Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears -- THAT is Christianity!
Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
It is not only the proclamation of the whole truth that is needed today; it is the release of the spiritual reality which the truth expresses, and that can only be realized as we allow ourselves to be caught into the mighty on-flowing tide of the Spirit.
Faith in Christ makes one a regenerated believer; obedience to the Holy Spirit makes him a spiritual believer.