January 1, 2006
I pray that the Lord might crown this year with His goodness and in the coming one give you a hallowed dare-devil spirit in lifting the biting sword of Truth, consuming you with a passion that is called by the cultured citizen of Christendom 'fanaticism', but known to God as that saintly madness that led His Son through bloody sweat and hot tears to agony on a rude Cross --- and Glory!
Jim Elliot
Brief Biography
January 2, 2006
We have received life, yet this life and the head are inseparable. Upon our accepting Him, we still must live in Him. Though we have received Him, we are yet to depend on Him. Accordingly, we cannot be independent in anything. The Lord alone is head, and He is the sole resource of our life.
Watchman Nee
Website
January 3, 2006
Prevailing or effectual prayer, is that prayer which attains the blessing that it seeks.
Charles G. Finney
Online Works and Biography
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Lectures on Systematic Theology Volume 1 By Charles Grandison Finney After 150 years, it is time for the most important work of America's greatest revivalist to be revived. This is the unadulterated theology at the foundation of Finney's revivals. These volumes are a republication of the enlarged, unabridged 1851 London (final) edition. |
January 4, 2006
He that seeketh anything else but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow.
Thomas a Kempis
Biography and Works
January 5, 2006
While we are zealous for good works, let us be careful not to put them in the place of Christ's righteousness, and not to advance anything which may betray others into so dreadful a delusion.
Matthew Henry
Biography
January 6, 2006
In all moods and in all seasons pour out the soul in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, and if the Spirit groans in intercession do not be afraid of the agony of prayer. There are blessings of the Kingdom that are only yielded to the violence of the vehement soul.
Bruce Wilkinson
Website
January 7, 2006
In your heart God has excavated an immense space where he has placed a precious treasure. From now on you have the twofold duty of receiving and giving: sharing the treasure of the kingdom you bear within you and stretching the area of your tent for those around you.
Anonymous
January 8, 2006
Any time we open ourselves up to fear, we fall prey to his deceptions and intimidations. Yet, if we submit our hearts to God and stand in faith, we can resist those first fearful thoughts. As we yield to God we can master our reactions to fear and the enemy will soon flee.
Francis Frangipane
Ministries of Francis Frangipane
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A House United: How Christ-Centered Unity Can End Church Division By Francis Frangipane Few works of the enemy are as destructive to the Body of Christ as a church split. Once a wedge is driven into the heart of a congregation, the result is usually bitterness, grief, even hatred among those who are called to live together in love. Wounded flocks and broken pastors have had little direction for the road back to wholeness--until now. As author Francis Frangipane shines the bright light of Scripture into the shadows of division, he exposes the demonic curse at work. He explains what to do if your church is caught in this turmoil and reveals biblical safeguards against future strife. If you have experienced strain in the past or recognize a storm brewing in the present, let A House United guide you to restoration and peace. Frangipane shows you how to obtain once more the "unoffendable" heart of Jesus Christ.
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January 9, 2006
If you haven't got problems perhaps you should get on your knees and ask, "Lord, don't you trust me?
Les Nixon Australia's Outback Patrol
January 10, 2006
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
Mother Teresa
Informational Website
January 11, 2006
To see lonely, selfish, empty individuals transformed slowly but surely into warm, loving, wholesome, and happy people is to become aware of why Paul describes Christ as "unsearchable riches."
Ray C. Stedman
Homepage
January 12, 2006
If you want to do something good, do it; and if you cannot do it, then resolve to do it, and you will have achieved the resolution even if you do not fulfill the action itself. Thus a habit, whether good or bad, can gradually and spontaneously be overcome. If this were not the case, no criminals would ever be saved, whereas in fact not only have they been saved, but many have become conspicuous for their excellence. Think what a great gulf separates the criminal from the saint; yet resolution finally overcame habit.
Peter of Damascus
January 13, 2006
If you're so fearful of failure that you never set up your row of tin cans to shoot at, you're not very likely to hit any at all. Failure is not the end. For the person who determines to learn from it, failure is a friend.
Ralph F. Wilson
Joyful Heart
January 14, 2006
Whoso neglects a thing which he suspects he ought to do, because it seems to him too small a thing, is deceiving himself; it is not too little, but too great for him, that he doeth it not.
Edward Pusey
Biography
January 15, 2006
I love the small group of women with whom I meet weekly to discuss whatever book we have chosen and what it means in our lives and in our understanding of Christ. We do not try to coerce each other, even when we disagree. We try to listen to each other, and to God. Therefore, this group is for me another icon, and one that helps me to keep my eyes and ears open, and my mind ready to move and grow in understanding.
