No heart will ever rise to genuine prayer that does not at the same time long for holiness.
HT: @mmattinglyjr
The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit’s Illumination
Draw down God’s holy Spirit into your hearts; you will experience his gracious influence, and feel him enlightening, quickening, and inflaming your souls by the word of God; you will then not only read, but mark, learn, and inwardly digest what you read: and the word of God will be meat [i.e. nourishment] indeed.
What Is Preaching?
What is preaching? Logic on fire! Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire. A true understanding and experience of the Truth must lead to this. I say again that a man who can speak about these things dispassionately has no right whatsoever to be in a pulpit; and should never be allowed to enter one.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Where Do Disciples Come From?
Churches don’t make disciples; disciples make disciples.
Colin Marshall & Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine (Kingsford NSW: Matthias Media, 2009), 117.
The Triumph of Christ’s Love
The resolute purpose of our Lord exemplified His devotion to duty, it showed not less clearly the triumph of His love. For in this case duty was the offspring of love; love undertook the obligation; and all through His life, and especially at its close, love and duty went hand in hand. At the end, the triumph of love was all the greater, because the wickedness it had to conquer was so frightful. Cold floods fell upon a warm heart, but the heart remained as warm as ever. At Calvary, men seemed to defy the love of Christ. They did every conceivable thing to turn it into hatred. But the endurance of Christ showed that no impression had been made on it. His was love that many waters could not quench, and that floods could not drown.
The Bible and Prayer
The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong.
HT: @CSLCHSnMore
What Makes You Thirsty?
Until your soul has a thirst for Christ as the bread of life and the living water, you will use Christ for what your soul thirsts after. Many people who claim to have saving faith simply use Christ to get what they really want, which is not Christ but His gifts (escape from hell, peace of mind, health of body, a better marriage, a social network, etc.). We are saved by coming to Christ not only as our deliverer but also as our treasure.
The Crucified Pastor
The man who preaches the cross must himself be a crucified man.
G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945)
HT: @cslchsnmore
God Be Merciful to Me
What Did You Preach This Week?
A Christian is a walking sermon. We preach far more than a minister does, for we preach all week long.
J. C. Ryle
HT: Challies.com
Life Is Worship 