24 Quotes by A.J. RUSSELL

Arise from the grave of sickness, poverty, doubt, despondency, limitation. “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

How little man knows and senses My need! My need of Love and Companionship. I came “to draw men unto Me,” and sweet it is to feel hearts drawing near in Love, not for help, as much as for tender comradeship. Many know the need of man; few know the need of Christ.

MAY 6 Sublime Audacity For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. GALATIANS 6:8–9.

MAY 26 Claim More “Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” JOHN 16:24.

Have you ever thought of the Joy that the patient, gentle, loving obedience of My disciples brings to My heart? I know no Joy such as the Joy I feel at the loving trust of a dear one. The wounds in the Hands and Feet hurt little compared with the wounds in the Heart that are the wounds, not of My enemies, but of My friends.

Abundance is God’s Supply. Turn out all limited thoughts. Receive showers and in your turn – shower.

Seek to do less and to accomplish more, to achieve more. Doing is action. Achievement is successful action.

Remember, I “touched her hand, and the fever left her.” Not many words, just a moment’s contact, and all fever left her. She was well, whole, calm, able to arise and “minister unto them.

Be not afraid. Fear not. It is to the drowning man the Rescuer comes. To the brave swimmer who can fare well alone He comes not. And no rush of Joy can be like that of a man towards his Rescuer. It is a part of My method to wait till the storm is at its full violence. So did I with My disciples on the Lake. I could have bidden the first angry wave be calm, the first gust of wind be still, but what a lesson unlearned. What a sense of tender nearness of refuge and safety would have been lost.