Quotes from Donald S. Whitney

The people of God do not serve Him in order to be forgiven but because we are forgiven. When

algunos que fracasan en practicar las Disciplinas las descuidan simplemente porque no las desean, y no las desean porque no tienen hambre de Dios. No conocen a Dios, por lo que los medios divinos para experimentar y disfrutar a Dios personalmente no les son atractivos.

Love God, and within the limitations He has sovereignly placed in your life at this time, do what you can.

the first thing the child of God has to do morning by morning is to obtain food for his inner man.

If after your death a biographer or your children were to scan your canceled checks for insight into what kind of Christian you were, what conclusion would they come to? What would they reveal about your walk with Christ? Would those checks be tangible evidence of your spiritual trustworthiness?

But if God invites and expects all his children—regardless of their age, IQ, education, or resources—to do the same thing—to pray—then prayer has to be simple.

We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition.

The contemporary sluggard won't go to places he should go (such as church), saying, "It's too dangerous out there on the highways!" Or he might say, "If I discipline my time for the purpose of godliness, I might miss important things on TV or the Internet, or become so busy I won't get enough rest!" And he plops down on the couch or rolls back over in bed.

The Bible sets no percentage goal in giving. Giving 10 percent of your gross income does not necessarily mean you have fulfilled the will of God. Ten

meditation must follow hearing and precede prayer.

Todo creyente debe atravesar algunos desiertos espirituales en su peregrinación a la ciudad celestial.

Persevere en la adoración. Clame a Dios pidiéndole que le dé un conocimiento renovado de los «ríos de agua viva» (en referencia al Espíritu Santo) que en Juan 7:38 Jesús prometió que brotarían en todo el que creyera en él. Pero no deje de adorar; nunca se dé por vencido en el desierto. Usted no sabe qué tan amplio es, y podría estar a punto de terminar de atravesarlo.

Abre la Biblia, empieza a leerla, haz una pausa en cada versículo y conviértelo en una oración. John Piper

Congregarse» indiscutiblemente significa reunirse en la presencia física de otros creyentes.

Those who eat too much and those who intentionally eat too little are looking for satisfaction in something other than God.

God expects us to use the walkie-talkie of prayer because that is the means He has ordained not only for godliness, but also for the spiritual warfare between His kingdom and the kingdom of His Enemy. To abandon prayer is to fight the battle with our own resources at best, and to lose interest in the battle at worst.

Hay un elemento de la adoración y de la vida cristiana que nunca puede experimentarse en la adoración a solas ni observando la adoración de otros. Hay algunas gracias y bendiciones que nuestro Padre nos da únicamente cuando nos «congregamos» con otros creyentes como familia de Dios.

According to James 1:22-25, we can experience God's truth so powerfully that what the Lord wants us to do becomes as plain to us as our face in the morning mirror. But if we do not apply the truth as we meet it, regardless of how wonderful the experience of discovering the truth has been, we deceive ourselves if we think we will be blessed for giving attention to the Bible on those occasions. The one who "will be blessed in his doing" is the one who does what Scripture says.

La adoración no se puede calcular ni producir.

La piedad requiere una adoración disciplinada.

When you speak the gospel, you share "the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes." Sharing the gospel is like walking around in a thunderstorm and handing out lightning rods. You don't know when the lightning will strike or who it will strike, but you know what it will strike—the lightning rod of the gospel. And when it does, that person's lightning rod will be charged with the power of God and he or she will believe.

How does the Word memorized become the Word applied? It happens through meditation.

La oración es, en un sentido, la expresión de una relación continua del cristiano con el Padre.

Joy does not come to you if you are spiritually passive; rather, joy is cultivated, but joy is cultivated by things you do.