discipleship

I always have the feeling we are merely fearfully trying to save room for God; I would rather speak of God at the center than at the limits, in strength rather than weakness, and thus in human life and goodness rather than in death and guilt.

Never was living beauty so enchanting as a dying Saviour.

We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.

We need both reverence and obedience. If we worship but do not walk in obedience and discipline, we are emotional, lacking self-control and godly character. If we obey God__ commandments but are not true worshipers, we become religious and judgmental. As the Pharisees in Jesus_ day, we may miss the real meaning and purpose, even God Himself.

I've never found time to indulge more than a single ambition.

The intensity of the love of the upright is not so much to be judged by what it appears as by what the upright long for. It is our daily lament that we cannot love enough.

This wasn't a legalistic play. He simply wanted more and more of God.

(Pastor Chuck) Smith told his elders in no uncertain terms that if the church had to turn away young people because of bare feet and clothes that they would be better off ripping up the carpet and replacing the pews with steel folding chairs.

Christian spirituality combines a sense of the awe and majesty of God with a sense of His intimate presence.

When grace has won the day, the worldling seeks the world to come.

And morning came_ It still comes. Our God is here, Emmanuel, among us, always coming towards us, always standing behind us, always standing up for us, always standing with us in solidarity in communion asking us to come with Him now as disciple, as follower, as believer, as a friend, as intimate beloved child of God, now and forever.

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.

When we shift from personal purity to personal happiness, we lose biblical hope because we are not focusing on God's agenda, we are focusing on our own. God's agenda is guaranteed on our agenda is not.

We are hardwired for glory because we are hardwired for God.

This child-like spirit soon perceives the grandeur of the Father "in heaven," and ascends to devout adoration, "Hallowed be Thy name." The child lisping, "Abba, Father," grows into the cherub crying, "Holy, Holy, Holy.

J.R.R. Tolkien told a questioning correspondent, life's purpose is to know, praise, and thank God.

The more loftily we see Christ enthroned, and the more lowly we are when bowing before the foot of the throne, the more truly shall we be prepared to act our part towards Him.

I__ feeling very thin and vulnerable, in a good way.