"Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world." (James 1:27)
"He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered." (Proverbs 21:13)
"To submit and give up everything truly is radical and terrifying. However, when I think deeply about it, walking in my own wisdom, contrary to the Spirit's leading, is even more frightful." --Francis Chan,
Forgotten God
"I don't want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn't be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that I am desperate for Him to come through. That if He doesn't come through, I am screwed." --Francis Chan,
Forgotten God"
"Are you and I looking to Jesus for advice that seems fiscally responsible according to the standards of the world around us? Or are we looking to Jesus for total leadership in our lives, even if that means going against everything our affluent culture and maybe even our affluent religious neighbors might tell us to do?"--David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream
"Sow with a view to righteousness,
Reap in accordance with kindness;
Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the LORD
Until He comes to rain righteousness on you."--Hosea 10:12
"I wonder at some points if I'm being irresponsible or unwise. But then I realize there is never going to come a day when I stand before God and He looks at me and says, 'I wish you would have kept more for yourself.' I'm confident that God will take care of me."--man quoted in Radical by David Platt
"I was looking to myself and forgot the power of God.
I was standing with a sparkler in my hand.
While I stood so proud and profound,
You came and burned this whole place down
Now that's fire!"--"Jeremiah" by Sara Groves
