Encouraging Thoughts For Christians (from Eileen F.)

* The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. - George Mueller, Orphanage, Bristol, England

* A little faith with bring your soul to Heave, but a lot of faith will bring Heaven to your soul. - D. L. Moody, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago

* "From prayer that I may be
Sheltered from winds that beat on Thee,
From fearing when I should aspire,
From faltering when I should climb higher,
From silken self, Oh Captain, Free Thy soldier
Who would follow Thee.
From subtle love of softening things,
From easy choices, weakenings,
(Not thus are spirits fortified,
not this way went the Crucified)
From all that dims Thy Calvary,
Oh Lamb of God, deliver me.
Give me the love that leads the way,
The faith that nothing can dismay.
The hope no disappointments tire,
The passion that will burn like fire,
Let me not sink to be a clod:
Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God."
- Amy Carmichael, Dohnavur Fellowship, India

* Forbid it, LORD, that our roots become too firmly attached to the earth, that we should fall in love with things.
Help us to understand that the pilgrimage of this life is but an introduction, a preface, a training school for what is to come.
Then shall we see all of life in its true perspective.
Then shall we not fall in love with the things of time, but come to love things that endure.
Then shall we be saved from the tyranny of possessions which we have no leisure of enjoy, of property whose care becomes a burden.
Give us, we pray, the courage to simplify our lives.
So may we be mature in our faith, child-like but never childish, humble but never cringing, understanding but never conceited.
So help us, O God, to live and not merely to exist, that we may have joy in our work.
In Thy Name, who alone can give us moderation and balance and zest for living, we pray. Amen!
- Peter Marshall, Liberation & Materialism