I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.
If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.
The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ.
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured.
Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave-with both ends kicked out.
We are not bearing our crosses every time we have a headache; an aspirin tablet will take care of that. What is meant is the trouble we would not have if we were not Christians.
Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe.
When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus. I said, That's where I got my information about hell.
What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.
Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians.
The alternative to discipline is disaster
There is great need today for the New Testament prophet who speaks to edification, exhortation, and comfort, a strengthening, stirring and soothing ministry.
We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.
Where God guides He provides. He is not responsible for expenses not on His schedule. He does not foot the bill when we leave His itinerary.
Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "shake well before using. " That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.
If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.
It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.
Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.