Jesus was God spelling himself out in language humanity could understand.
– S.D. Gordon
Jesus
Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its springs deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. He had joy, singing its music within, even under the shadow of the cross.
– S.D. Gordon
Joy | Happiness
The blessed, fruitful, victorious experiences of yesterday are not only of no value to me today, but they will actually be eaten up or reversed by today’s failures, unless they serve as incentives to still better, richer experiences today.
– S.D. Gordon
Victory | Failure
If there are two persons praying, there are three. If three meet to pray, there are four praying. There is always one more than you can see.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer | Unity
The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing; but it is the chief thing. The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; not those who can explain about prayer; but I mean those people who take time and pray.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer
Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer | Strength
Prayer is repeating the victor’s name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer | Satan | Victory
If there be anything that can render the soul calm, dissipate its scruples and dispel its fears, sweeten its sufferings by the anointing of love, impart strength to all its actions, and spread abroad the joy of the Holy Spirit in its countenance and words, it is this simple and childlike repose in the arms of God.
– S.D. Gordon
Rest | Prayer
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.
– S.D. Gordon
The Cross
Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer | Service
Prayer does not influence God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer
The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer, nor those who say they believe in prayer, nor yet those who can explain about prayer; but I mean these people who take time and pray. They have not time. It must be taken from something else. This something else is important, very important, and pressing, but still less important and less pressing than prayer. There are people that put prayer first, and group the other items in life’s schedule around and after prayer.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer
You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer
Prayer is partnership with God in His planet-sized purposes, and includes the “all things” beside, as an important detail of the whole.
– S.D. Gordon
Prayer
God’s greatest agency; man’s greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession.
– S.D. Gordon
Intercession