork In The Road

"Lord, make me a crisis man.  Let me not be a mile-post on a single road,        

but make me a fork that men must turn one way or the other in facing Christ in me."     

--Jim Elliot

Kingdom Values

"I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ."

--David Livingstone

Sacrifice For Him

"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be to great for me to make for Him." 

--C. T. Studd

A Spiritual Vitamin

A good sermon is like a strong vitamin-it doesn't create life, but it does sustain health.

Raymond W. Barber

True Peace

Peace is not made at the council tables or by treaties, but in hearts of men.

Herbert Hoover

True Christianity

The difference between religion and salvation can be summed up in two words- Do and Done.

D. L. Moody

What Troubles God

"Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking.          

The way to trouble God is not come at all."

D. L. Moody

Faith Tested

God demands a tithe but He deserves an offering.  Our faith must be tested. 

God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.

D. L. Moody

Prophet, Priest and King

I've found the Pearl of greastest price; My heart doth sing with joy;

And sing I must, for Christ is mine, He shall my song employ.

Christ is my Prophet, Priest and King.  My Prophet full of light;

My great High Priest before the throne: My King of heavenly might.

Christ is my Peace: He died for me, For me He gave His Blood:

And, as my wondrous sacrifice, Offered Himself to God.

Christ Jesus is my all in all, My comfort and my love:

My life below, and He shall be My joy and crown above.

John Mason

Kneel at the Cross

Kneel at the cross, Christ will meet you there;

Come while He waits for you.  Listen with Him

your cares And begin life a new.  Kneel at the cross,

there's room for all Who will His glory share.  Bliss

there awaits, harm can nary fall  Those who are

anchored there.  Kneel at the cross, give your

idols up.  Look unto realms above; Turn not away,

to life's sparkling cup; Trust only in His love.

The Gospel Tract Harvester

Are You Ready, Christian?

There's a Man in yonder Glory I have loved for many years, He has cleared my guilty

conscience and has banished all my fears.  He is in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,

And no time will be allotted to utter one good-bye.  No time to kiss the husband or embrace

the loving wife, If they're not saved and united in the bonds of a holy life.  Are you ready,

Christian, ready for the shout and trump and voice?  Are you walking with Jesus daily,

taking Him your every care?  Do you live so close to Heaven that a breath would waft you there?

The Gospel Tract Harvester

There Is Never a Day So Dreary

There is never a day so dreary but God can make it bright,

And unto the soul that trusts Him He giveth songs in the night.

There is never a path so hidden but God will lead the way,

If we seek for the Spirit's guidance, and patiently wait and pray.

There is never a cross so heavy but the nail-scarred hands are there,

Outstretched in tender compassion, the burden to help us bear.

There is never a heart so broken but the loving Lord can heal,

For the Lord that was pierced on Calvary doth still for His loved ones feel.

There is never a life so darkened, so hopeless and unblest,

But may be filled with the light of God, and enter His promised rest.

There is never a sin or sorrow, there is never a care or loss,

But that we may bring to Jesus, and leave at the foot of the cross.

Lilla M. Alexander

Falling apart

A Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn't

C. H. Spurgeon

Soak in a Sermon

I always find I can preach best when I manage to lie a soak in my text, and

after I have bathed in it, I delight to lie down in it, and let it (the Bible) soak into me. 

C. H. Spurgeon

A Holy Life

The one who prays for holiness will one day praise for happiness.

C. H. Spurgeon

The preacher's work

The preacher's work is to throw sinners down into utter helplessness thatthey may be compelled to look up to Him Who alone can help them.

C. H. Spurgeon

Pray For Revival

Oh! Men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some  among you who would go home and pray for a revival--men whose faith is large enough, and  their love fiery enough to lead them from this moment to exercise unceasing intercessions that God would appear among us and do wondrous things here, as in the times of former generations."

--C. H. Spurgeon

Values

Our values determine our evaluation.  If we value comfort more than

character, the trials will upset us to a greater extent.

Warren Wiersbe

What you sow

Sow a thought, reap an act.  Sow an act, reap a habit.  Sow a habit,

reap a character.  Sow a character, reap a destiny. 

E. D. Boardman

The Master's Face

I had walked life's way with an easy tread, Followed where comfort and pleasure led.

Until one day in a quite place, I met the Master face to face, With station and rank and

wealth for my goal, Much thought for my body but none for my soul.  I had entered to

win in life's big race, until I met the Master face to face.  I had built my castles and reared

them high, With their towers that pierced the blue of the sky, I had sworn to rule with an

iron mace Until I met the Master face to face.  I met Him and knew Him, and blushed to see,

That His eyes filled with sorrow were fixed on me.  I faltered and fell at His feet that day,

While my castles all melted and vanished away.  Melted and vanished and in their place

Naught else did I see but the Master's face.  I cried aloud "O make me meet To follow

the steps of thy wounded feet."  My thought is now with the souls of men I've lost my

life to find it again  E'er since that day in a quiet place, I met the Master face to face.

Christian Courage

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

Author unknown

Christian Education

Cursed be all learning that is not subservient to the cross of Christ.

Johnathan Witherspoon

Christian Education

Education without God only makes clever devils.

Author Unknown

The Bible in a Year

I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once a year. 

My custom is to read four or five chapters every morning immediately after rising

from my bed.  It employs about an hour of my time, and seems to be the most

suitable manner of beginning the day.  In what light soever we regard the Bible,

whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable

and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue.

John Quincy Adams

Timing is everything...with God

Waiting on Him is always worth the wait.  His timing and His ways are always right. 

You must depend on Him to guide you in His way and in His timing to accomplish His purpose.

Henry Blackaby

Face off with the devil

If you wake up in the morning and don't meet the devil face on

it just means you're going the same direction.

