What Reward Do You Seek?

"Do you seek any further reward beyond that of having pleased God? In truth, you know not how great a good it is to please Him." ~ John Chrysostom

Let Spring Begin

"Lord, end my winter, and let my spring begin. I cannot with all my longings raise my soul out of her death and dullness, but all things are possible with thee. I need celestial influences, the clear shinings of thy love, the beams of thy grace, the light of thy countenance." ~ Charles Spurgeon

Alone With God

“Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief objective in prayer, to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.” ~ Andrew Murray

Wait On Him

“Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit’s power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power.” ~ Hudson Taylor

Prayer Is...

“Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.” ~ Martin Luther

You Can't Fool God

‎"It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ." ~ J.C. Ryle

Different Choices

"What we love, how we think, how we forgive, our priorities, how we treat others, our appetites, our desires, our choices should be as different from the world as day is from night." ~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss

HE is Incomparable!

"If Christ truly is incomparable, He deserves to be the supreme object of our attention and affection. And—astonishingly!—it is in beholding Him that we are transformed." ~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Prayer...

“Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God’s saints have been held.” ~ E.M. Bounds

Hindrance to Revival

"Pride is the number one hindrance to revival, and the basis of pride is comparison. Humility comes by comparing yourself to only One, the Lord Jesus.” ~ Richard Owen Roberts

Don't Worry About What Anyone Else Thinks...

"Holy Spirit, Spirit of truth, tell me the truth about myself. Help me see what you see, and then enable me to become the image of your dream for me. ~ D.E. Whitney

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. ~ Romans 12:3 (NIV)

Prayer

“He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.” ~ St. John of the Cross

Obstacle to Prayer

“It seems, then, that the greatest obstacle to prayer is the simple matter of beginning, the simple exertion of will, the starting, the acting, the doing. How easy it is, and yet, between us and the possibility of prayer there seems to be a great gulf fixed; an abyss of our own making that separates us from God.” ~ Emilie Griffin (Clinging—The Experience of Prayer)

Satan's Broken Promises

"Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold." ~ Thomas Brooks