Showing posts with label Trust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trust. Show all posts

Thursday, July 7, 2011

What makes a Christian

"A Christian is one who does what the Lord Jesus tells him. Neither more nor less than that makes a Christian. It is not even understanding the Lord Jesus that makes one a Christian. It is doing what he tells us that makes us Christians, and that is the only way to understand him."
- George MacDonald

Source: MacDonald, George. Knowing the Heart of God. Compiled by Michael R. Phillips. Bethany House Publishers, 1990: p. 254.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Why George Müller Started An Orphanage

"I certainly did from my heart desire to be used by God to benefit the bodies of poor children, bereaved of both parents, and seek in other respects, with the help of God, to do them good for this life;--I also particularly longed to be used by God in getting the dear orphans trained up in the fear of God;--but still, the first and primary object of the work was (and still is:) that God might be magnified by the fact, that the orphans under my care are provided with all they need, only by prayer and faith without anyone being asked by me or my fellow-laborers whereby it may be seen, that God is FAITHFUL STILL, and HEARS PRAYER STILL."
- George Müller

Source: Müller, George. Answers To Prayer From George Müller's Narratives. Compiled by A. E. C. Brooks. The Moody Press, 2008: p. 4-5.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Abraham's Faith

"When God spoke to Abraham, he listened. When God promised, he trusted. When God commanded, he obeyed."
- Britt Merrick

Source: Merrick, Britt. Big God. Ventura: Regal Books, 2010. p. 108.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Adjustment

"Sincere belief will bring life adjustment. Adjustments are those things we do to make our lives more in harmony with and more aligned with God's heart and God's will. Adjustments are acts of obedience, and obedience and faith are bound up together. It was faith that caused Noah to obey, and moved him to action. Faith moves us to action. If you trust God, you will obey God. What you do is what you truly believe."
- Britt Merrick

Source: Merrick, Britt. Big God. Ventura: Regal Books, 2010. p. 97.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Rest on God

"I know all created power should sink under me if I should lean down upon it, and therefore it is better to rest on God than sink or fall; and we weak souls must have a bottom and being-place, for we cannot stand out alone. Let us then be wise in our choice and choose and wail our own blessedness, which is to trust in the Lord."
- Samuel Rutherford

 Source: Rutherford, Samuel. The Loveliness of Christ. Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 2007. Pg 6.