"Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his own lusts and vices. It is in vain for any man to usurp the name of Christian, without holiness of life, purity of manners, benignity and meekness of spirit."
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"He that denies any of the doctrines that Christ has delivered, to be true, denies him to be sent from God, and consequently to be the Messiah; and so ceases to be a Christian."
"Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any. Nothing is visible but the merest outline of dusky shapes. Standing within all is clear and defined; every ray of light reveals an army of unspeakable splendors."
"When a man is made a spiritual peer he loses his surname; when a temporal, his Christian name."
"You cannot have a testimony without a test. Will you pass the test or have the monies?"
"If you can manage to be thankful in every situation, really believing that God is working everything out for your good, you will end up with the victory every single time."
"If we continue to believe God and place our trust in Him, bad things ultimately give way to better things."
"In Christ, it's never too late, you're never too old... it's never "too anything" for Him to work positive change in your life."
"Trusting Him to work out your circumstances instead of using your own might and power will bring deep satisfying joy into your life."
"Life is sometimes very complicated, but we can purposely learn to enjoy the simple yet powerful and beautiful things God has created!"
"God has created us to be dependent upon Him, to bring Him our challenges and allow Him to help us with them."
"It is sad that today many times people give up in the hard times and never get to enjoy the fruit of all their labor."
"There are a lot of 'chicken Christians.' Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house."
"There is no power in your name or my name, but there is awesome power in the name of Jesus because of everything he represents."
"There are people in the world who aren't necessarily Christians, but they're just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people."
"[T]he Christian is unable to sin and not care ... They may sin, but they cannot do so comfortably and continually. They are very much aware of their wrong actions, and they are very miserable."
"Some Christians feel guilty when they are doing something that isn't 'spiritual.' Somehow or another, they feel the need to hurry through the grocery store, dash through the house cleaning, and rush through all the daily aspects of life that seem irrelevant to their faith."
"If you're gonna be free, you gotta stop caring what everyone thinks."
"You see, rebellion, and the disobedience it causes, keeps us from having the power of God that's available to us as Christians."
"We all need God's power in our lives, and prayer is the dynamic that releases His power, sometimes in dramatic ways."