Prayer is the acid test of devotion. Samuel Chadwick More Quotes by Samuel Chadwick More Quotes From Samuel Chadwick It is wonderful what God can do with a broken heart, if He gets all the pieces. Samuel Chadwick broken-pieces broken-heart god Satan dreads nothing but prayer. . . . The Church that lost its Christ was full of good works. Activities are multiplied that meditation may be ousted, and organizations are increased that prayer may have no chance. Souls may be lost in good works, as surely as in evil ways. The one concern of the devil is to keep the saints from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray. Samuel Chadwick organization prayer evil Nothing would turn the nation back to God so surely and so quickly as a Church that prayed and prevailed. The world will never believe in a religion in which there is no supernatural power. A rationalized faith, a socialized Church and a moralized gospel may gain applause, but they awaken no conviction and win no converts. Samuel Chadwick church winning believe Spirit filled souls are ablaze for God. They love with a love that glows. They serve with a faith that kindles. They serve with a devotion that consumes. They hate sin with fierceness that burns. They rejoice with a joy that radiates. Love is perfected in the fire of God. Samuel Chadwick hate fire love-is Prayer turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God. Samuel Chadwick prayer rain men Satan laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray. Samuel Chadwick kneeling prayer laughing I owe everything to the gift of Pentecost. For fifty days the facts of the Gospel were complete, but no conversions were recorded. Pentecost registered three thousand souls. It is by fire that a holy passion is kindled in the soul whereby we live the life of God. The soul's safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power. Samuel Chadwick truth christian god The root-trouble of the present distress is that the Church has more faith in the world and the flesh than in the Holy Ghost. Samuel Chadwick church roots world Men ablaze are invincible. Hell trembles when men kindle. The stronghold of Satan is proof against everything but fire. The Church is powerless without the flame of the Holy Ghost. Destitute of fire, nothing else really counts; possessed of fire, nothing else really matters. The one vital need is fire. Without the flame and fervour of the Holy Ghost the Church will never accomplish its mission. Samuel Chadwick flames fire men It takes us long to learn that prayer is more important than organization, more powerful than armies, more influential than wealth and mightier than all learning. Samuel Chadwick army powerful prayer There is no better way to serve others than to pray for them. There is nothing about which I do not pray. I go over all my life in the presence of God. All my problems are solved there. Samuel Chadwick problem praying way The Holy Ghost does not come upon methods, but upon men. He does not anoint machinery, but men. He does not work through organizations, but through men. He does not dwell in buildings, but men. He indwells the Body of Christ, directs its activities, distributes its forces, empowers its members. Samuel Chadwick empowering organization men The Church is the Body of Christ, and the Spirit is the Spirit of Christ. He fills the Body, directs its movements, controls its members, inspires its wisdom, supplies it's strength. He guides into truth, sanctifies its agents, and empowers for witnessing. The Spirit has never abdicated His authority nor relegated His power. Samuel Chadwick empowering church inspire True prayer is a lonely business. Samuel Chadwick lonely prayer The Church gives more time, thought, and money to recreation and sport than to prayer. Samuel Chadwick prayer sports giving A season of silence is the best preparation for speech with God. Samuel Chadwick preparation silence prayer Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit. Samuel Chadwick confusion spirit world The soul's safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power. Destitute of the Fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing Fire, nothing else matters. Samuel Chadwick safety soul fire Brethren, the crying sin of the church is her laziness after God. Samuel Chadwick cry laziness church Prayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father. Samuel Chadwick expression prayer father
