Tila

“Do not add to the cross in your life by becoming so busy that you have no time to sit quietly before God. Do not resist what God brings into your life. Be willing to suffer if that is what is needed. Overactivity and stubbornness will only increase your anguish.”
― Gene Edwards, 100 Days in the Secret Place: Classic Writings from Madame Guyon, Francois Fenelon, and Michael Molinos on the Deeper Christian Life

“Rules were invented by elders so they could get to bed early. Men who speak endlessly on authority only prove they have none. And kings who make speeches about submission only betray twin fears in their hearts: they are not certain they are really true leaders, sent of God. And they live in mortal fear of a rebellion...
No... authority from God is not afraid of challenges, makes no defense, and cares not one whit if it must be dethroned.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“Let others praise you. Don’t praise yourself. If we want God to lift us up, let us get down. The lower we get, the higher God will lift us.”
― Dwight L. Moody, The Overcoming Life

“Here’s how you know if you’ve created God in your own image: he agrees with you on everything.”
― John Mark Comer, God Has a Name