What They Said

“Consecration must first be a spirit in us, a spirit of love, a life in our heart, which shall flow out to everyone, in a desire to bless and help and make better.”

"True sanctification does not consist in outward formalism and external devoutness."

"The bearing of much fruit not only brings glory to God, but proves such rich fruit-bearers to be genuine disciples of the Lord Jesus. Now, though there is no merit in their bearing fruit, they sometimes get comfort from it, as proving an abiding union with Christ. "If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.""

"To walk in the truth, imports a life of integrity, holiness, faithfulness, and simplicity; the natural product of those principles of truth which the gospel teaches, and which the Spirit of God enables us to receive. We may judge of the secrets of the soul by their manifestation in the man's Conversation."

“A gracious heart so esteems it’s union with Christ that it will not willingly suffer anything to come in an choke it.”

“Another condition of consecration, is humility. It does not usually mean great things, conspicuous services--but little lowly things, for which we shall get neither praise nor thanks. Most of us must be content to live commonplace lives. Ninety-nine percent of the work which blesses the world, and which most advances the kingdom of Christ--must always be inconspicuous, along the lines of common duties, in home relationships, in personal associations, in neighborhood helpfulness. “

"Genuine sanctification will show itself in habitual attention to the active graces which our Lord so beautifully exemplified, and especially to the grace of charity. "A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."

"Whatever the world does in the years ahead, and whatever happens among mankind, true Christinas have no cause for worry."

"Surely bible-reading Christians should be the last person on earth to give way to hysteria.   They are redeemed from their past offenses, kept in their present circumstances by the power of an all-powerful God, and their future is safe in His hands."

"A fear-stricken church cannot help a scared world.  We who are in the secret place of safety must begin to talk and act like it"

"A scared world needs a fearless church."

"Genuine sanctification will show itself in an habitual endeavor to do Christ’s will and to live by His practical precepts."

"When you look back upon the way the Lord has led you these many years in the wilderness, can you not see how circumstance after circumstance, and event after event arose, to prove what was in you; whether godly fear, whether simplicity and sincerity, whether a desire to fear God, whether a dread to offend him, whether the life and power of vital godliness, or whether little else than an empty profession without the life-giving power of God in the soul?"

"In us truth must be a living force, an active energy, an indwelling reality, a part of the woof and warp of our being."

"The more you are near to God in the duties of worship, the more you are in heaven."

“But the heart of consecration, is not devotion to this or that kind of service for Christ; it is devotion to the divine will. It is readiness to do, not what we want to do in Christ's service--but what He gives us to do. When we reach this state of spirit, we shall not need to wait long to find our work.”

"Sanctification is not merely the occasional performance of right actions. Rather, it is the continual work of a new heavenly principle within, which runs through one’s daily conduct in everything he does, big or small. It is not like a pump, which only sends forth water when worked upon from without, but like a perpetual fountain, from which a stream is ever flowing spontaneously and naturally."

"Just as the sun rises in the east and gradually mounts up into the meridian sky, dispersing with every ray light, warmth, and gladness; so this blessed Lord Jesus, as the Sun of righteousness, is ever dispersing the beams of his grace and the rays of his favour; and whenever those beams come, and those rays fall, there is light and life, and everything to make the soul holy and happy."

"Truth must enter into the soul, penetrate and saturate it, or else it is of no value. Doctrines held as a matter of mere creed are like bread in the hand, which ministers no nourishment to the frame. But doctrine accepted by the heart, is as food digested, which, by assimilation, sustains and builds up the body."

“Let our hearts be for God alone, for God alone is enough to satisfy our hearts, to supply all good unto us for ever.”

“The first condition of consecration, must always be entire readiness to accept God's will for our lives. It is not enough to be willing to do Christian work. There are many people who are quite ready to do certain things in the service of Christ--but who are not ready to do everything He might want them to do.”

"Sanctification does not consist in retirement from our place in life and the renunciation of our social duties. In every age it has been a snare with many to take up this line in the pursuit of holiness."