The loneliness of the Christian results from his walk with God in an ungodly world, a walk that must often take him away from the fellowship of good Christians as well as from that of the unregenerate world. His God-given instincts cry out for companionship with others of his kind, others who can understand his [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Deep, Spiritual Longing {Tozer}
Posted in A.W. Tozer, Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts on 31/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Knowledge of Christ {Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 28/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me?”
John 14:9
There seems to be pain in the Master’s question. This disciple had been with Him for three years. He had seen His beautiful and gentle life. He had witnessed His works of power. Surely by this time, after such long [...]
Who God Uses {J.H. Taylor}
Posted in Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts, James Hudson Taylor on 26/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
God uses men who are
weak and feeble enough
to lean on him.
Seek the Lord, He’s Not Far
Posted in Scripture on 24/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
That they should seek the Lord,
if haply they might feel after him,
and find him,
though he be not far from every one of us:
Acts 17:27
Our Unclean Land
Posted in Scripture on 22/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are:
for blood it defileth the land:
and the land cannot be cleansed
of the blood that is shed therein,
but by the blood of him that shed it.
Numbers 35:33
How to Preach Without Results {Finney}
Posted in Charles Finney, Great Reading on 20/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let your supreme motive be to increase your own popularity — then, of course, your preaching will be suited for that purpose, and not to convert souls to Christ.
Avoid preaching doctrines that are offensive to the carnal mind, lest they should say to you, as they did to Christ, “This is a hard saying, who [...]
Giving Thanks
Posted in Scripture on 12/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
But thanks be to God,
which giveth us the victory
through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57