February 19, 2020
Human will-power alone is not enough. Will-power is excellent and we should always be using it; but it is not enough. A desire to live a good life is not enough. Obviously we should all have that desire, but it will not guarantee success. So let me put it thus: Hold on to your principles of morality and ethics, use your willpower to the limit, pay great heed to every noble, uplifting desire that is in you; but realize that these things alone are not enough, that they will never bring you to the desired place. We have to realize that all our best is totally inadequate, that a spiritual battle must be fought in a spiritual manner.
Submission
Francois Fenelon
February 10, 2020
If there be anything that is capable of setting the soul in a large place it is absolute abandonment to God. It diffuses in the soul a peace that flows like a river and the righteousness which is as the waves of the sea.
A. W. Tozer
The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God’s victory over him.
Bruce Larson
We have a choice. We can carry the world on our shoulders, or we can say, “I give up, Lord; here’s my life. I give you my world, the whole world.”
John Bevere
The person who is not repentant says, “I choose what is good, best and right for my life.” The repentant person says, “I choose what GOD SAYS is good, best, and right for my life.”
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Samuel Wilberforce
Christianity can be condensed into four words: Admit, Submit, Commit and Transmit.
Dallas Willard
The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
Richard Murray
The Father is the powerful engine under the hood. The Spirit is the premium fuel, the “tiger in the tank” so to speak. Jesus is the skilled and strong driving force behind the wheel. Your heart is seatbelted in the passenger seat. Your will is seatbelted in the back seat. Your opinion is stowed in the trunk— tied up securely with duct tape over its mouth.
Christine Caine
We are being conformed and transformed to the image of Jesus Christ – we don’t need more of us, we need less of us and more of Him.
Ed Stetzer
Jesus’ rest frees us from looking to identity as our savior. As Christians, we have a new identity, rooted in him and his work. The gospel guides what we shape our identity around, so we can freely lay down our rights, our thoughts, and our opinions of ourselves at Jesus’ feet, knowing that he will mold and shape us as a potter does clay. He gives us a new identity that is secured and satisfied in his work on our behalf.