Work is a stimulus to work! 
and loafing is a stimulus to laziness!

Each little grace invites a larger;  and his step being upward, his view is wider.

Our Master, Christ, has given you this thing to do:  say not that you are ready to do something else, but not this;  say not that this is just what you cannot do;  say not that you are but a mere peg in a machine and have no power to move.

It does not matter to where we have wandered – God seeks us out.
It does not matter how much we have failed – God smiles on us.
It does not matter how much we feel unworthy – God is well pleased with us.

A man conscious of God could not be conscious of self or fret to draw notice to his words and acts.

The essence of the whole situation was to have in one’s heart the romance of pilgrimage, to expect experience, both sweet and bitter, to desire the goal rather than the prize;

Precept & Practice – JANUARY 8 – Consecration Whole-hearted consecration was ever to be the path to exceptional service.  The stipulation includes all that we have previously spoken of as required.   There are no gifts that we possess, emotional, intellectual, practical, which are not comprehended by it.   There is no department of life into which the demand does not enter.   The… Continue reading Precept & Practice – JANUARY 8 – Consecration

Is there anything more contemptible than the self-indulgent life of the rich to-day who stand by and see the perishing of the poor?

To live for common ends is to be common—
The highest faith makes still the highest man ;
For we grow like the things our souls believe,
And rise or sink, as we aim, high or low.