Resource Manager Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 01 November 2012 "We have been called to fellowship with the Son of God, and he must always be our pattern. It is that life and that mind which must be reflected in some measure in us if we are to be part of the pattern. Our life in Christ must be distinguished by an all-pervading desire to be like him, seeking reconciliation with God, even as Paul urged the Colossian brethren: "For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God." Colossians 3:3" - D.M. ElliottThe Trial of Your Faith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 02 November 2012 "Only God knows whether we love Him with all our heart, and only He can tell how much of our heart is given to Him. Only God can tell whether we love our neighbour as ourselves, or whether the appearance of concern for him is prompted by a lesser motive. Only He can, without failure, see beneath ... and only He can decide whether we deserve all to be assessed as “nothing” or to receive His own love, to answer ours (as it provoked it) and call it forth again." - A.D. Norris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 03 November 2012 "The victory of faith requires that faith be kept well in the battle, otherwise the victory will be the wrong way. Faith will fall under the trampling feet of this life’s affairs. The battle is one between what we see and what we cannot see, yet may know to be true—between what we like and what we may not like, but know to be what God requires at our hands. How can we win in such a battle unless we have a strong sense of the reality of Christ?" - Robert Roberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 04 November 2012 "God is gracious: but He will not coerce. Sin has a corrupting power and quickly enslaves: we must observe its subtlety and deceptiveness so that we do not fit ourselves for destruction. Fleeing for safety to the grace of God, submitting to His preparation in the humility that God requires, brings the recognition that it is grace that reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ." - John Carter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 05 November 2012 "Faith and Hope are both prospective and will one day be superfluous, the copious spring of Love will never fail. Deriving its waters from the Fount of all Love, the very source of all being, it flows from everlasting to everlasting. It is "a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14). It permeates creation, and while all God’s creatures drink of it in measure (for all receive good from the Father), the sons of God are conscious of a greater dispensation: "Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God" (1 John 3:1)." - C. MacDonaldSprings of Joy (1943) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 06 November 2012 "Life is progressive; those who live cannot stand still. They must go on. Peter recognized that it is progressive, hence his call to those who had attained a "precious faith" with him and his fellows. To them he exhorted that they should go on adding one qualification to another: in all diligence adding to faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance (self-control), patience, godliness, love of the brethren, and love; the last, the greatest of all." - W.H. Boulton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 07 November 2012 "ONENESS is such a primary teaching of the Bible—one fold, one heart, one altar, one mind, one Mediator, one judgment, one Master, one bread, one cup, one meeting, one accord, one mouth—all speaking one truth; one Gospel, one Christ, one Lawgiver, one sacrifice, one song of the redeemed, one Name which alone can bring salvation, one temple, one sound—the true gospel; one nation only which will be saved, Israel after the Spirit; and one throne to be established over all the earth when Christ returns. A common knowledge of all these basic Bible truths coupled with an earnest desire and endeavour to walk in the one way make up our fellowship, the one fellowship which reaches up to God, the Father and to Jesus Christ, our Lord, the one body of brethren for whom Jesus prayed that they might be ONE, even as he and his Father are ONE." - E.W. BantaOneness in Christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 08 November 2012 "When he returns we shall be called to go out to meet him. Will the meeting cause him to thank God? And shall we accompany him to his capital? The answers are decided now, by our own faith and obedience as we give heed to the examples and warnings of scripture: "That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world" (Philippians 2:15)." - D.D. PalmerCalled to be Saints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 09 November 2012 "If we allow our lives to be controlled by Jesus, which is what loving him means, then he and his Father will dwell with us and we shall have the supreme joy of entering into the Kingdom of God—our permanent home—when the "Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings" (Malachi 4:2) and shed forth his rays over all the world. Then "they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever" (Daniel 12:3)." - A.H. ThorneloeThe Light of the World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 10 November 2012 "Let us ... take good heart and renew our courage, lifting up the hands which hang down and strengthening the feeble knees, for we see not as other men see, but "We see Jesus ... crowned with glory and honour" (Hebrews 2:9)." - Harry Tennant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 11 November 2012 "Obedience is the one flavour that God seeks in every offering. Obedience has the very savour of the sanctuary. For want of it priests have been stricken dead at the altar, men have been slain before the ark, and have lost thrones, and reason, and all the fruits of their ambition. But obedient to the heavenly vision, they have pleased God and conquered death. Paradise was lost through disobedience, and eternal salvation comes by one who followed the divine leading (Hebrews 5:8-9)" - C.A. LadsonGuided by the Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 12 November 2012 "The Scriptures reveal a wonderful capacity to keep pace with a growing intelligence and give successive messages as we are able to receive them. It is written: "Blessed are you that sow beside all waters" (Isaiah 32:20), and this surely has a very definite spiritual application, urging the sowing of seed wherever there is a possibility of it thriving." - Islip CollyerThe Book of Ecclesiastes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 13 November 2012 "Let wisdom guide our steps; let us profit by the failure of Israel, and strive to "overcome" so that, as held out to the church in Philadelphia, we might become "a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out " (Revelation 3:12)." - James