Category: Book Quotes

When a general chooses the place from which he intends to strike his enemy, he pays most attention to those points that he thinks most important in the fight.  The place of private prayer is the key, the strategic position, where decisive victory is obtained. The Enemy also knows this strategic tool is the key […]

  “In me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing.” —Rom. 7:18. What is your opinion of your old self? Do you truly repudiate it? Do you recognize and believe as Paul said in Rom 7:18 that “In me, that is, in my flesh, dwelling NO good thing?” Are you prepared to tell yourself […]

 “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.”–John 15:10. The life of Jesus, with His feelings and disposition, is breathed into us by the Holy Spirit. The believer’s calling is to think and feel and will just what Jesus thought […]

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things” (Philippians 4:8). The potential of the human mind is staggering! No matter how advanced we become in developing technology, and even in the […]

“As the Father hath loved me, so I have loved you. Abide in my love, even as I abide in my Father’s love.”-John 15:9,10. 2 Cor 3:18 tells that as we behold Christ, we will be changed into the image we see. Andrew Murray said, “Believer, abide in the love of Christ. Take and study His […]

Throughout scripture we are instructed often to know, count on, and yield to truth (Romans 6) before we feel it to be true, or experience the truth of it in reality. In faith we can rejoice in what we do not see or feel. 1 John 2:27 tells us that the Holy Spirit abides in us. His work […]

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. “– John 15:7.  Have you ever wondered how this can be possible? Does God really mean that if I ask whatever I want that He will do it?” How is that possible? The […]

By nature the heart is full of selfishness. Even in the believer, his own salvation, work and happiness are often too much his only object. His work and service for Christ can become what He lives for, giving him fulfillment and satisfaction by what he can accomplish for God.   But, through abiding in Jesus, you come into […]

Reading for the day Devotional Thoughts I am beginning to see that idolatry is a much bigger issue in my life than I ever imagined. In the past week, as I have read and written, the subject has come up a couple times. But I’m am beginning to see that almost every sin in my […]

Elyse Fitzpatrick: Idols of the Heart; Chapter 10 Resisting Your Idols What Are You Tempted to Worship? Satan is successful in tempting us to sin because we have idolatrous thoughts and desires. That’s why it’s so important to become aware of them. Remember that fear of loss and imaginations of pleasure spring from our idolatrous […]