"To be forged upon the anvil of God's purpose, to be at once His hammer, His tongs, and His molten iron; to hear words that rend the heart, see visions that pierce the chest; to be emptied like an urn, again and again and again until one desires only rest, only an end to the refilling — and to know one cannnot live without the refilling. To be given words that one dare not speak, and to feel those words churning and boiling in the belly until one must speak them aloud, or die. To be despised, soon or late, by everyone except Adonai — and to desire it so, while hating it. This is to be a prophet."
"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."
"Faith says not, 'I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it,' but, 'God sent it, and so it must be good for me.' Faith, walking in the dark with..."
"Dear Child of Glory,
The world is filled with many beautiful and precious people. Unfortunately, so many of them miss their greatest opportunities......"
"A backslider, if there be a spark of life left in him will groan after restoration. In this renewal the same exercise of grace is required as at our....."
"For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have..."
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