The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Nahum 1:7

The training of the Twelve was the great,difficult and enduring work of Christ...it is not great talents or great learning of great preachers that God needs,but men great in holiness,great in faith,great in love,great in fidelity,great for God-men always preaching holy sermons in the pulpit-by holy lives out of it. These can mold a generation for God.

~E.M. Bounds

Do not have your concert first,and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin your day with the Word of God and in prayer,and get first of all into harmony with Him.

Hudson Taylor

{Sunlight}

Sunlight...

rays from the sun,filtering through our atmosphere,sustaining life on the earth. Without it we would die. 

Jesus Christ...

 Light of the world,Bright and morning Star, Sunlight of my soul. Without Him we would forever perish. 

For God,who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.  ~2 Corinthians 4:6  

  

He is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep,to gain that which he cannot lose. 

Jim Elliot

 Here are some statements that Amy Carmichael made about her life...

My vow: 

Whatsoever Thou sayest unto me,by Thy grace I will do it.

My constraint:

 Thy love,O Christ my Lord.

My confidence:

 Thou art able to keep that which I have committed unto Thee.

My joy:

 To do Thy will,O God.

My discipline: 

That which I would not choose,but which Thy love appoints.

My prayer: 

Conform my will to Thine.

My motto: 

Love to live,live to love.

My portion: 

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance.

"Teach us,good Lord,to serve thee as thou deservest ,to give and not count the cost,to fight and not heed the wounds,to toil and not seek for rest,to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do Thy will,O Lord our God."

Resolution

Resolution one:

I will live for God.

Resolution two:

If no one else does,I still will.

-Jonathan Edwards