Author: Administrador

The rapidity with which improvement is made in the life will depend altogether upon the degree of self-criticism we bring to our prayers and to the school of daily living. Let a man fall under the delusion that he has arrived, and all progress is stopped until he has seen his error and forsaken it. … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
GROWTH; PRIDE: SPIRITUAL; PENITENCE”

I would like to be able to ask every Christian in the world this question: Are you really interested in God’s producing in you the beautiful fruits and fragrances of the Holy Spirit? For every affirmative answer, I would quickly recommend: Then look to your own willingness to be regular in the habits of a … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
GROWTH; SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES; FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT”

A lifetime of observation, Bible reading and prayer has led to the conclusion that the only thing that can hinder a Christian’s progress is the Christian himself.… God has so ordered things that His children may grow as successfully in the middle of a desert as in the most fruitful land. It is necessary that … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
GROWTH; SPIRITUAL VICTORY”

Once while walking among the hills of a southeastern state I noticed a piece of white paper lying by the roadside. Its presence there was, under the circumstances, so unexpected that it aroused my curiosity. I picked it up and found written on it in a clear, legible hand these words: “In all the world … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
GROWTH; DISCIPLESHIP”

Every farmer knows the hunger of the wilderness, that hunger which no modern farm machinery, no improved agricultural methods, can ever quite destroy. No matter how well prepared the soil, how well kept the fences, how carefully painted the buildings, let the owner neglect for a while his prized and valued acres and they will … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
GROWTH; DISCIPLESHIP; BIBLE: NEGLECT OF”

At the root of all true spiritual growth is a set of right and sanctified desires. The whole Bible teaches that we can have whatever we want badly enough if, it hardly need be said, our desire is according to the will of God. The desire after God and holiness is back of all real … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
GROWTH; LONGING FOR GOD; CHRISTLIKENESS”

The new birth does not produce the finished product. The new thing that is born of God is as far from completeness as the new baby born an hour ago. That new human being, the moment he is born, is placed in the hands of powerful molding forces that go far to determine whether he … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
GROWTH; NEW BELIEVER; CHOICES”

Every man sows what he will later reap and reaps what he has previously sown. This is a law of life, says Paul, and we may as well know that we cannot beat it. God will not be mocked.… Our today is bound to all our yesterdays, and our tomorrow will be the sum of … Continue reading “SOWING
AND REAPING”

One marked difference between the faith of our fathers as conceived by the fathers and the same faith as understood and lived by their children is that the fathers were concerned with the root of the matter, while their present-day descendants seem concerned only with the fruit.… “The root of the righteous yieldeth fruit,” said … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
DEPTH”

Failure to see this is the cause of a very serious breakdown in modern evangelicalism. The idea of cultivation and exercise, so dear to the saints of old, has now no place in our total religious picture. It is too slow, too common. We now demand glamour and fast flowing dramatic action. A generation of … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
GROWTH; CURRENT CONDITIONS: SHALLOWNESS; CHURCH: CURRENT CONDITION”