"Jesus said, 'Whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:27).
You can't bear His cross unless you surrender your life to Him.
A surrendered life, a life ruled entirely by God, is one that can be used powerfully for His kingdom purposes."
"Evermore the worldling's cry is, 'Who will show us any good?' He seeks satisfaction in earthly comforts, enjoyments, and riches. But the quickened sinner knows of only one good. 'O that I knew where I might find Him!' When he is truly awakened to feel his guilt, if you could pour the gold of India at his feet, he would say, 'Take it away: I want to find Him.' It is a blessed thing for a man, when he has brought his desires into a focus, so that they all centre in one object. When he has fifty different desires, his heart resembles a mire of stagnant water, spread out into a marsh, breeding miasma and pestilence; but when all his desires are brought into one channel, his heart becomes like a river of pure water, running swiftly to fertilize the fields.
Happy is he who hath one desire, if that one desire be set on Christ."
