Conceit makes the way God deals with me personally the binding standard for others.
Oswald Chambers
You cannot have a moral holiday and remain moral, nor can you have a spiritual holiday and remain spiritual. God wants you to be entirely his, and this means that you have to watch to keep yourself fit. It takes a tremendous amount of time. Some of us expect to clear the numberless ascensions* in about two minutes.
patience discipleship
It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.
devotion discipleship
Some of us are like the Dead Sea, always taking in but never giving out, because we are not rightly related to the Lord Jesus.
giving
As we draw on the grace of God He increases voluntary poverty all along the line. Always give the best you have got every time; never think about who you are giving it to; let other people take it or leave it as they choose. Pour out the best you have, and always be poor. Never reserve anything; never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives.
generosity giving
There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking.
inspirational-religious
Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God.
No enthusiasm will ever stand the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His worker, only one thing will, and that is a personal relationship to Himself which has gone through the mill of His spring-cleaning until there is only one purpose left--I am here for God to send me where He will.
surrender jesus-christ
One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God.
waiting
Jesus did not stand as a prophet and utter judgements; wherever He went the unerring directness of His presence located men.
individualism prophecy
The test of mountain-top experiences, of mysticism, of visions of God and of solitariness is when you are in the soup of actual circumstances.
mysticism discipleship
originality legalism
It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual.
people
Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
man happiness theend
When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.
man theend
Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
character
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