I have thanked Him for it, she wrote to her sisters, more than I have prayed about it.
Here is a Confession of Love that she drew up for a group of Indian girls who banded together to serve Christ. Perhaps it best says to us just what Amy Carmichael believed about Christian life and ser...
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
Have you experienced so many things in vain? The argument from Christian experience was a wise one with which to begin, because Paul had been with them when they had trusted Christ.
God would rather have His people living in shameful captivity in a pagan land than living like pagans in the Holy Land and disgracing His name.
General Douglas MacArthur said, In war there is no substitute for victory.
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined (v. 10). The reason God tries us and tests us is to prove us. He’s proving nothing to Himself. He knows us from top to bottom....
Everything in the Book of the Revelation relates to the Lamb. The throne is the throne of the Lamb (22:1) and the heavenly city is the temple of the Lamb (21:22). The light in the city is the Lamb: Th...
Eventually, all earthly causes will fail. Only the plan of God will succeed. The Lord is our shield, our glory, and the One who lifts our head. In this life we will have problems, but God encourages u...
Don’t test God’s truth by the many books written by men; test men’s books by the truth of God’s Word. Yes,
Does the sinner respond to God’s grace against his own will? No, he responds because God’s grace makes him willing to respond. The
Do you have a firsthand experience with him, or a secondhand experience through others?
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men and women. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. That wise counsel comes from American preacher and Episc...
Bible study is kind of like going to the gym and working out. When you study your Bible, you are exercising spiritually. We see this analogy over and over again in Scripture. Paul told Timothy: Spend...
Before we can minister to others, we must permit God to minister to us.
As we mature in the Lord, we find that it is possible to disagree without being disagreeable. Every family knows what it means to disagree, talk things over, practice give and take, and reach an amica...
As long as you’re delivering God’s message, don’t worry about how old you are. When you open that Bible, you’re over two thousand years old!
A igreja não precisa de maquiagem, e, sim, de cirurgia. (p. 12)
Your life is only as big as your faith, and your faith is only as big as your God. If you spend all your time looking at yourself, you will get discouraged, but if you look to God by faith, you will b...
When you follow the Shepherd, the future is your friend, because the Lord is going before you. Live one day at a time, following the Shepherd, and you won’t have to be afraid.