Quotes about Reflection

When we become simply a promoter or a defender of a particular belief, something within us dies.

We have not dwelt enough on the tragedy of Calvary or on the meaning of redemption.

huffed. I get huffed because I have a peculiar person to live with. Just think how disagreeable I have been to God!

The reason for prayer is intimacy of relation with our Father.

Our insistence in proving that we are right is nearly always an indication that there has been some point of disobedience.

Never live on your memories of past experiences, but let the Word of God always be living and active in you.

Staleness is an indication that something in out lives is out of step with God.

Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life of the saint. Beware of anything that stops the offering up of prayer.

To live a distant, withdrawn, and secluded life is diametrically opposed to spirituality as Jesus Christ taught it.

Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

We say that there ought to be no sorrow, but thereis sorrow, and we have to accept and receive ourselves in its fires. If we try to evade sorrow, refusing to deal with it, we are foolish. Sorrow is one of the biggest facts in life, and there is no use in saying it should not be. Sin, sorrow, and suffering are, and it is not for us to say that God has made a mistake in allowing them.

Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus— not love for Jesus Himself.