I will be teaching at the Greater Peoria House of Prayer on Saturday 1/31.  Worship and prayer starts at 5, I teach from 7-8.  david.  GPHOP facebook

Jesus set martyrdom at the center of basic discipleship because if that big "yes" is settled a billion little "yes's" are settled with it. -Dalton Thomas

"The greatest test that you will face in your Christian life when you are busy is will you fight for prayer." --Wes Hall

"God's answer to the rage of the nations is, 'I'm going to set MY King on My holy hill.' (Psalm 2)" -- Stuart Greaves

"Everything that we need to know about God is seen in the face of Jesus Christ." - Stuart Greaves

"The beauty of the Gospel of the Kingdom magnifies the horror of its refusal." -- David Sliker

Find not your riches, dear Friend, in a world where Christ had none - Spurgeon

A better way to live than being preoccupied with our own destiny is by getting lost in His (Ephesians. 1:19). We'll find ours there. Colossians. 3:3. -Stuart Greaves

There are three effects of nearness to Jesus - humility, happiness, holiness - Spurgeon

When you go to the house of God, here’s the advice of Scripture: “Draw near to hear.” (Eccl. 5:1). And then take heed how you hear. -Bob Sorge

"The Church was not just birthed with prayer as a priority; it was sustained because prayer was the priority.” -- Wes Hall

Let the Word be to me, not as a word written and silent, but as incarnate and living. -Bernard of Clarivaux

Jesus was born as the prophets foretold (Isaiah 9:6; Micah 5:2). Other religions don’t attempt to predict the future. The Bible stands alone. -Bob Sorge

John 1:10 - the mystery of 30 years of meals, conversations, work, play, and countless mundane acts in obscurity are bound up in this verse. -Stephen Venable 

Every time I teach or communicate biblical ideas publicly I think about the mercy of the Lord in my weak attempts to represent His heart. All should fear the Lord and tremble at His word, particularly teachers. -David Sliker 

After the resurrected Messiah talked about the kingdom for forty days, the disciples question was, when He was "restoring the kingdom to Israel?" -Stephen Venable

“Let us press on. All Africa must be won for Christ. Though a thousand missionaries die, send more.” -Missionary Andreas Riis

The breath that created the universe is the same breath that puts life into me. Every day. Psalm 33:6 -Bob Sorge

Make the dream of your life not to have a bigger platform but to have anointing to love God in the secret place. -Mike Bickle

Only you will decide how your fires will affect you. Will you be sanctified or scarred. -Beth Moore

“Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance but laying hold of His willingness.”- Martin Luther

When we say "I can't believe in a God who would __", we're saying we don't really want a God beyond our comprehension. -Tim Keller

"Because self is no longer our God, safety is no longer our concern." -David Platt

"Your grumblings are not against us but against the Lord." Exodus 16:8 How many complaints about leaders are just veiled offenses toward God? -Stephen Venable

In this age there is great and endless injustice which should only make us groan more for the Day of the Lord, which IS THE DAY OF JUSTICE. -Joel Richardson

"The devil can handle me. But he can't handle the One to whom I'm joined." –AW Tozer

"The Holy Spirit...will teach you all things." (John. 14:26) Keep asking questions. He is the great Teacher. -Mike Bickle

"You may judge of a man by what he groans after" CH Spurgeon (commenting on Romans 8:23)

The greatest tragedy, in the words of Jesus, is to “die in your sins.” (John 8:14 - 21) -Bob Sorge

I see nothing else in the world that can yield any satisfaction, besides living to God, pleasing him, and doing his whole will. -David Brainerd

We have been snared in the coils of false logic which insists that if we have found Him, we need no more seek Him - A.W. Tozer

Seeing how extravagantly God gave His goodness to us motivates us to give ourselves fully to Him. -Mike Bickle

God searches for loyalty 2 Chronicles 16:9, and when He finds it, He rewards it with victories in warfare. That’s the point in 2 Chronicles 16. -Bob Sorge

I died to enter the kingdom. I die daily to advance. Resurrection life keeps getting better. So worth it! It sweetens the grave. -Mike Rizzo

Bob Sorge - It's Not Business. It's Personal. (HD)

Christ died to gather into one the children of God who are scattered around the world. John 11:52 -John Piper

Nothing robs us from the joy of our salvation more fiercely than entitlement and our sense of what we "deserve" for our labors. The Christian life is constant joy if it is borne out of continual gratitude. -David Sliker

Psalm 25:14, “The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.” There are secrets in the realms of covenant. But you must fear God in order to see them. 

Why? 

If such pearls are given to those who don’t tremble before Him, they will trample (despise) them without even realizing it (Matthew 7:6) Imagine being shown a secret of Jesus’ heart, and then being accountable because you blew it off rather than stewarded it. -Bob Sorge

"Nothing twists and deforms the soul more than a low or unworthy conception of God." -A.W. Tozer

No one wants to make wrong things right more than Jesus. -Jon Thurlow

"Jesus is never bored in His relationship with you." -Mike Bickle

Seventy years is truly a vapor in light of billions of years that constitute the whole of my life with Christ and His beloved ones. In a mere moment I'll be standing before Jesus talking about how I spent these 70 years; just Him and I, and my love, humility, and purity. -David Sliker

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus. -Elizabeth Elliot

"Unless there is an element of extreme risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith." - Hudson Taylor

King David's question, "Why do the nations rage and plot a vain thing?" is one of the most critical questions in the whole of scripture. We can neither dismiss nor diminish the true capacity of humanity in rage and rebellion nor ignore the "mystery of iniquity" (Thessalonians 2:7). -David Sliker

"The gospel says you are more sinful and flawed than you ever dared believe, but more accepted and loved than you ever dared hope." —Tim Keller

To applaud the great missionary fathers and mothers of the past is easy...to emulate them is costly. Plentiful harvest, few laborers. -Stephen Venable

Steph and I lead worship at the GPHOP this saturday from 5-7. -david

Jesus.
We never grow tired of your name.
We never grow weary of saying.
You're beautiful.
You're beautiful.

"Don't let present sin or a troubled past or the lies of the enemy stop you from coming to the throne of grace." -Dr. Michael Brown