Christian Wisdom: September 2008 Archives

God examines both rich and poor, not according to their lands and houses, but according to the riches of their hearts.

--Augustine of Hippo

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

--St. Peter Julian Eymard

Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

--Mark 9:42

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

--Blessed Julian of Norwich

If we’re not growing, we must feel guilty, because we are not fulfilling Christ’s command.

--Evan Burrows, referring to the Salvation Army

The Christian message is juxtaposed between crowns and crosses.--T.D. Jakes...

The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came...Anticipate your battles; fight them...

Find satisfaction in Him who made you, and only then find satisfaction in yourself as a part of His creation.--Augustine of Hippo...

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering...The love of God did not protect His own Son...He will not necessarily protect us--not from anything it takes to make...

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.--Matthew 6:34 (Revised Standard Version)...

If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.--Phillips Brooks...

When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.--John Ruskin...

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.--Max Lucado...

The gospel is open to all; the most respectable sinner has no more claim on it than the worst.--D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones...

Heaven will be the perfection we've always longed for. All the things that made Earth unlovely and tragic will be absent in heaven.--Billy Graham...

Faith seeks understanding. I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand.--St. Anselm of Canterbury...

My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me; if any man's will is to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.--John 7:16-19...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.--William Hazlitt...

The will of God will never take you where the grace of God cannot keep you.--Unknown...

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.--Luke 6:27...

The devil sees nothing more abominable than a truly humble Christian, for that Christian is just the opposite of the devil’s own image.--Hans Nielsen Hauge...

Forever at the door I gave my heart and soul. My fortune, too. I've no flock anymore, no other work in view. My occupation: love. It's all I do.--St. John of the Cross...

If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.--C.H. Spurgeon...

Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.--Luke 23:43 (Revised Standard Version...

God's love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God's love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.--Simone Weil...

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.--Joseph Cardinal Bernardin...

No man ever loved like Jesus. He taught the blind to see and the dumb to speak. He died on the cross to save us. He bore our sins. And now God says, ""Because He did, I can forgive you.""--Billy...

Salt, when dissolved in water, may disappear, but it does not cease to exist. We can be sure of its presence by tasting the water. Likewise, the indwelling Christ, though unseen, will be made evident to others from the love...

Complete happiness is knowing God.--John Calvin...

Make sure the thing you’re living for is worth dying for.--Charles Mayes...