“Lord Jesus, do absolutely anything you need to do to me, so that you can do absolutely everything you want to do through me.”
― Serve Strong
― Serve Strong
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
“[We] do not glorify God by providing His needs, but by praying that He would provide ours—and trusting Him to answer.”
― Serve Strong
― Serve Strong
“the beleaguered Christ-follower who’s being pummeled by temptation doesn’t cave in because he knows this life is brief and the next one isn’t.”
― Serve Strong
― Serve Strong
“Your prayer must be turned inwards, not towards a God of Heaven nor towards a God far off, but towards God who is closer to you than you are aware.”
― Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home
― Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home
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