Wonderful Quote

You don’t have to know what tomorrow looks like. All you have to do is trust the Lord with today. – Jennifer Rothschild

What you must do to be blessed

I say it again, God will bless you. You have been praying for blessing. But do remember, there must be absolute surrender. At every tea-table you see it. Why is tea poured into that cup? Because it is empty, and given up for the tea. But put ink, or vinegar, or wine into it, and will they pour the tea into the vessel? And can God fill you, can God bless you if you are not absolutely surrendered to Him? He cannot. Let us believe God has wonderful blessings for us, if we will but stand up for God, and say, be it with a trembling will, yet with a believing heart: ‘O God, I accept Thy demands. I am thine and all that I have. Absolute surrender is what my soul yields to Thee by divine grace.’ – Andrew Murray

 

 

True Faith

 

“If we insist on visible proofs from God, we may well prepare the way for a permanent state of disappointment. True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will.

As I searched through the Bible for models of great faith, I was struck by how few saints experienced anything like Job’s dramatic encounter with God. The rest responded to the hiddenness not by demanding that he show himself, but by going ahead and believing him though he stayed hidden.”

– Phillip Yancey

 

 

Great prayer

Disturb us Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves.

When our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little.

When we arrived safely, because we sailed too closed to the shore.

May this be your prayer of your life

– Sir Francis Drake