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"What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of
this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but
shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!
Pambus wept when he saw a harlot dressed with much care and
cost-partly to see one take so much pains to go to hell; and
partly because he had not been so careful to please God, as she
had been to please her sluttish lovers. Ah, Christians! what great
reason have you to sit down and weep bitterly-that worldlings
take so much pains to make themselves miserable-and that you
have taken no more pains to get more of Christ into your hearts!"
-Thomas Brooks.
"You must pray with all your might.... It means fervent,
effectual, untiring wrestling with God...This kind of prayer be sure
the devil and the world and your own indolent, unbelieving nature
will oppose. They will pour water on this flame." - William Booth.
"A man set on fire is an apostle of his age. And the only one who
can kindle the spark of light and fire on the hearth where it has
died down is He who has revealed Himself as the God of fire, our
Lord Jesus Christ. 'Our God is a consuming fire'...Tell me, is your
ministry a burning and shining light, or a smoking wick, slowly
dying out to ashes? ...It is a strange custom that we should
supply a minister with a glass of water; if only we could supply
him with a bonfire in the pulpit, a spiritual bonfire. We need the
dynamic of a flaming ministry that will set the Church on fire."
- Samuel M. Zwemer (Keswick 1937)
"Prayer is self-discipline. The effort to realize the presence and
power of God stretches the sinews of the soul and hardens its
muscles. To pray is to grow in grace. To tarry in the presence of
the King leads to new loyalty and devotion on the part of the
faithful subjects. Christian character grows in the secret-place of
prayer." - Samuel M. Zwemer.
"At Waterloo, the English troops obeying orders fell on their faces
for a time and let the hot fire of the French artillery pass over them.
Then they sprang to their feet and rushed to the thickest of the
fight and beat back their foes. The Lord wants His people flat on
their faces, before they attempt to meet the great crises of life."
- A. T. Pierson.
"A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone
into a statue. A preacher looking on said: 'I wish I could deal such
changing blows on stony hearts. ' The workman answered: 'Maybe
you could, if you worked like me, upon your knees.'" - A. T. Pierson
"How often has very earnest prayer for the fullness of the Holy
Ghost been in vain, because he who sought that unspeakable
blessing sought it rather for the glory which the possession of it,
or the reputation for the possession of it, might bring to man, than
for the honor and praise that might be brought to God."
- G. H. C. Macgregor
"Our power in drawing others after the Lord mainly rests in our joy
and communion with Him ourselves." - J. G. Bellett
"Do not be satisfied with as much Christianity as will only ease
your conscience." - J. B. Stoney
"The great battles, the battles that decide our destiny and the
destiny of generations yet unborn, are not fought on public
platforms, but in the lonely hours of the night and in moments of
agony." - Samuel Logan Brengle
"What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of
this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but
shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!
Pambus wept when he saw a harlot dressed with much care and
cost-partly to see one take so much pains to go to hell; and
partly because he had not been so careful to please God, as she
had been to please her sluttish lovers. Ah, Christians! what great
reason have you to sit down and weep bitterly-that worldlings
take so much pains to make themselves miserable-and that you
have taken no more pains to get more of Christ into your hearts!"
-Thomas Brooks.
this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but
shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!
Pambus wept when he saw a harlot dressed with much care and
cost-partly to see one take so much pains to go to hell; and
partly because he had not been so careful to please God, as she
had been to please her sluttish lovers. Ah, Christians! what great
reason have you to sit down and weep bitterly-that worldlings
take so much pains to make themselves miserable-and that you
have taken no more pains to get more of Christ into your hearts!"
-Thomas Brooks.
"You must pray with all your might.... It means fervent,
effectual, untiring wrestling with God...This kind of prayer be sure
the devil and the world and your own indolent, unbelieving nature
will oppose. They will pour water on this flame." - William Booth.
"A man set on fire is an apostle of his age. And the only one who
can kindle the spark of light and fire on the hearth where it has
died down is He who has revealed Himself as the God of fire, our
Lord Jesus Christ. 'Our God is a consuming fire'...Tell me, is your
ministry a burning and shining light, or a smoking wick, slowly
dying out to ashes? ...It is a strange custom that we should
supply a minister with a glass of water; if only we could supply
him with a bonfire in the pulpit, a spiritual bonfire. We need the
dynamic of a flaming ministry that will set the Church on fire."
- Samuel M. Zwemer (Keswick 1937)
"Prayer is self-discipline. The effort to realize the presence and
power of God stretches the sinews of the soul and hardens its
muscles. To pray is to grow in grace. To tarry in the presence of
the King leads to new loyalty and devotion on the part of the
faithful subjects. Christian character grows in the secret-place of
prayer." - Samuel M. Zwemer.
"At Waterloo, the English troops obeying orders fell on their faces
for a time and let the hot fire of the French artillery pass over them.
Then they sprang to their feet and rushed to the thickest of the
fight and beat back their foes. The Lord wants His people flat on
their faces, before they attempt to meet the great crises of life."
- A. T. Pierson.
"A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone
into a statue. A preacher looking on said: 'I wish I could deal such
changing blows on stony hearts. ' The workman answered: 'Maybe
you could, if you worked like me, upon your knees.'" - A. T. Pierson
"How often has very earnest prayer for the fullness of the Holy
Ghost been in vain, because he who sought that unspeakable
blessing sought it rather for the glory which the possession of it,
or the reputation for the possession of it, might bring to man, than
for the honor and praise that might be brought to God."
- G. H. C. Macgregor
"Our power in drawing others after the Lord mainly rests in our joy
and communion with Him ourselves." - J. G. Bellett
"Do not be satisfied with as much Christianity as will only ease
your conscience." - J. B. Stoney
"The great battles, the battles that decide our destiny and the
destiny of generations yet unborn, are not fought on public
platforms, but in the lonely hours of the night and in moments of
agony." - Samuel Logan Brengle
"What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of
this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but
shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!
Pambus wept when he saw a harlot dressed with much care and
cost-partly to see one take so much pains to go to hell; and
partly because he had not been so careful to please God, as she
had been to please her sluttish lovers. Ah, Christians! what great
reason have you to sit down and weep bitterly-that worldlings
take so much pains to make themselves miserable-and that you
have taken no more pains to get more of Christ into your hearts!"
-Thomas Brooks.