All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help to heal this open sore of the world.
David LivingstoneRead
Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of faith in Christ as essential for guidance and strength in life.
David Livingstone's quote highlights the belief that without the presence and support of Christ, one cannot progress in life. In contrast, with faith in Christ, one can confidently venture into any situation or challenge, symbolizing that spiritual faith provides the necessary strength and direction for life's journey.
In practice
In a church sermon discussing the importance of faith in daily life.
All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help to heal this open sore of the world.
Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.
I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.
It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger, now and then, with a foregoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life, may make us pause, and cause the spirit to waver, and the soul to sink; but let this only be for a moment. All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.
I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who left His Father's throne on high to give Himself for us.
God had only one Son, and He was a missionary.
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
The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
If you are going to live by faith, then expect your faith to be tested. A faith that can't be tested can't be trusted.
No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.
Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is.
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