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Success and Opposition

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:09:00 +0000

"The work here is progressing gloriously, although the opposition is deep and bitter."

—The Apostolic Faith, Dec. 1906

The early Pentecostal revival in Salem, Oregon, demonstrates that success does not mean ease.

Risk

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:08:00 +0000

"Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith."
— Hudson Taylor

The Message Is What Matters

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:35:00 +0000

"Early on while still in Bible School I made a feeble, flimsy, fumbling attempt to preach to the lost at Victory Servicemen’s Center in Long Beach, California. I knew I had failed miserably … and it was true. But that night 30 sailor boys knelt and wept through to salvation. That night changed my life … for suddenly I realized that even when the messenger’s delivery is a total failure, the message itself remains powerful to save."

— Missionary Ralph Hiatt (on his blog, "Ralph Hiatt's Argentina," 10/29/11)

China

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:01:00 +0000

"If I had a thousand pounds China should have it—if I had a thousand lives, China should have them.
No! Not China, but Christ.
Can we do too much for Him?
Can we do enough for such a precious Saviour?"

Missionary Hudson Taylor, in a letter to his sister and brother-in-law

Crowd Is Not a Church

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:34:00 +0000

“There is no correlation between the size and the strength of a church. … A crowd is not a church.”

— Rick Warren, 8/4/11, General Council of the Assemblies of God, Phoenix, AZ

Little Things

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:28:00 +0000

"A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing."

—James Hudson Taylor

No Generational Curse

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:12:00 +0000

"There is no such thing as a 'Generational Curse' to a child of God. We must stop blaming our failures on parentage and accept responsibility for our lives. 'Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for me: that the blessings of Abraham might come upon the gentiles [that's me] through Jesus Christ: That we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.' (Gal. 3:13-14)"

—James Cossey

Standard for Success

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:15:00 +0000

"The standard for success is not great numbers or noticeable accomplishments but obedience. Our sense of accomplishment comes in fulfilling God’s will. If it is less glamorous or powerful, even ignominious, nevertheless it is there that true success lies."

— Ken Horn

Servanthood

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:16:00 +0000

"Servanthood: the true measure of a leader. Many fail the test. Those who fail the test do not deserve to be followed. Those who serve gain followers by virtue of their demonstrated Godly character."

—Ken Horn

God's Wrath and the Gospel

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:22:00 +0000

“No doubt it is true that the subject of divine wrath has in the past been handled speculatively, irreverently, even malevolently. No doubt there have been some who have preached of wrath and damnation with tearless eyes and not pain in their hearts. No doubt the sign of small sects cheerfully consigning the whole world, apart from themselves, to hell has disgusted many. Yet if we would know God, it is vital that we face the truth concerning his wrath, however unfashionable it may be, and however strong our initial prejudices against it. Otherwise we shall not understand the gospel of salvation from wrath, nor the propitiatory achievement of the cross, nor the wonder of the redeeming love of God."

—J.I. Packer, from Knowing God

What We Have/Are

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:33:00 +0000

"It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are."

— Sir James Mackintosh

Dare

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:57:00 +0000

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered with failures, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

—Theodore Roosevelt

Privileged

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:46:00 +0000

‎"Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged."

—Helen Keller

Hudson Taylor's Peace

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:47:00 +0000

A person once expressed his surprise to [Hudson] Taylor that he remained at peace while he was surrounded by so many pressures. Taylor responded that for him peace was "more than a delightful privilege, it was a necessity."

—From Christ Alone: A Pictorial Presentation of Hudson Taylor's Life and Legacy, an official publication of OMF International.

Use Your Mind

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:34:00 +0000

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."

—Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

Crime Against Love

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:50:00 +0000

“Sin becomes a crime, not against law, but against love; it means not breaking God's law so much as breaking God's heart.”

—William Barclay

Freedom

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:46:00 +0000

"Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free."

—A.W. Tozer

"We can only pray"?

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:46:00 +0000

"We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God - ah, then things must be critical indeed!"

— A. J. Gossip

True Prosperity

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:38:00 +0000

"When you have Christ you are rich and have enough."

—Thomas a Kempis

You Need Not Fear

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:15:00 +0000

If it be asked, "Why are so many people in the modern world anxious, worried, nervous, irritable, depressed, bad sleepers, and not quite well?" the answer in most cases is that they are frightened. . . . What, then, is the way to escape from the power of this ever-present enemy? I know none except learning that we are in the keeping of a God who will never desert us. . . . There is no fear where love is, and the love of God is always present. . . . Till we have faced that fact, we are not ready to understand what God does actually for those who trust in Him. But when we have learnt that truth, we may go on to say, "Come what may, we know that He will be with us and therefore need not fear." We may have to suffer in the body, but His sustaining grace will never leave us. We may lose our dear ones and so be wounded in our very hearts, but His grace will give us strength to carry even that cross. We may have to face poverty; but if so, He will do for us what He has done for thousands and teach us how to be poor and yet content. We may have to face hunger of the heart, and no one who knows what that means will ever think lightly of it; but even through that fiery trial, His love will sustain those who turn to Him.

— A.H. Gray

Definition of Love

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:45:00 +0000

"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."

— C.S. Lewis

Holy Spirit Power

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:16:00 +0000

"I say, there is nothing like the power of the Holy Spirit. Only let that come, and, indeed, everything can be accomplished."

—Charles Haddon Spurgeon

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:47:00 +0000

"The fact is, the birth, crucifixion, and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ are celebrated worldwide by folk of every race, language, and color, every year. And believing in Jesus, they have been delivered from the most evil, disastrous, frustrating, debilitating habits and life forms possible. The real problem with Jesus Christ is not that folk can't believe in Him—but that they won't believe in Him."

— U.S. Senate Chaplain Richard Halverson

Tongue in Check

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:11:00 +0000

"Learn the wisdom of not talking. Keep confidences, protect relationships, walk in the freeing humility and clear spirit of a tongue in check." — David Argue, "With Tongue in Check" 2/13/11 Pentecostal Evangel

Moses Faces Death

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Horn) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:55:00 +0000

“When he [Moses] knew the place of his death he cheerfully mounted a steep hill [Nebo] to come to it. Those who are well acquainted with another world, are not afraid to leave this.”
—John Wesley