Summary
"I
am such a small person. I don't have many talents. I'm weak. Nothing I do
has any real significance." says many a Christian about the possibility
of being used by God. Schaeffer's response to that man or woman is that,
"with God, there are no little people."
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Quotes
From The Book
To
eat, to breathe
to
beget
Is this all there is
Chance configuration of atom against atom
--of god against god
I cannot believe it.
Come, Christian Triune God who lives,
Here am I
Shake the world again.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People, Introduction)
The Scripture emphasizes that much can come from little if the little is
truly consecrated to God. There are no little people and no big people in
the true spiritual sense, but only consecrated and unconsecrated people.
The problem for each of us is applying this truth to ourselves: is Francis
Schaeffer the Francis Schaeffer of God?
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People, Ch. 1)
Our
attitude toward all men should be that of equality because we are common
creatures. We are of one blood and kind. As I look across all the world,
I must see every man as a fellow-creature, and I must be careful to have
a sense of our equality on the basis of this common status. We must be
careful in our thinking not to try to stand in the place of God to other
men. We are fellow-creatures.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People, Ch. 1)
Dead
orthodoxy is always a contradiction in terms...
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People, Ch. 1)
God's
people are to be active, not seeking, on account of some false mystical
concept, to sit constantly in the shade of a rock. There is no monasticism
in Christianity.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People, Ch. 1)
Quietness
and peace before God are more important than any influence a position
may seem to give, for we must stay in step with God to have the power
of the Holy Spirit.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People, Ch. 1)
We
must remember throughout our lives that in Godís sight there are no little
people and no little places. Only one thing is important: to be consecrated
persons in Godís place for us, at each moment.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People, Ch. 1)
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