“Love is a plant of heavenly origin. The unconsecrated heart cannot originate or produce it. It is found only in the heart where Jesus reigns.”
– Evangline Booth
“It is called the fruit of the Spirit as it is of Him, by Him and through Him. The works and energies of the flesh will never produce the wonder of the Life of Christ”
Brian Troxel
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love…”
Galatians 5:22
“Christ not only died for all: He died for each.”
– Billy Graham
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me“
Galatians 2:20
“Faith has the clearest vision.”
–Brendan Jaster
“By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible”
Hebrews 11:27
“Urgently we do need a revival of personal godliness. This is, indeed; the secret of church prosperity. When individuals fall from their steadfastness, the church is tossed to and fro; when personal faith is steadfast, the church abides true to her Lord”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Watch ye, stand fast in the faith…”
1 Corinthians 16:13
“The church is not a democracy in which we have chosen God, but a theocracy in which He has chosen us. The church is the only society in the world that never loses any of its members, even by death. The church upon its knees would bring heaven upon the earth”
– EM Bounds
“But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth…”
2 Thessalonians 2:13
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