“Let none deceive their own souls; to live in sin and yet to believe the forgiveness of sin is utterly impossible. Christ will not be a minister of sin, nor give his gospel to be a doctrine of licentiousness for your sakes.” John Owen, 6.513
"The gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action."-James Packer.
"If we pray, we will also act or else we are hypocrites." —
Charles Spurgeon
"If any of you have sinned like Peter, go and weep like Peter. If you have fallen like Peter, then let your soul bitterly bewail your transgression." - Charles Spurgeon
Preach to broken hearts, for in every pew you are sure to find some. -
- Charles Spurgeon
You may as well suck health out of poison, as peace out of sin. -
Thomas Watson
"Obedience is the one qualification for further vision." -
G. Campbell Morgan.
"It is a blessed sign of the work of grace in the soul when the man, who has sinned, quits his evil companions and mourns over his sin[…]" -
Charles Spurgeon
An unqualified minister is the most despicable and harmful creature to be found in the world. —Wilhelmus à Brakel, The Christian’s Reasonable Service, 1:cxiii-cxiv
What do I pray when I don’t feel like praying:
1. Confess my sin.
2. Use the prayers of Scripture.
3. Recite God’s attributes.
4. Praise God for His blessings.
5. Pray through a prayer list.
6. Focus on the needs of others.
7. Rejoice that Jesus is praying for me.
Don't rest in the judgment of men. Men are poor, fallible creatures. They may have charity and may think they see very good grounds for charity, but they can't look into the heart.
Jonathan Edwards
All men thirst, they thirst for worldly pleasures and happiness; but such things have never satisfied, and never can satisfy, the thirst of their souls.
D.L. Moody
It is not your hold of Christ that saves you, but his hold of you.
Charles Spurgeon
"When, in your daily calling, you have to mix with ungodly men, carry the spirit of watchfulness and prayer with you, and slip away from their society as quickly as you can." -
Charles Spurgeon
Whatever God accomplishes in time has been decreed by Him from eternity. —
Wilhelmus à Brakel, The Christian’s Reasonable Service, 1:215
“Preach as you will wish you had when you come to die. It is one thing to preach, and another to do it as a dying man.” - John Sutcliff
Our strength will fail us. The strength of our friends will fail us. If we trust in our money it will take wings and fly away. If we trust in the love of our friends, they will leave us. A mother may forget her child, but God will never forget us.
D.L. Moody
Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man that can comprehend the Triune God. John Wesley
It is impossible we can be cruel to others unless we forget how kind Christ has been to us.
“When Christ died, he died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.” - C.S. Lewis
"Be a good witness by the way you live. The way we live is often more convincing than the words we say." Billy Graham
Men question the truth of Christianity because they hate its practice.
JC Ryle
"We must never say what is false; but, when there has been something that is wrong, let us always put the kindest construction we possibly can upon it." -
Charles Spurgeon
What you need [to overcome spiritual depression] is not to make resolutions to live a better life, to start fasting & sweating & praying. No! You just begin to say: “I rest my faith on Him alone who died for my transgressions to atone.” —M. Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression, 35
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