"A little . . ., a little . . ., a little . . . ." Proverbs 24:33
"Your danger and mine is not that we become criminals, but rather that we become respectable, decent, commonplace, mediocre Christians. No rewards at the end, no glory. The twenty-first-century temptations that really sap our spiritual power are the television, banana cream pie, the easy chair and the credit card. Christian, you will win or lose in those seemingly innocent little moments of decision. Lord, make my life a miracle!"
Ray Ortlund Sr., Lord, Make My Life A Miracle, pages 130-131.
Friday, September 5, 2008
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This reminds me of my favorite D.A. Carson quote:
"People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to scripture, faith and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated."
Wow. Thank you!
Do you happen to recall where Dr. Carson said that?
I never get tired of reading that Grandpa Ortlund quote--I need to be reminded of it! The Carson quote is a good one too.
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