…a word in due season, how good it is! (Prov. 15:23 KJV)
These are quick quotes from others in the Body who have faithfully ministered.
“The “more excellent way” is love, which beareth all things, hopeth all things, imputeth no evil. Nevertheless, if love see a fault, love will reprove in faithfulness the fault it sees. I say sees, for love is discerning, and love is faithful. I cannot but deal in such faithfulness with all my brethren, and entreat them to smite me in like manner, which, indeed, is to anoint my head with “excellent oil” (Ps. 141:5).”
– Robert Chapman
“Glory follows afflictions, not as the day follows the night but as the spring follows the winter; for the winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.”
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“A foolish physician he is, and a most unfaithful friend, that will let a sick man die for fear of troubling him; and cruel wretches are we to our friends, that will rather suffer them to go quietly to hell, then we will anger them, or hazard our reputation with them”
– Richard Baxter
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful”
Proverbs 27:6
“What is possible to you is what you will be measured by”
Richard Sibbes
“And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.”
Luke 21:1-4
“There is nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief.”
– Smith Wigglesworth
“Actions speak louder than words.
Let your words teach and your actions speak.”
Anthony of Padua
“So speak ye, and so do,
as they that shall be judged
by the law of liberty.”
James 2:12
Brian Troxel
“Go, set a watchman,
let him declare what he seeth.”
Isaiah 21:6
“In vision the prophet is placed upon a lofty pile, and from that eminence he looks abroad upon the whole field of human action, and reports what passes under his own eyesight. A watchman is not a warrior. We must always notice the distribution of functions in spiritual and social life. Though the watchman is not a warrior, yet the warrior would be weaker did he lack the guidance of the watcher’s eyes. The watcher draws no sword, yet to him may the victory in no small degree be due. We need in the Church quiet, observant, contemplative men. Yet there must be a limit even to a watchman’s silence. The lifting of a finger may be enough in some instances, or the holding forth of an appointed signal. In other cases there must be a loud crying out, so that men may know that danger is imminent. The circumstances of each case will determine the watchman’s duty. The unfaithful watchman is a murderer. This doctrine applies to preachers, teachers, statesmen, patriots, and to all persons susceptible of deep conviction and charged with high responsibilities. Woe to the world when the watchmen are asleep or are selfishly silent.”
The People’s Bible by Joseph Parker
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:6
These words are addressed to those of God’s children who have been pierced with the arrow of infinite desire, who yearn for God with a yearning that has overcome them, who long with a longing that has become pain.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.”
A dead body feels no hunger and the dead soul knows not the pangs of holy desire. “If you want God,” said the old saint, “you have already found Him.” Our desire for fuller life is proof that some life must be there already….
A.W.Tozer
“The most deadly poison of our times is indifference”
Maximilian Kolbe
Indifference is the malaise of spiritual apathy. It is the distinguishing mark of a life which is out of touch with God. The only cure is repentance and prayer.
Brian Troxel
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.