It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus. We are not to be living specimens of men in fine preservation, but living sacrifices, whose lot is to be consumed
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of dedicating one's life to serving Jesus rather than living a comfortable, unchallenged existence.
Charles Spurgeon articulates a profound call to action for believers, suggesting that instead of merely existing in a state of 'fine preservation,' individuals should wholly dedicate themselves to Jesus' service. The notion of being 'living sacrifices' suggests that true fulfillment comes from selflessly giving to others and fully embracing one’s faith, regardless of personal comfort or safety.
In practice
This quote can be used during a church service to inspire congregants to commit more fully to their faith.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.
In the greatest difficulties, in the heaviest trials, in the deepest poverty and necessities, He has never failed me; but because I was enabled by His grace to trust Him He has always appeared for my help. I delight in speaking well of His name.
Tell God you are ready to be offered, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be.
Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.
Even when things are getting worse instead of better - I believe God!
Have faith. The Lord can magnify the words you speak and make them mighty. God doesn’t ask you to convert but rather to open your mouths.
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