Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be, and becoming that person.
Childlikeness
Phillip Daniel Watkins (Age 7)
If you love God, you never have to worry again.
Frederick Buechner
If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are a child.
Gilbert Keith G. K. Chesterton
We are perishing for lack of wonder, not for lack of wonders.
Darren Wilson
As a kid, I couldn’t wait to grow up. I could eat dessert whenever I wanted, could watch TV whenever I wanted and be completely in charge of myself. But now that I am a grown-up, I’m beginning to learn that growing up in God’s Kingdom is actually the whole aging process in reverse. When Jesus says, “Become like a child,” it is not something that happens in an instant. It’s a process. When we are born, we must begin growing up. When we are born again, we must begin growing down.
Angus Buchan
What God is saying is that He doesn’t want us to become childish, but to have childlike faith. That’s why God used Smith Wigglesworth in such a powerful way. His favourite saying was, “God said it; I believe it and that settles it.” If we have that childlike faith today not to question God all the time but just to believe what He’s told us, then we too will have faith that can literally move mountains.
John Arnott
In Matthew 18:3, Jesus says, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.” What does He mean? Is He asking us not to be mature? No, what Jesus is actually saying is that childlike faith is maturity. Innocent, simple faith that believes what God says is real and that expects Him to do what He says He will do. That’s the mark of a mature believer, not complicated doctrine and fancy arguments.
Madeleine L’Engle
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.
A W Tozer
When I am praying the most eloquently, I am getting the least accomplished in my prayer life. But when I stop getting eloquent and give God less theology and shut up and just gaze upward and wait for God to speak to my heart He speaks with such power that I have to grab a pencil and a notebook and take notes on what God is saying to my heart.
C S Lewis
Christ wants a child’s heart, but a grown-up’s head. He wants us to be simple, single-minded, affectionate, and teachable, as good children are; but He also wants every bit of intelligence we have to be alert at its job, and in first-class fighting trim.