“The pursuit of God is not a part-time, weekend exercise. If it is, chances are you will experience a part-time, weekend freedom. Abiding requires a kind of staying power. The pursuit is relentless. It hungers and thirsts. It pants as the deer after the mountain brook. It takes the kingdom by storm...The pursuit of God is a pursuit of passion. Indifference will not do. To abide in the Word is to hang on tenaciously. A weak grip will soon slip away. Discipleship requires staying power. We sign up for duration. We do not graduate until heaven.” IfsKindPassionHeavenChanceExerciseMountainWeakHungerStormPursuitKingdomsIndifferenceStayingWeekendSlipsGraduatesPantsThirstDiscipleshipRelentlessAbidingChances AreBrooksDeerDurationPart TimeHunger And ThirstStaying Power Author:R. C. Sproul
“The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdom of God; and to prepare their minds to become his obedient subjects; leavingthe world, and the Philosophy thereof, to the disputation of men, for the exercising of their natural Reason.” MenWorldMindReasonPhilosophyReligionNaturalWrittenSubjectsExerciseBiblePhilosophicalScriptureKingdomsKingdom Of GodObedient Book:Leviathan Source: Leviathan
“He [Peter after the resurrection] now understood that he and the church were to exercise a transcendent power that did not depend upon having a kingdom or government in any human sense, for it was literally a "God government" in which they were participants (Acts 1:6-8).” HumansGovernmentChurchDependsExerciseUnderstoodKingdomsResurrectionPeterTranscendentParticipants Author:Dallas Willard
“Burning the candle at both ends for God's sake may be foolishness to the world, but it is a profitable Christian exercise-for so much better the light. Only one thing in life matters. Being found worthy of the Light of the World in the hour of His visitation. We need have no undue fear for our health if we work hard for the kingdom of God; God will take care of our health if we take care of His cause. In any case it is better to burn out than to rust out.” IfsWorldNeedsMayEndsMatterHardLightCareChristianFoundCausesHoursCasesOne ThingHard WorkExerciseSakeWorthyTake CareGods WillKingdomsBurningCandleThings In LifeFoolishnessKingdom Of GodProfitableRustBurn OutVisitationLight Of The World Author:Fulton J. Sheen