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In their efforts to search out what God has been pleased to withhold, multitudes overlook the truths which He has revealed, and which are essential to salvation. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 15. In the judgment men will not be condemned because they conscientiously believed a lie, but because they did not believe the truth, because they neglected the opportunity of learning what is truth. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 15. If we keep the Lord ever before us, allowing our hearts to go out in thanksgiving and praise to Him, we shall have a continual freshness in our religious life. Our prayers will take the form of a conversation with God as we would talk with a friend. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 30. When we learn to walk by faith and not by feeling, we shall have help from God just when we need it, and His peace will come into our hearts. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 31. The very trials that task our faith most severely and make it seem that God has forsaken us, are to lead us closer to Christ, that we may lay all our burdens at His feet and experience the peace which He will give us in exchange. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 45. We should cherish hatred of sin, but pity and love for the sinner. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 51. It is the unpretending acts of daily self-denial, performed with a cheerful, willing heart, that God smiles upon. We are not to live for self, but for others. And it is only by self-forgetfulness, by cherishing a loving, helpful spirit, that we can make our life a blessing. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 52. Trials patiently borne, blessings gratefully received, meekness, kindness, mercy, and love, habitually exhibited, are the lights that shine forth in the character before the world, revealing the contrast with the darkness that comes of the selfishness of the natural heart. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 59. As we are continually receiving the blessings of God, so we are to be continually giving. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 65. Every ray of light that we shed upon others is reflected upon ourselves. Every kind and sympathizing word spoken to the sorrowful, every act to relieve the oppressed, and every gift to the needy, if prompted by a right motive, will result in blessings to the giver. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 76. As the tempest leaves unharmed the lowly flower of the valley, while it uproots the stately tree upon the mountaintop, so those who have maintained their integrity in humble life may be dragged down to the pit by the temptations that assail worldly success and honor. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 77. Oh, how often we yield to temptation because we do not keep our eye upon Jesus! -- Conflict and Courage, p. 85. In order to receive God's help, man must realize his weakness and deficiency; he must apply his own mind to the great change to be wrought in himself. . . . Many never attain to the position that they might occupy, because they wait for God to do for them that which He has given them power to do for themselves. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 86. Unbelief whispers, "Let us wait till the obstructions are removed, and we can see our way clearly:" but faith courageously urges an advance, hoping all things, believing all things. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 92. So the dealings of Providence bring to the unbelieving, darkness and despair, while to the trusting soul they are full of light and peace. The path where God leads the way may lie through the desert or the sea, but it is a safe path. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 92. The daily blessings that we receive from the hand of God, and above all else the death of Jesus to bring happiness and heaven within our reach, should be a theme for constant gratitude. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 93. He knows the power of every temptation. He knows just how to meet every emergency, and how to guide you through every path of danger. Then why not trust Him? -- Conflict and Courage, p. 117. The Lord can use most effectually those who are most sensible of their own unworthiness and inefficiency. He will teach them to exercise the courage of faith. He will make them strong by uniting their weakness to His might, wise by connecting their ignorance with His wisdom. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 126. The real greatness of the man is measured by the power of the feelings that he controls, not by those that control him. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 132. Those who are most ready to excuse or justify themselves in sin are often most severe in judging and condemning others. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 154. Every failure on the part of the children of God is due to their lack of faith. When shadows encompass the soul, when we want light and guidance, we must look up: there is light beyond the darkness. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 166. What bondage so terrible as that of him who is given over to the control of the worst of tyrants--himself! -- Conflict and Courage, p. 171. It is impossible for us in our own strength to maintain the conflict; and whatever diverts the mind from God, whatever leads to self-exaltation or to self-dependence, is surely preparing the way for our overthrow. The tenor of the Bible is to inculcate distrust of human power and to encourage trust in divine power. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 177. When the worldly possession is swept away, the believer will rejoice in his heavenly treasure, the riches that cannot be lost in any earthly disaster. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 189. The path of men who are placed as leaders is not an easy one. But they are to see in every difficulty a call to prayer. Never are they to fail of consulting the great Source of all wisdom. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 190. Affliction and adversity may cause sorrow, but it is prosperity that is most dangerous to spiritual life. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 194. In the valley of humiliation, where men depend on God to teach them and to guide their every step, there is comparative safety. But the men who stand, as it were, on a lofty pinnacle, and who, because of their position, are supposed to possess great wisdom--these are in gravest peril. