“Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the
same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord
by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each
one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each
one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they
could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their
eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship." from 'The Pursuit of God'
“We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts” from 'The Pursuit of God'
“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and
made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for
further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God,
I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be
made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may
know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my
soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’ Then give me grace
to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have
wandered so long.”
“A man by his sin may waste himself, which is to waste that which on
earth is most like God. This is man's greatest tragedy and God's
heaviest grief.”
“Yet if we would know God and for others sake tell what we know we must
try to speak of his love. All Christians have tried but none has ever
done it very well. I can no more do justice to that awesome and
wonder-filled theme than a child can grasp a star. Still by reaching
toward the star the child may call attention to it and even indicate the
direction one must look to see it. So as I stretch my heart toward the
high shining love of God someone who has not before known about it may
be encouraged to look up and have hope.” from 'The Knowledge of the Holy'
“If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and
bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus' fist,
but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by
vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice. Jesus
Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His
enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to
conquer Him.”
from 'Preparing for Jesus' Return: Daily Live the Blessed Hope'
“We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end.”
“Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work
will be as sacred as the work of the ministry. It is not what a man
does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he
does it.” from 'The Pursuit of God'
“Did you ever stop to think that God is going to be as pleased to have you with Him in Heaven as you are to be there?” from 'The Attributes of God: A Journey Into the Father's Heart'
