For those who believe in the Lord Jesus, He promises spiritual rest. This rest begins with a divine rescue from the crushing burden of sin and guilt. Then, it is to develop into heavenly relief from the unbearable load of self-generated Christian living. Entering into this daily spiritual rest is neither an optional nor a casual matter.
When we are not able to minister in our gifts that are given by God then it is time to move on or we just settle for the job.
There is no substitute for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
~Charles F. Stanley~
When the author walks on the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right - something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be God without disguise. It will be too late then to choose your side.
~C.S. Lewis~
“Anxiety is not only a pain which we must ask God to assuage,” C.S. Lewis said, “but also a weakness we must ask Him to pardon – for He’s told us to take no care for the morrow.”
"When asked, 'What is more important: Prayer or Reading the Bible?' I ask, 'What is more important: Breathing in or Breathing out?'" —
Charles Spurgeon
7 prayers before worship:
1. Lord, fix my heart upon Christ.
2. Lord, open my mind to your Word.
3. Lord, remind me of the gospel.
4. Lord, empty me of this world.
5. Lord, bless those who minister.
6. Lord, help me to encourage others.
7. Lord, equip me to respond in faith.
“God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant.” ~
Elisabeth Elliot~
The more you read the Bible and the more you meditate upon it, the more you will be astonished by it.
Charles Spurgeon
As you read and study the Bible, always ask, “What does this verse mean?” before asking, “What does this verse mean to me?”
"When I feel guilt, I quiet my conscience with the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. -
William Romaine.
"On other people's graves it is written, 'Here lies so-and-so,' but on Christ's tomb it is recorded, 'He is not here.'" —
Charles Spurgeon
The most miserable people I meet are these so-called Christians who are trying to live for both worlds, and are off and on, and you never know where to find them.
D.L. Moody
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
Charles Spurgeon
"I go to my best Friend, my Friend in heaven, when my friends here neglect me." -
Isaac Watts
“God is concerned with our imaginations, for they in a large measure determine what kind of persons we are to be.”
"Superficial religion will always be fashionable because it does not require self-denial." — Charles Spurgeon
Faith is reason at rest in God. -
Charles Spurgeon
God will never walk away from the construction site of building up any believer’s life.
Charles Spurgeon
Courage, my heart! Go on little by little, for many littles will make a great whole.
Charles Spurgeon
How miserable should we be if God were as slow in helping us as we be in obeying him.
“Look not how the Christian begins — but how he ends.” —
William Gurnall
There is nothing to be found in man that can any way induce God to be merciful unto him. - George Whitefield
Prayer will consume sin — or sin will choke prayer. -
The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.
Charles Spurgeon
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