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Great Quote From C.S. Lewis....

“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.  We are far too easily pleased!”

Primal

While I was reading Mark Batterson's new book, Primal,  I came a across a challenging quote...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; ...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly"  -- Teddy Roosevelt

I want my life to me lived in the "arena" risking much, dreaming big, and working hard to see God get the glory that is His. If you are looking for a great read, pick up Batterson's new book up by clicking here.

A Few Thoughts On Prayer I Need to Remember...

Some challenging statements on prayer from Leonard Ravenhill's book, "Revival God's Way":

Prayer demands no special dress.

Prayer demands no special place.

Prayer demands no special eloquence.

Prayer demands no special scholarship.

Prayer never struts.

Prayer seeks no applause.

Prayer is often most mighty when it is most quiet.

Prayer defies definition.

Prayer eludes explanation.

Prayer is birthed in time, but it is grasped in eternity.

Prayer strengthens the weak and weakens the strong.

Prayer touches the power of the world to come.

Good Quote

"Virtue is that by which man seeks continuously for his Maker and when he finds him, adheres to him with all his might." -- Bernard of Clairvaux, from On Loving God.

Acts 2.42   They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.  43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.  44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.  45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.  46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,  47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Great Quote

"It is one of the paradoxes of success that the things and ways which got you there are seldom those things that keep you there."  ~ Charles Handy

I love this quote from Eugene Peterson, “Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite. Our need for God is not taken care of by engaging in worship; it deepens. It overflows the hour and permeates the week.”

"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody." ~ Herbert B. Swope

A.W. Tozer -- No people has ever risen above it’s religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God.

“Open your hearts to the love God instills … God loves you tenderly. What he gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared.” - Mother Teresa