Andrew Bonar, a great man of God, had three rules that he lived by. Rule 1 – Not to speak to any person before speaking to Jesus Christ. Rule 2 – Not to do anything with his hands until he had been on his knees. Rule 3 – Not to read the papers until he had read his Bible.
— George Sweeting (1924–2024), Evangelist, Prediger, Radiosprecher, Buchautor, Präsident des Moody Bible Institute
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Growth & Character, The Bible & the Word of God
Occasions: Morning & Evening
George Sweeting
George Sweeting (1924–2024) war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Evangelist und Buchautor, der unter anderem als Leiter der Moody Church und langjähriger Präsident des Moody Bible Institute in Chicago wirkte. Er prägte die evangelikale Bildungs- und Medienlandschaft maßgeblich durch den Ausbau des Moody Radio Network und Veröffentlichungen zu Themen wie Evangelisation und geistlicher Reife. Bibellesern begegnen seine Texte heute vor allem als praktische Denkanstöße zu Nachfolge, Großzügigkeit und Ausdauer im Glauben.
All quotes by George Sweeting (11)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson