Paul’s Course was Shaped By – E.M. Bounds 7-30-15

Paul was a leader by appointment and by universal recognition and acceptance. He had many mighty forces in this ministry. His conversion, so conspicuous and radical was a great force, a perfect magazine of aggressive and defensive warfare. His call to the apostleship was clear, luminous and convincing. But these forces were not the divinest energies which brought forth the largest results to his ministry. Paul's course was more distinctly shaped and his career rendered more powerfully successful by prayer than by any other force.

E.M. Bounds 1835-1913

Quoted in the book Paul the Leader by J. Oswald Sanders

In Prayer it is Better to Have - John Bunyan

In prayer it is better to have a heart with  without words, than words without a heart.

 

John Bunyan 1628-1688

He who fears God - Charles Spurgeon

He who fears God has nothing else to fear.

 

Charles Spurgeon 1834-1892

If God Lights the Candle - Charles Spurgeon

If God lights the candle, none can blow it out.

Charles Spurgeon 1834-1892

Bring Forth Fruit Answerable To Your State - Ralph Venning

Bring forth fruit answerable to your state. At one time, fruits worthy of repentance were the fruits called for, but now you are to bring forth fruits worthy of assurance, victory, and joy in the Holy Ghost. It is true, God had some little praise from you when you were babes, but now he expects much more; that you bring forth much fruit and be filled with it, that you be strong in faith, that you abound in love, that you be filled with all wisdom and knowledge, to walk worthy of God and to do all to his glory.

Taken from the book Learning in Christ's School

by Ralph Venning 1675

Help Me in This Warfare - Thomas Chalmers

My God, Thou knowest my infirmities; and Thou knowest my desire to overcome them. Send forth Thy Spirit to help me in this warfare. Give me wisdom, O God, and the meekness of wisdom. Let the power of Christ rest upon me.

Taken from the book Sabbath Scripture Readings II

by Thomas Chalmers 1780-1847

Let Us Bless the God of The Poor

Let us bless the God of the poor, and pray continually that the poor may become rich in faith and the rich be made poor in spirit.

Taken from the book The Publications of the American Tract Society  Tracts are from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries