"Whether we have only an Isaac and an Ishmael like Abraham, or twelve children like Jacob, let us pray for each and all that they may live before the Lord, and that we and all that belong to us may be bound up in the bundle of life." -
Charles Spurgeon
"There is nothing that can give us a more genuine feeling of compassion than to put ourselves in the place of those who are in distress." -
John Calvin.
The Gospel promise is an assured refuge unto all sin-distressed souls who betake themselves thereunto. —
John Owen, on Hebrews 6:18,19
The great attraction of heaven will not be its pearly gates, its golden streets, nor its choirs of angels, but it will be Christ.
"If the clouds are full of rain they empty themselves upon the earth; let us pray to be as clouds of grace to our families." - Charles Spurgeon
"A man has a right to his opinion, but that does not make his opinion right." -
Leonard Ravenhill.
God never condones wickedness in His saints, but He does pity their weakness. —
William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 1:120
Be a better sermon listener: 1. Pray for the Spirit's illumination. 2. Expect to hear from God. 3. Know the context of the passage. 4. Take good notes. 5. Turn off distractions. 6. Read the Bible regularly. 7. Resolve to obey its words.
If you do not deserve hell, you have no occasion for Christ.
"You will never catch the devil asleep; let not the devil catch you asleep. Watch, and be sober, that you may always be up to do your duty." —
Charles Spurgeon
"Holiness is the saved sinner's response of gratitude for a grace received." -
James Packer.
"It is a notable event in family history when the grace of God takes up its headquarters in the heart of the husband and the father: that household's story will henceforth be written by another pen." - Charles Spurgeon
Men grow tired of hearing the Word only after they have grown tired of putting it into practice! —John Owen
There is no wrinkle on the brow of eternity. -
Thomas Manton died on 18 October 1677
"Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else." —
Charles Spurgeon
The greatest honor that can happen to you is to be a member of the household of God.
Charles Spurgeon
"Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it. We are too apt to satisfy ourselves with simply commending good things." -Hannah More.
"If you live from Monday to Saturday in the same way as you would live if there were no God, you are practical atheists." — Charles Spurgeon
"Uncles and aunts should feel an interest in the spiritual condition of nephews and nieces; cousins should be concerned for cousins, and all ties of blood should be consecrated by being used for purposes of grace." - Charles Spurgeon
We are about to have special dealings with God on Sunday. —
John Owen, Works, Vol. 18, “The Practical Observance of the Lord’s Day”
God doesn't choose men because they are excellent, but he makes them excellent because he has chosen them.
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