“My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.” -CS Lewis

“Prayer is the mark of a lover. Those who deeply love Jesus can’t help but pray often.” -Francis Chan, Letters to the Church 

Keep your eye simply on Him; let His death, His sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy mind; when you wake in the morning look to Him; when thou lie down at night look to Him. -Spurgeon

"The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had nothing but repeated failures will experience real relief when he stops tinkering with his soul and looks away to the Perfect One." AW Tozer 

What does a person choose to do when given unthinkable and unstoppable power?

That Jesus chooses meekness, love, servant-heartedness, and intercession shouts so many things about His beauty, worth, leadership and love. 

-David Sliker

No one living today needs to be convinced that the world is fundamentally unjust, corrupt, and broken. They need to be convinced that the One who made all things will indeed "make all things new." Christians, proclaim the good news and let your light shine, in this dark hour.  -Joel Richardson

When Jesus returns it will be said: "The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness." (Psalm 68:17) -Joel Richardson

"If missions languish, it is because the whole life of Godliness is feeble. The command to go everywhere and preach to everybody is not obeyed until the will is lost by self-surrender in the will of God. Living, praying, giving and going will always be found together."-A. T. Pierson

The gift of prophecy is not primarily about your future—it is primary about Jesus' future. "For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." (Revelation 19:10 ESV) -Samuel Whitefield

“No one is called to be constantly fed without leading and feeding others. Turn around and look. If there is no one following you, something is wrong with your life.” -Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

An idol is anything that you turn to and say, "Save me." -Timothy Keller

In biblical cosmic geography, Israel was at the center of the nations. It's center was Jerusalem. It's center was the Temple. It's center was the Holy of Holies. At it's heart was the Ark. It held the two tablets containing the ten commandments: Israel's marriage certificate. -Joel Richardson

“The vine now I see, is not the root merely, but all—root, stem, branches, twigs, leaves, flowers, fruit: and Jesus is not only that: He is soil and sunshine, air and showers, and ten thousand times more than we ever dreamed, wished for, or needed.” -Hudson Taylor

Men strive to emerge from trials and seasons of difficulty with their dignity. God desires that we emerge more humble, prayerful, leaning fully on Him. Pretty big difference.

-Joel Richardson

“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). With eyes wide open, Jesus steadfastly pushed forward toward the day of His betrayal, arrest, torture, mutilation, and execution. That's how much He loves us.

-Joel Richardson

Islam's "prophet" followed the self-seeking pattern of the world. Muhammad had a veneer of religious piety but his goals were those of any self-seeking, self-glorifying individual. In other words, Islam preaches what the world already understands.

We, however, preach the cross.

-Joel Richardson

"By catering our worship to the worshippers and not to the Object of our worship, I fear we have created human-centered churches." -Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

Our Lord said go. He said nothing about coming back. . . . There are no closed doors to the gospel, provided that, once you go through the door, you don’t care whether or not you come back out. -Brother Andrew

Thinking how wonderful it’ll be to finally hear Jesus read his own words from Scripture. To hear his inflections. See where he smiles as he turns a phrase. To watch his expression when he says Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. -Beth Moore

“While we can’t force people to be devoted, it may be that we have made it too easy for them not to be. By trying to keep everyone interested and excited, we’ve created a cheap substitute for devotion.” -Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

The Gospel is not an old, old story, freshly told. It is a fire in the Spirit, fed by the flame of Immortal Love; and woe unto us, if, through our negligence to stir up the Gift of God which is within us, that fire burns low. - Dr. R. Moffat Gautrey

What an astonishing thing is sin, which maketh the God of love and Father of mercies an enemy to his creatures, and which could only be purged by the blood of the Son of God - Spurgeon

Modern philosophers will accept anything except the bleeding Substitute for guilty man - Spurgeon

"The command has been to ʻgo,ʼ but we have stayed—in body, gifts, prayer and influence. He has asked us to be witnesses unto the uttermost parts of the earth. But 99% of Christians have kept puttering around in the homeland." - Robert Savage

"We talk of the second coming, half the world has never heard of the first." - Oswald J. Smith