The Harness of Our Own Hearts

Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears,

we should more frequently see the results we desire.

Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining

of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit,

the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality

of eternal things may be the true cause of our (lack) of success.

James Hudson Taylor

How long has it been since you were disturbed over someone else's eternal destiny?

When was the last time you lost sleep due to an intense yearning for more of God in your life?

Have you ever cried over the spiritual condition of your church?

The real problem is not the hardness of the world...

the problem is the church itself.

We complain about the spiritual state of our culture,

while that same darkness looms in our churches.

We cry out for prayer in our public schools,

when we barely pray in our churches.

Our Lord hit the nail on the head when He stated:

"But I have this complaint against you.

You don't love me or each other as you did at first."

Revelation 2:4 (NLT)

Let's search our own hearts.

Before we judge the harness of the hearts of the world,

let's ask the Holy Spirit to examine us.

A people totally sold out to God cannot be stopped.

Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God,

and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen;

such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth...

God does nothing but in answer to prayer.

John Wesley

Have a powerful & blessed day!

Kendall