Our age has been sadly deficient in what may be
termed spiritual greatness. At the root of this is the
modern disease of shallowness. We are all too
impatient to meditate on the faith we profess…
It is not the busy skimming over religious books or
the careless hastening through religious duties which
makes for a strong Christian faith. Rather, it is
unhurried meditation on gospel truths and the
exposing of our minds to these truths that
yield the fruit of sanctified character.
· Maurice Roberts
In contemporary society our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in “muchness” and “manyness,” he will rest satisfied.”
· Richard Foster
Prayer, secret, fervent, believing prayer—lies at the root of all personal godliness
· William Carey
The great fault of the children of God is, they do not continue in prayer; they do not go on praying; they do not persevere. If they desire anything for God’s glory, they should pray until they get it. Oh, how good, and kind, and gracious, and condescending is the One with Whom we have to do! He has given me, unworthy as I am, immeasurably above all I had asked or thought!
· George Muller
We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds it way into the church. We have liberty, we have money, we live in comparative luxury. As a result, discipline practically has disappeared. What would a violin solo sound like if the strings on the musician’s instrument were all hanging loose, not stretched tight, not “disciplined”?
· AW Tozer
The practice of keeping a diary would promote vigilance. The lives of many are spent at a sort of hazard… Now a diary would have a tendency to raise the standard to such persons by exciting vigilance.
· Josiah Pratt
Self-indulgence is the enemy of gratitude, and self-discipline usually it's friend and generator. That is why gluttony is a deadly sin. The early desert fathers believed that a person's appetites are linked: full stomachs and jaded palates take the edge from our hunger and thirst for righteousness. They spoil the appetite for God.
· Cornelius Platinga, Jr.
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