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The Steeling Power of Grace

The grace of God steels the soul in the furnace of affliction and no matter the degree, disappointment or danger, there is Christ present, Christ tomorrow, beside and beneath. It is better to be arrested by God in difficulty than to be free from Him in ease. #itwillbeworthitallwhenweseejesus

Posted March 16, 2012 at 7:44 pm

On Unanswered Prayer

“We ask God for silver, and He sends His denials wrapped in gold.” 

~selected

Posted March 5, 2012 at 6:53 am 1 notes

"Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him."

Hudson Taylor

Posted February 26, 2012 at 4:08 pm

"Remember it is the very time for faith to work when sight ceases. The greater the difficulties, the easier for faith; as long as there remain certain natural prospects, faith does not get on even as easily as where natural prospects fail."

George Mueller

Posted February 26, 2012 at 8:02 am

"Tho’ in affliction’s furnace tried,
Unhurt, on snares and death I’ll tread;
Tho’ sin assail, and hell, thrown wide,
Pour all its flames upon my head,
Like Moses’ bush I’ll mount the higher,
And flourish, unconsumed, in fire."

Charles Wesley

Posted February 25, 2012 at 4:08 pm 2 notes

"If the Lord lifts up the light of His countenance upon you as He has done upon me this day, all your mountains will become molehills."

Samuel Pearce

Posted February 25, 2012 at 8:02 am

"The coloured sunsets and starry heavens, the beautiful mountains and the shining seas, the fragrant woods and painted flowers, are not half so beautiful as a soul that is serving Jesus out of love, in the wear and tear of common, unpoetic life."

Faber

Posted February 24, 2012 at 4:08 pm

"Father, I want to know Thee, but my coward heart fears to give up its toys. I cannot part with them without inward bleeding, and I do not try to hide from Thee the terror of the parting. I come trembling, but 1 do come. Please root from my heart all those things which 1 have cherished so long and which have become a very part of my living self, so that Thou mayest enter avid dwell there without a rival. Then shalt Thou make the place of Thy feet glorious. Then shall my heart have no need of the sun to shine in it, for Thyself wilt be the light of it, and there shall be no night there. In Jesus’ Name, Amen."

The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer, 30.

Posted February 24, 2012 at 8:02 am

"Priceless as the gift of utterance may be, the practice of silence in some aspects far excels it. Do not think me a Quaker. Well, be it so. Herein I follow George Fox most lovingly; for I am persuaded that most of us think too much of speech, which after all is but the shell of thought. Quiet contemplation, still worship, unuttered rapture, these are mine when my best jewels are before me. Brethren, rob not your heart of the deep sea joys; miss not the far-down life, by for ever babbling among the broken shells and foaming surges of the shore."

Charles Spurgeon, (Lectures to My Students, 51).

Posted February 23, 2012 at 4:07 pm 2 notes

"Priceless as the gift of utterance may be, the practice of silence in some aspects far excels it. Do not think me a Quaker. Well, be it so. Herein I follow George Fox most lovingly; for I am persuaded that most of us think too much of speech, which after all is but the shell of thought. Quiet contemplation, still worship, unuttered rapture, these are mine when my best jewels are before me. Brethren, rob not your heart of the deep sea joys; miss not the far-down life, by for ever babbling among the broken shells and foaming surges of the shore. (Lectures to My Students, 51)."

Charles Spurgeon

Posted February 23, 2012 at 8:02 am 7 notes