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“Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring you offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. I will say to the north, give up, and to the south, do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
—Isaiah 43:5-7
“It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge, and my job to love.”
—Billy Graham
“They said the Apostles turned the world upside down. They meant by that, that they were disturbers of the peace. But they said a great true thing; for Christ’s gospel does turn the world upside down. It was the wrong way upwards before, and now that the gospel is preached, and when it shall prevail, it will just set the world right by turning it upside down.”
—Charles Spurgeon
“Long my imprisoned spirit lay, fast bound in sin and nature’s night; thine eye diffused a quickening ray; I woke the dungeon flames with light. My chains fell off, my heart was free. I rose, went forth, and followed thee.”
—Charles Wesley, And Can It Be
“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
— The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Church in Ephesus.
“God-given prayer and praise have as their essence a waiting on God, a willingness to be wrought upon by the hammer and the fire of the Almighty, until the chains of self-centered desires fall away from the personality, and the love of Christ become the deepest hunger of the inner life.”
—Jack Miller, Heart of A Servant Leader
“Go, then, earthly fame and treasure, come disaster, scorn and pain.
In Thy services, pain is pleasure, with They favor, loss is gain.
I have called Thee Abba Father, I have stayed my heart on Thee.
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather; All must work for good to me.”
—Henry Lyte, Jesus I My Cross Have Taken
“The highest of all of God’s commands is this: that we ever hold up before our eyes the image of his dear Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. He must daily be to our hearts the perfect mirror, in which we behold how much God loves us and how well, in his infinite goodness, as a faithful God, he has grandly cared for us in that he gave his dear Son for us. Do not let this mirror and throne of grace be torn away from before your eyes.”
—Martin Luther, Letters of Spiritual Counsel
“Jesus, with Thy Church abide; Be her Savior, Lord, and Guide. While on earth her faith is tried...Keep her life and doctrine pure; Grant her patience to endure, trusting in Thy promise sure...May she one in doctrine be, one in truth and charity, winning all to faith in Thee...May she guide the poor and blind, seek the lost until she find, and the broken hearted bind: We beseech Thee, hear us.”
— Thomas Pollock, Jesus With Thy Church Abide