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“Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!”

“You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.”

“It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.”

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Book:The Cost of Discipleship

Source: The Cost of Discipleship

“God is the one who satisfies the passion for justice, the longing for spirituality, the hunger for relationship, the yearning for beauty. And God, the true God, is the God we see in Jesus of Nazareth, Israel's Messiah, the world's true Lord.”

“God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.”

“Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at the cost of His own dear Son. He has given you His Word, and the priceless privilege of prayer and worship.”

Source: Hope for Each Day: Words of Wisdom and Faith

“Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience.”

“Without worship, we go about miserable.”

“Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me.”

Source: Hymns of Faith and Hope. First series

“Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ."”

Source: Secrets to Spiritual Power: From the Writings of Watchman Nee

“A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy till it is doing something for Jesus Christ.”

Source: The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A...: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published: with a Select Collection of Letters... Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed; Prepared by Himself for the Press; to which is Prefixed, an Account of His Life, Compiled from His Orignial Papers and Letters

“The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics, and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death so that we may also share their crowns of glory.”

“God's part is to put forth power; our part is to put forth faith.”

“As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others.”

Source: Morning and Evening

“We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.”

Source: Honey and Salt: Selected Spiritual Writings of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.”

“It is a lesson we all need - to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways for others to follow Him; all do not go by the same path. It is for each of us to learn the path by which He requires us to follow Him, and to follow Him in that path.”

“A man is not saved because he believes in Christ, he believes in Christ because he is saved.”

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Book:The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination [Fifth Edition]

Source: The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination [Fifth Edition]

“The love of Christ always helps us see beyond the faults of others.”

Source: In Search of True Freedom

“God answers our prayers not because we are good, but because He is good.”

“So long as there is a human being who does not know Jesus Christ, I am his debtor to serve him until he does.”

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Book:My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition

Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition

“No big shocker that following Jesus is costly. The best things in life always are.”

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Author:Louie Giglio

“We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend themselves. Let others applaud our good deeds.”

“If you have the smile of God what does it matter if you have the frown of men?”

“If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.”

“Tests and trials are given to all of us. These mortal challenges allow us and our Heavenly Father to see whether we will exercise our agency to follow His Son. He already knows, and we have the opportunity to learn, that no matter how difficult our circumstances, all these things shall be for our experience, and our good.”

“Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.”

“May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.”

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Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony.”

“Why should we give God thanks? Because everything we have comes from God.”

Source: Billy Graham in Quotes

“Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Haven fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So if God answers prayer it's because God is good. From His goodness, His lovingkindness, His good-natured benevolence, God does it! That's the source of everything.”

“God save us from living in comfort while sinners are sinking into hell!”

Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 83

“If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love.”

Source: Strengthen My Spirit

“The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed.”

Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 35: Sermons 2062-2120

“If following Jesus Christ doesn't cost you anything, it's because you've bought into 'American Christianity.'”

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Author:Paul Washer

“We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.”

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Author:R. C. Sproul

“When you release your faith in uncommon ways, youll see God do uncommon things.”

Source: Daily Readings from It's Your Time

“At this very moment, God’s working behind the scenes in your life, arranging things in your favor. Stay in faith!”

“Ask God to give you the strength to endure, and rest assured, He will take care of you.”

Source: Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

“There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.”

“We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work.”

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Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Our pursuit of God is successful just because He is forever seeking to manifest Himself to us.”

Source: The Pursuit of God

“When the Lord opens a door, walk through it. If He doesn’t, just trust.”

“Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.”

“This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness”

“As Elisabeth Elliot points out, not even dying a martyr’s death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross. Suddenly a martyr’s death seems like normal obedience.”

“Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.”

“I believe passionately that Christianity is a way of life, not a theological system with which one must be in intellectual agreement. I feel that Christ would admit into discipleship anyone who sincerely desired to follow him, and allow that disciple to make his creed out of his experience; to listen, to consider, to pray, to follow, and ultimately to believe only those convictions about which the experience of fellowship made him sure.”

“We don't ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more. What if all the world should embrace this Gospel? They would then see eye to eye, and the blessings of God would be poured out upon the people, which is the desire of my whole soul.”

“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and his disposition live and reign there.”

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Author:John Eudes