The knowledge of Christ which is produced by man’s own cleverness and wisdom is not a rock that can stand firm.
How many of us dare not use our time or money or talents as we would, because we realise they are the Lord’s, not ours?
But Christianity is a queer business! If at the outset we try to do anything, we get nothing; if we seek to attain something, we miss everything. For Christianity begins not with a big DO, but with a big DONE.
[Jesus] said, “Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.…For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matt. 9:10-13). Jesus opened up God’s heart to men.
Lord, I am willing to break MY heart that I might satisfy THY heart.
God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
We all have the same Christ dwelling within, but revelation of some new need will lead us spontaneously to trust Him to live out His life in in that particular.
The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.
I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
We think in terms of apostolic journeys. God dares to put His greatest ambassadors in chains.
The author sees Joseph of Genesis as a type of Christ’s Pentecostal power. He who was thought dead has been raised in power, and the power is evident in the chariot he sends for his own.
Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee That we his evil power may bind His prisoners to free.