...now and again--at rare intervals--one meets someone who, like Paul, has looked into the matchless face of Jesus, and who henceforth sees nothing save the face of his Beloved. There is a radiance about such a one, a glory shining forth, a wonderful quality of voice and handclasp, a fragrance unmistakable.
Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald
Thinking Christianly without a regular renewal of our commitment to Christ leads to a deadness of religion, a boring faith, an ineffective witness to God. And we who have grown up with the gospel of Christ have to be very careful to avoid this.
If we are ever to develop a spiritual life that gives contentment, it will be because we approach spiritual living as a discipline, much as the athlete trains his body for competition.
...worship and intercession are far more the business of aligning myself with God's purposes than asking Him to align with mine.
Today our public worlds demand a few good people who can walk among the masses and negotiate with the powerful, but never change, never capitulate, never compromise.
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