Alexander MacLaren
Alexander MacLaren
way energy infinite
It is not my strength that grows, so much as God's strength in me, which is given more abundantly as the days roll. It is so given on one condition. If my faith has laid hold of the infinite, the exhaustless, the immortal energy of God, unless there is something fearfully wrong about me, I shall be getting purer, nobler, wiser, more observant of His will; gentler, like Christ; every way fitter for His service, and for larger service, as the days increase.
prayer waiting thankfulness
The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
jesus meat deeds
There is one thing that makes life mighty in its veriest trifles, worthy in its smallest deeds, that delivers it from monotony, that delivers it from insignificance. All will be great, nothing will be overpowering, when, living in communion with Jesus Christ, we say as He says, "My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me.
christian christian-inspirational lord
Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?"
trouble absence presence-of-god
Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.
men firsts god-love
No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.
jesus people world
The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.
heart mean blessing
Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of eternity in our hearts, the destination for eternity written on our inmost being, and the need to ally ourselves with eternity proclaimed by the most short-lived trifles of time. Either these things will be the blessing or the curse of our lives. Which do yon mean that they shall be for you?
blunders duties interpret letting mostly wishes
Our blunders mostly come from letting our wishes interpret our duties
giving grows knows lies living loses sure
All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.
appear bears doth glory growing heaven sea shall wave
In heaven after ''ages of ages'' of growing glory, we shall have to say, as each new wave of the shoreless, sunlit sea bears us onward, ''It doth not yet appear what we shall be.''
sky light might
Why should we live halfway up the hill and swathed in the mists, when we might have an unclouded sky and a radiant sun over our heads if we would climb higher and walk in the light of His face?
past safe forget
Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.