Empower
me to be a bold participant, rather than a timid saint in waiting; to exercise
authority of honesty, rather than to defer to power or deceive to get it; to
influence someone for justice, rather than impress anyone for gain; and by
grace, to find treasures of joy, of friendship, of peace hidden in the fields
you give me daily to plow. - Ted Loder
If
honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not
patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my
fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes. -
George Muller
Sincerity
is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows
not how to wear two vizards, one for an appearance before men, and another for a
short snatch in a corner; but it must have God, and be with him in the duty of
prayer. It is not lip-labour that it doth regard, for it is the heart that God
looks at, and that which sincerity looks at, and that which prayer comes from,
if it be that prayer which is accompanied with sincerity - John Bunyan
If
you want the truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull
it; but if you want a lie to go round the world. it will fly; it is as light as
a feather, and a breath will carry it. It is well said in the old proverb, 'a
lie will go round the world while truth is putting its boots on. - Charles
Haddon Spurgeon
Never...
think we have a due knowledge of ourselves till we have been exposed to various
kinds of temptations, and tried on every side. Integrity on one side of our
character is no voucher for integrity on another. We cannot tell how we should
act if brought under temptations different from those we have hitherto
experienced. This thought should keep us humble. We are sinners, but we do not
know how great. He alone knows who died for our sins. - John Henry Newman
If
I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I
cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then I know
nothing of Calvary love. - Amy Carmichael
Empower
me to be a bold participant, rather than a timid saint in waiting; to exercise
authority of honesty, rather than to defer to power or deceive to get it; to
influence someone for justice, rather than impress anyone for gain; and by
grace, to find treasures of joy, of friendship, of peace hidden in the fields
you give me daily to plow. - Ted Loder
If
honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not
patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my
fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes. -
George Muller
Sincerity
is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows
not how to wear two vizards, one for an appearance before men, and another for a
short snatch in a corner; but it must have God, and be with him in the duty of
prayer. It is not lip-labour that it doth regard, for it is the heart that God
looks at, and that which sincerity looks at, and that which prayer comes from,
if it be that prayer which is accompanied with sincerity - John Bunyan
If
you want the truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull
it; but if you want a lie to go round the world. it will fly; it is as light as
a feather, and a breath will carry it. It is well said in the old proverb, 'a
lie will go round the world while truth is putting its boots on. - Charles
Haddon Spurgeon
Never...
think we have a due knowledge of ourselves till we have been exposed to various
kinds of temptations, and tried on every side. Integrity on one side of our
character is no voucher for integrity on another. We cannot tell how we should
act if brought under temptations different from those we have hitherto
experienced. This thought should keep us humble. We are sinners, but we do not
know how great. He alone knows who died for our sins. - John Henry Newman
If
I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I
cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then I know
nothing of Calvary love. - Amy Carmichael