"For I desire nothing in this world so much as to have my children well instructed in the principles of religion, that they may walk in the narrow way which alone leads to happiness." -Susanna Wesley.
"As I read each letter in that Book of God, I worship the eternal mind which inspired it." —
You cannot say “the Bible is God’s Word,” and then add, “but this part isn’t as true as other parts.”
Thousands of saints whose voyages were marked by fears about whether or not God‘s grace was truly in them have crossed the gulf and safely landed in heaven. —
William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 2:110
Why do you expect better treatment from this world than Jesus got? Are you holier than he is?
There are no great and small people in the kingdom of God — only faithful and unfaithful.
Sometimes shepherds go where they themselves would never roam if they were not in pursuit of lost sheep.
Charles Spurgeon
However great our difficulties, or deep even our sorrows, there is room for thankfulness.
D.L. Moody
"We need to read about the past to understand the present. People without a grasp of history are like a man without a memory." -Tony Lane.
it has been the sovereign mercy of God which has prospered his own truth among us, and shall we not for this praise and bless his name?" - Charles Spurgeon
You are never further from Christlikeness than when you are puffed up with the conceit of pride. —William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 2:40
"Our lives are to be characterized by patience, for it is important in developing the mature, stable character which God wants to produce in His people."
Billy Graham
'Learn of me,' says our blessed Lord. What to do? To work miracles? No. "Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.' - George Whitefield
"Avoid as you would a deadly snake any man who denies the law of God is the Christian's rule of life." -Arthur Pink.
“I believe that in the end truth will conquer” - John Wycliffe
Saints who have tasted the sweetness of gospel grace tremble at the pitiful condition of the ungodly - and may God forgive us for not weeping even more for them! —
William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 2:251
Jesus was a man of tears. Oh yes, he whipped the people when he went into the Temple, but wait a minute, if you read a few verses back he wept before he whipped. If you’re going to whip them, weep over them! That makes all the difference in the world.
A little sin, like a little pebble in a shoe, will make a traveler to heaven walk very wearily.
Charles Spurgeon
Even if nothing else called for thankfulness, it would always be an ample cause for it that Jesus Christ loved us, and gave Himself for us.
"Perhaps the Lord intends, by some of you, to save multitudes of souls, to stir up his Churches, and to awaken the slumbering spirit of religion." -
Charles Spurgeon
“When we learn to read the story of Jesus and see it as the story of the love of God, doing for us what we could not do for ourselves—that insight produces…a sense of astonished gratitude which is very near the heart of authentic Christian experience.” —
N.T. Wright
"It is the duty of children, if the necessity of their parents do at any time require it, to support and supply them to the utmost of their ability." -
Matthew Henry.
When I survey the wondrous cross on which the prince of glory died, my richest gain I count as loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. -
Isaac Watts died 25 November 1748
We never thank God truly, except when our hearts are warmed with His love, and we rejoice in Him. —
Thomas Goodwin, A Discourse of Thankfulness, Works 9:510
"Happy, happy are the people who worship such a God, whose coming is ever a coming of goodness and of grace to his creatures." -
Charles Spurgeon
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