Resource Manager Posted October 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 26 October 2012 "Let us weigh well God’s claim upon our allegiance, and cultivate those personal qualities exemplified in Jesus Christ, which in the coming Day may find approval at the hands of him who has been given authority to execute judgment. May we be invited to share in the righteous rulership of "the man whom God hath ordained"." - Harold SmalleyWaiting for a Convenient Season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 27 October 2012 "In humility, modesty and love, the goodness of God is portrayed in the lives of His children so that His honour is sustained and His mercies made manifest. This is the imitation of God which the Apostle exhorted in his epistle to the Ephesians, "Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children" (Ephesians 5:1)." - John MarshallThe New Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 28 October 2012 "There are several gateways to worship. Some of us find one in the realization of the redemptive work of God through Christ, another the consciousness of the love of God, and the anxiety to express one's deep feeling of indebtedness. Sometimes, quite unexpectedly perhaps, worship rises in our hearts when we look on the exquisite beauty of a rose, the first primrose in a wood, some moving music, or a woodland scene after a fall of snow, and we echo the words, "The whole creation praises Thee without ceasing." Jesus told the woman at the well that the Father wants our worship, but it must be in spirit and in truth. It is our great longing that we shall be among the immortal throng singing "Worthy the Lamb" in that great day, but it will depend on whether we worshipped not only with our lips but in our hearts and lives in these days of opportunity and endeavour." - Ruth NorrisMeditation and Worship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 29 October 2012 Letter and Spirit "People sometimes say, when they are excusing themselves for a departure from some rule, that they do not govern their lives by the letter but by the spirit. What they mean of course, is that they break their rules when they feel inclined, But the spirit is going to be much more exacting than the letter." - William Temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 30 October 2012 "We often talk about faith as if it were merely an abstract notion, a vague idea in the back of our mind. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1). Faith is that attitude of mind which gives clarity to vague ideas; it is the reality of a religious conviction. Faith brings the ends of the continuum of time into our orbit of experience; it brings the circumstances of the patriarchs, the power of the prophets and the reality of the future age into our conscious thought. Faith enables life to be lived with God at our elbow and in our forehead, in our speaking and in our thinking. Faith is the raw material from which saints are made." - Colin Edwards"Come Out of Her, My People" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 31 October 2012 "The desire to pray and the satisfaction of praying is a universal impulse. Neglect it, and it fades out of our life and will only be revived by the direst crisis; cultivate it, and every day will be enriched with renewed power to cope with the demands of life. But this kind of effective prayer is only given directive and purpose when it is informed by God Himself in His Word. Thus the Bible makes prayer authoritative and meaningful." - Melva PurkisPrayer - Studies in Principle and Practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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