Madeleine L'Engle
Website
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Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, Artist Edition By Madeleine L'Engle In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian artist? What is the relationship between faith and art? Through L'Engle's beautiful and insightful essay, readers will find themselves called to what the author views as the prime tasks of an artist: to listen, to remain aware, and to respond to creation through one's own art. |
January 16, 2006
When Christ reveals Himself there is satisfaction in the slenderest portion, and without Christ there is emptiness in the greatest fullness.
Alexander Grosse
January 17, 2006
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
Leonard Ravenhill
Archives and Articles
January 18, 2006
Unbelief is what appears to be absolutely true based on facts of your experience but it is absolutely false based on God's word, character and nature.
Anonymous
January 19, 2006
Right now, this very second, this very moment that you spend reading these words is 'new'. How you choose to be a steward of that 'new slate' is up to you. My fervent prayer is that I never take for granted that gift of 'newness' and that I do all in his power granted to me to cherish the potential of 'all things new'. Relationships strained, mistakes made, I'll bring them to the cross so I can treasure the gift of newness he grants me every day. 1 Jn 1:9 NIV "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
Katherine Walden
I Lift My Eyes Web Ministries
January 20, 2006
If the spirit of prayer departs, it is a sure indication of a backslidden heart, for while the first love of a Christian continues he is sure to be drawn by the Holy Spirit to wrestle much in prayer.
Charles G. Finney
Online Works And Biography
January 21, 2006
Grace binds you with far stronger cords than the cords of duty or obligation can bind you. Grace is free, but when once you take it you are bound forever to the Giver, and bound to catch the spirit of the Giver. Like produces like, Grace makes you gracious, the Giver makes you give.
Eli E. Stanley Jones
Biography
January 22, 2006
Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety - all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. It is better than emery. Every man ought to rub himself with it.
Henry Ward Beecher
Archives
January 23, 2006
Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for -- because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
Peter Marshall
Spiritual Portrait
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A Man Called Peter (1955), DVD
Considered one of the finest films to deal with religion. A Man Called Peter is the compelling story of Scottish minister Peter Marshall, who as a young man, traveled to Washington, D.C. and became the pastor of the Church of the Presidents. By the time of his death, he was the chaplain to the Senate and a greatly respected man. Although he was a Presbyterian, the wisdom and sincerity of his sermons appealed to people of all faiths. Featuring outstanding performances by Richard Todd and Jean Peters, A Man Called Peter is also a touching love story, and received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. Not rated. Closed captioned. Approx. 119 minutes. DVD Features: |
January 24, 2006
Without prayer we become deaf to the voice of divine love and become confused by the many competing voices asking for our attention. When we try to become very still, we often find ourselves so overwhelmed by our noisy inner voices that we can hardly wait to get busy and distracted again. Our inner life often looks like a banana tree full of jumping monkeys! But when we decide not to run away and stay focused, the monkeys may gradually go away because of lack of attention, and the soft gentle voice calling us may gradually make itself heard.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Nouwen Centre
January 25, 2006
Blessed is the man who finds out which way God is moving and then gets going in the same direction.
Anonymous
January 26, 2006
The optimist says, the cup is half full. The pessimist says, the cup is half empty. The child of God says; My cup runneth over.
Anonymous
January 27, 2006
There are those who insist that it is a very bad thing to question God. To them, "why?" is a rude question. That depends, I believe, on whether it is an honest search, in faith, for His meaning, or whether it is the challenge of unbelief and rebellion.
Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot's Website
January 28, 2006
No one statement wrested from its context is a sufficient warrant for actions that plainly controvert other commands. How excellent a thing it would be if the whole Church of Christ had learned that no law of life may be based upon an isolated text. Every false teacher who has divided the Church, has had, "it is written" on which to hang his doctrine.
G. Campbell Morgan
Online Archive and Biography
January 29, 2006
It seems we are tempted to put our faith in a host of things other than work of Christ on the cross. Some have even placed faith in faith itself, or in a search for fulfillment or even in a worship style or philosophy.
Chip Stam
Carl Stam Website
January 30, 2006
Oh, it is sad for a poor Christian to stand at the door of the promise, in the dark night of affliction, afraid to draw the latch, whereas he should then come boldly for shelter as a child into his father's house.
William Gurnall
Online Works
January 31, 2006
A humble person is more likely to be self confident... a person with real humility knows how much they are loved.
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
Calvin Seminary
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