Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit’s power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power.
Power
A. B. Simpson
A friend… said, “You were healed by faith.” “Oh, no,” I said, “I was healed by Christ.” What is the difference? There is a great difference. There came a time when even faith seemed to come between me and Jesus. I thought I should have to work up the faith, so I laboured to get the faith. At last I thought I had it; that if I put my whole weight upon it, it would hold. I said, when I thought I had got the faith, “Heal me.” I was trusting in myself, in my own heart, in my own faith. I was asking the Lord to do something for me because of something in me, not because of something in Him.
Author Unknown
Prayer has divided seas, rolled up flowing rivers, made flinty rocks gush into fountains, quenched flames of fire, muzzled lions, disarmed vipers and poisons, marshaled the stars against the wicked, stopped the course of the moon, arrested the rapid sun in its great race, burst open iron gates, conquered the strongest devils, commanded legions of angels down from heaven. Prayer has bridled and changed the raging passions of man, and routed and destroyed vast armies of proud, daring atheists. Prayer has brought one man from the bottom of the sea, and carried another in a chariot of fire to heaven; what has prayer not done!
Ed Silvoso
People made righteous by Christ must connect with the unrighteous world to make right(eous) that which is wrong (or crooked), so that others may also obtain peace and joy. This is the pattern we see in the New Testament: Once wrongs were righted by righteous deeds, it opened doors for divinely inspired peace and joy to replace human despair and sorrow. This was accomplished by tangible deeds (not just words) produced by divine power, because “the Kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power” (1 Corinthians 4:20).
Oswald Chambers
Any problem that comes while I obey God (and there will be many), increases my overjoyed delight, because I know that my Father knows and cares, and I can watch and anticipate how He will unravel my problems.
Kris Vallotton
Some ask, “Isn’t God in control of everything?” He is in charge, but He is not in control. Think about it; if God was in absolute control of the planet, there would be no sin, no death, no sickness, no child abuse, no murder, no hatred, etc. God is in charge of everything, but He has left us in control. In Psalms 115:16, we read, “The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, but the earth He has given to the sons of men.” The earthly realm is under the dominion and control of humankind. Therefore we must operate responsibly.
Dorothy Sayers
The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore – on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have very efficiently pared the claws of the Lion of Judah, certified him ‘meek and mild,’ and recommended him as a fitting household pet for pale curates and pious old ladies.
James Charles J. C. Ryle
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
Ole Kristian O. Hallesby
The greatest transmission of God’s power takes place through the believer’s prayers and intercessions. Believing prayer is unquestionably the means by which God, in the quickest way, would be able to give to the world those saving powers from the realm of eternity which are necessary before Christ can return and the millennium be ushered in.
Ole Kristian O. Hallesby
Lewis Timberlake
Whatever God wants from you, He will give you the power to do.