Monday, September 27, 2010

"Our Lord's making of a disciple is supernatural.  He does not build on any natural capacity at all.  God does not ask us to do the things that are easy to us naturally; He only asks us to do the things we are perfectly fitted to do by His grace . . . ." ---Oswald Chambers

"How wonderful it is to be able to say, 'I am on assignment by Jesus.' All my talents, gifts, abilities, experiences, discoveries, longings, dreams, thoughts, and labors are focused on doing His bidding at this time, in this place, for this reason." ---James Ryle

"The honest simplicity with which several spoke, in declaring the manner of God's dealings with them, set the hearts of others on fire.  And the flame spread more and more . . . ." ---John Wesley, Sunday, February 18, 1750

"When it comes my time to slip through that thin curtain that separates this life from the next, I hope I can exit with courage.  I want to follow the example of those beautiful people who kept smiling through hard times and refused to give up.  I owe them a debt I can repay only by imitating their courage." ---Walter Albritton in Life is Short So Laugh Often, Live Fully and Love Deeply

“Life is designed to be a story of achievement in spite of adversity, not in the absence of adversity, for without adversity achievement could not exist.  Would any worthy life exist on earth if all life were to surrender when first confronted by difficulty?  The constant, unrelenting pull of life is downward—giving cause for disappointment, despair, and discouragement.  There shall always be cause to give up; there shall always be cause for complaint, but engage in complaining and you add to the downward pull of life.” ---Jim Rohn in The Seasons of Life