Carter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 14 November 2012 "Let us ... humbly strive to please God by our everyday lives; to see in them all the opportunities that God puts in them; really to taste of the wonderful help Jesus gives to each of us, and ultimately to have the faith in God to beseech of Him an abundant entry into His glorious Kingdom, for Jesus’ sake who died for us!" - Trevor PritchardThe Quality of Faith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 15 November 2012 "If our Heavenly Father is so kind and loving how we should strive to be the same. A smile, a helping hand at the right time is kindness; to greet each other in unity of mind is kindness. Christ, whom we remember by the emblems on the table, is our great example of loving kindness, the only one who could ever perfectly exemplify the Father’s loving kindness. If any wrong us in any way are we not to show kindness well mixed with love in return? Yes, indeed. And if you were to ask me what is the most beautiful attribute of a faithful follower of the Lamb, I would say, "A life brimful of spiritual Godly loving kindness." - A French Brother“The Law of Kindness” (1925) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 16 November 2012 "A word in season, a helping hand, a show of affection, perhaps a bit of advice, a sharing of spiritual food. Whether we wish to or not, we influence our fellow pilgrims for good or for ill. Let it always be for eternal good. We are a family in Christ, so let us think of ways in which we can serve one another, in the Lord. "Let your light shine", said Jesus, and this can apply to the ways in which we help one another as well as trying to enlighten the stranger about the glorious gospel." - John V. CollyerShow Me Thy Faith By Thy Works (1991) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 17 November 2012 "When the words come from God there is every reason for placing them before everything else in life. In the Bible God speaks to us: not vaguely, generally, impersonally but directly and with the deliberate intent of getting through to our hearts. It is a word in your ear and designed for your heart. Jesus tells us that we can close the doors of our ears and the word will not force an entrance; or we can invite it inside where it will demonstrate to the heart the infallibility and holiness of God by showing those qualities in His word." - Harry TennantA Word in Your Ear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 18 November 2012 "The great and the small—all come within the compass of God’s creative power; in human life all come within the scope of His redeeming mercy; in the new life in Christ its transforming power informs our thought, speech and action until we all come in the "unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:13)." - Ralph SmalleyThe Great and the Small (1963) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 19 November 2012 "Where one’s inner life in Christ is concerned, there can be no short cut to glory, no royal road to success. Instead there must be the patient, persistent application of a ruthless, devastating, revealing honesty with oneself. And Jesus encourages us with an assurance couched in what would be a platitude if it were not so profoundly true: "if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you." (Luke 11:36)." - Harry WhittakerDark Light (1950) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 20 November 2012 "If we compare ourselves with others we shall go sadly astray; but here is the yard-stick by which to measure ourselves—Jesus Christ—and see how far we fall short. All that was right, all that God requires of His children, was embodied in Jesus. He could say, "I am the truth". We see in him one of absolute integrity, of single-minded devotion to the will of God, whose life was spent in "doing justly, in loving mercy and walking humbly with God". His was the truly upright life, without any shadow of duplicity. He had "a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure", in all his doings. Let us measure ourselves against him." - L.W. RichardsonA Just Weight and a Just Measure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 21 November 2012 "Let us not think lightly of God’s forgiveness—it has been granted at a great price; let us not presume upon it, but seeking to follow all righteous ways, conscious of our failings, seek the divine mercy and rejoice in the grace that passes by our transgressions. Let us esteem aright the Lamb to be adored who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood. And let us be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven us." - John CarterThe Forgiveness of God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 22 November 2012 "Prayer, and contact with God is our only hope of being able to walk in the right path. Like Peter we are full of good intentions, especially when we first set foot on the road to Life. We find ourselves walking along with our "heads in the clouds", then we do not see the stumbling blocks. The only course is to get up and learn to look where we are going, and to keep in contact with God at all times by prayer, and reading His word. He knows our frame, He remembers that we are dust." - Ruby BradshawGod's Mercy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 23 November 2012 "One day every question mark will be erased, every complaint stilled, every patient vigil rewarded, every misunderstanding rectified, His people at last satisfied with His goodness. "O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him." Psalm 34:8" - Claud LambThe Goodness of God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 24 November 2012 "We are journeying through the desert, and in this aspect of our life, as in all others, we have the choice which God has graciously and mercifully given. We can either wander alone, groping blindly, destined never to reach our promised land; or we can "go on our way rejoicing", finding every day an oasis of spiritual nourishment and refreshment in the Word of Life, knowing assuredly that we shall then be guided clearly and unfailingly into the kingdom of God when our Lord shall return." - K.G. GalvinSearching the Scriptures Daily (1966) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 25 November 2012 "The life of dedicated service is likened by Paul to soldiering, and he makes a call to "endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ". Only by being singleminded in our service can we avoid the entanglements of the world which can obstruct and ultimately destroy our faith. The trial of our faith will yield positive results only if we draw nearer to the shadow of the cross where righteousness triumphed over evil, and where the sinless Son of God made for us a new and living way." - D.M. Elliott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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