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 194. Faith such as this is needed in the world today--faith that will lay hold on the promises of God's word and refuse to let go until Heaven hears. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 211. For the disheartened there is a sure remedy--faith, prayer, work. . . . In the darkest days, when appearances seem most forbidding, fear not. Have faith in God. He knows your need. He has all power. His infinite love and compassion never weary. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 213. When we are encompassed with doubt, perplexed by circumstances, or afflicted by poverty or distress, Satan seeks to shake our confidence in Jehovah. . . . But God understands, and He still pities and loves. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 216. Nothing is apparently more helpless, yet really more invincible, than the soul that feels its nothingness and relies wholly on God. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 216. The Lord is our helper. . . . No one ever trusted God in vain. He never disappoints those who put their dependence on Him. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 218. In the future life the mysteries that here have annoyed and disappointed us will be made plain. We shall see that our seemingly unanswered prayers and disappointed hopes have been among our greatest blessings. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 228. The heart of Infinite Love yearns after those who feel powerless to free themselves from the snares of Satan; and He graciously offers to strengthen them to live for Him. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 235. God has provided divine assistance for all the emergencies to which our human resources are unequal. He gives the Holy Spirit to help in every strait, to strengthen our hope and assurance, to illuminate our minds and purify our hearts. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 268. We must behold God, and in beholding Him, lose sight of self. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 272. God never leads His children otherwise than they would choose to be led, if they could see the end from the beginning, and discern the glory of the purpose which they are fulfilling as coworkers with Him. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 278. And of all the gifts that Heaven can bestow upon men, fellowship with Christ in His sufferings is the most weighty trust and the highest honor. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 278. Satan is playing the game of life for every soul. He knows that practical sympathy is a test of the purity and unselfishness of the heart, and he will make every possible effort to close our hearts to the needs of others. . . . He will bring in many things to prevent the expression of love and sympathy. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 286. If cultivated, the spirit of selfishness becomes a devouring passion which nothing but the power of Christ can subdue. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 286. As His representatives among men, Christ does not choose angels who have never fallen, but human beings, men of like passions with those they seek to save. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 289. He who drinks of the living water becomes a fountain of life. The receiver becomes a giver. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 294. It is not enough to believe about Christ; we must believe in Him. The only faith that will benefit us is that which embraces Him as a personal Saviour; which appropriates His merits to ourselves. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 298. Jesus knows the circumstances of every soul. You may say, I am sinful, very sinful. You may be; but the worse you are, the more you need Jesus. . . . Freely will He pardon all who come to Him for forgiveness and restoration. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 309. All over the world men and women are looking wistfully to heaven. Prayers and tears and inquiries go up from souls longing for light, for grace, for the Holy Spirit. Many are on the verge of the kingdom, waiting only to be gathered in. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 332. We must individually hear Him speaking to the heart. When every other voice is hushed, and in quietness we wait before Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of God. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 340. Pride and love of the world will lose their power as we contemplate the glories of that better land so soon to be our home. Beside the loveliness of Christ, all earthly attractions will seem of little worth. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 349. Through faith, every deficiency of character may be supplied, every defilement cleansed, every fault corrected, every excellence developed. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 359. Let us keep fresh in our memory all the tender mercies that God has shown us --the tears He has wiped away, the pains He has soothed, the anxieties removed, the fears dispelled, the wants supplied, the blessings bestowed--thus strengthening ourselves for all that is before us through the remainder of our pilgrimage. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 364. The trial will not exceed the strength that shall be given us to bear it. Then let us take up our work just where we find it, believing that whatever may come, strength proportionate to the trial will be given. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 364. It is impossible for us in our own strength to maintain the conflict; and whatever diverts the mind from God, whatever leads to self-exaltation or to self-dependence, is surely preparing the way for our overthrow. The tenor of the Bible is to inculcate distrust of human power and to encourage trust in divine power. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 365. Wrong habits are not overcome by a single effort. Only through long and severe struggle is self mastered. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 370. God looks into the tiny seed that He Himself has formed, and sees wrapped within it the beautiful flower, the shrub, or the lofty, wide-spreading tree. So does He see the possibilities in every human being. We are here for a purpose. -- Conflict and Courage, p. 371. |