R. G. Lee

True Love

If suddenly upon the street my gracious Saviour I should meet,

And He should say, "As I love thee, What love hast thou to offer Me?"

Then what could this poor heart of mine dare offer to thy heart devine?

His eye would pierce my outward show, His thought my inmost thought

would know; And if I said, "I love thee Lord." He would not heed my

spoken word,  because my daily life would tell if verily I loved Him well.

If on the day or in the place wherein He met me face to face my life could

show some purpose formed, some work began, for His dear sake, then,

it were meet love's gift to lay at Jesus' feet. 

Charles Francis Richardson

Tell it to Jesus

Bury thy sorrow, The world has its share; Bury it deeply, Hide it with care. 

Think of it calmly When curtained by night; Tell it to Jesus, And all will be right.

Tell it to Jesus, He knoweth thy grief; Tell it to Jesus, He'll send thee relief

Gather the sunlight Aglow on the way; Gather the moonbeams, Each soft

silver ray.  Hearts grown aweary With heavier woe, Droop 'mid the darkness~

Go comfort them, go!  Bury thy sorrow, Let others be blest;

Give them the sunshine, Tell Jesus the rest.

Jeremiah E. Rankin

The Value of Time

Procrastination is a thief of time.

Eddie Smith

Desires Determine Direction  

If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.

C. S. Lewis

Give a Day

What shall you give to one small boy?  A glamorous game, a tinseled toy,

A barlow knife, a puzzle pack, A train that runs on a curving track?

A picture book, a real live pet... No, there's plenty of time for such things yet;

Give him a day for his very own ~ Just one small boy and his dad alone.

A walk in the woods, a romp in the park, A fishing trip from dawn to dark,

Give the best gift to that bright lad ~ The companionship of his dear dad.

Games are outgrown, and toys decay ~ But he'll never forget if you "Give him a day."

Author Unknown

George Muller's Regeneration

At the age of sixteen, George Muller of Bristol, England, was imprisoned for theft; and later as a university student, he lived a drinking, profligate life, acting dishonestly even toward his friends.

At twenty years of age, he came under the influence of the Bible, and the miracle of regeneration was wrought.  He who had been a thief was now so utterly a new creature that in the course of the years he gave away, of money sent to him for his personal use, no less a sum than $135,000 and when he died, his personal possessions were valued at less then $1,000. 

Awaiting Glory

Let us lay aside each weight, Run with patience the race before; For we're closer now to Heaven,

Awaiting glory soon in store.  The trumpet's getting louder.  Warning sounds are all around. 

All the saints are getting ready.  Purer hearts are being found.  A Bride without wrinkle or blemish,

in spotless white array.  Cleansed by the Blood of the Saviour, the Groom to soon take her away.

To that place Jesus said, "I'll prepare for you."  The day He went to the Cross.  Promising one day

He would return and gather those no longer lost.  Souls who've repented of their sin in believing

Christ died in their place; knowing God's love in sending His Son, accepting His mercy and grace. 

Now looking toward Heaven as darkness set in, with hope, a new song we'll soon sing; as we

catch the first glimpse of Jesus the Groom, our Lord and soon coming King.

Martha C. Johnston

I Believe in AMERICA

I believe in America.  I believe it became great because of it's faith in God, it's hope for independence

and it's love for freedom.  I am grateful for America's glorious past; I am awed by it's unbelievable

present; I am confident of it's limitless future.  I am not ashamed to take my hat off and to stand at

attention when Old Glory passes by.  I do not apologize for the lump in my throat when I repeat the

Pledge of Allegiance.  I am not embarrassed by the tears in my eyes when I hear "The Star Spangled Banner."

Like millions of Americans, I want free choice, not a free handout.  I prefer an opportunity to prove

my abilities on the job rather than a license to demonstrate in the street.  I am an old-fashioned American

with a new-found determination to do my part to make Democracy work. 

William Arthur Ward

Peace in Prayer

In every time of struggle there is peace in quiet prayer, for the Lord is always waiting to uplift us from

despair.   Does not matter, place or moment, He will always hear the prayers that call out to Him, in

earnest, for His grace of love and care.  With tender touch of mercy, He will brush away our tears and

becalm the swelling passions that engulf a heart in fears.  For He is the Master Healer of all wounds and

griefs we bear and our Comforter and Savior, in the peace of quiet prayer. 

--Michael Dubina

Prayer

If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power.

--Billy Sunday

For God

"We are not built for ourselves, but for God.  Not for service for God, but for God."

--Oswald Chambers

When do you pray

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

--Corrie Ten Boom

Wasted prayer

Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late?  And how little revival has resulted?  I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work.  To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in Scripture is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble.  Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience. 

--A. W. Tozer

Clear Vision

"We need a baptism of clear seeing.  We desperately need seers who can see through the mist--                     Christian leaders with prophetic vision.  Unless they come soon it will be too late for this generation.             And if they do come we will no doubt crucify a few of them in the name of our worldly orthodoxy."

--A. W. Tozer

Prayer in the morning

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees.  He who fritters     away the early morning, its opportunities and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking Him the rest of         the day.  If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the   remainder of the day.

--E. M. Bounds

Prayer closet

Prayer is not learned in the classroom but in the closet.
--E. M. Bounds 

Revival

There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience.

--Charles Finney

Harmony with God

Do not have a concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards.  Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.                

--Hudson Taylor

Victory in the battle

The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle.  The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came...Anticipate    your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.

--R. A. Torrey

Alcohol is a curse

The legalized liquor business is the tragedy of our civilization.  Alcohol is the greatest  and most blighting curse of our modern civilization.  The liquor seller is simply and only a privileged malefactor - a criminal.

--Abraham Lincoln

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