“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Cor. 15:22). “Victory rises out of death. Christ went down into the tomb, but three days later he came out! Christ so completely identified with us that he took us to the Cross with Him, buried us with Him,...
“Intercession is standing in other people’s shoes and representing them before God.” — Source Unknown “Our prayers lay the track down by which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, His power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.” — Watchman Nee “Talking to men for God is a great thing, but...
“Those who belong to Christ are sheep. . . . Sheep go in flocks, and so do God’s people.” — Charles Spurgeon “Let those be your choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.” — Phillip Brooks “Man is made for society and Christians for the communion of saints.” — Matthew Henry “Is any...
“And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed . . . And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him” (Luke 22:41, 43). “The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us,...
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.” — Orison Marden “Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all… As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when...
“Few men suspect how much mere talk fritters away spiritual energy. That which should be spent in action, spends itself in words. Hence he who restrains that love of talk, lays up a fund of spiritual strength.” — F. W. Robertson “Learn not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far...