Sanctification follows adoption: no sooner are we sons, but we received the image of our heavenly Father in sanctification. - Isaac Ambrose
The fountain from which all sin flows is unbelief, doubt, and abandonment of the Word. -
Martin Luther
“Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.” —Jonathan Edwards, Resolution 7
The past year is another year of my Lord’s faithfulness and love.
Charles Spurgeon
“Purgatory is a deadly fiction of Satan which nullifies the cross of Christ.” ~
John Calvin
The glory of the gospel is that God pronounces people “just” while they are still sinners. —
RC Sproul
If you have not trusted Christ in faith then wisdom will always evade you. Because Christ is the essence of wisdom. All wisdom is found in Him.
“Holiness is a characteristic of every Christian, and if we are not holy, our profession of Christ is valueless.”
Depend upon it, it is God’s Word, not our comment upon God’s Word, that saves souls. Robert Murray M‘Cheyne
“I am learning that my God loves me entirely and does only what is in my best interests and according to His glory. I am learning to trust God at a level that I had not been to before. When I begin to comprehend His attributes, how can I not trust God completely?” —
Nanci Alcorn
“The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold on me.” -Martin Luther
“The word of God is living and active” (Hebrews 4:12). There is a dynamic quality to Scripture. It never leaves a person untouched.
Many thoughts on the follies of my youth. How many, O Lord, may they be? Summed up in one—ungodliness!
7 PRAYERS FOR 2023:
1. Make my life look less like the world
2. Grow my desire for righteousness
3. Cause me to hate my own sin more
4. Embolden me to preach the Gospel
5. Humble me
6. Reveal to me sound doctrine
7. Give me a reputation for speaking the truth in love
"The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself." - Charles Spurgeon
"Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling." Billy Graham
Even though pagans are more in the dark concerning the fact that God cannot forgive sin without atonement, they nevertheless manifest such understanding in their deeds. They are always ready to do something to make satisfaction for their sins.
—Wilhelmus à Brakel
Repentance toward God, faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, the holiness of heart and life, habits of real private prayer, love, and reverence toward God's Word - these are the real proofs of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in a soul. Where he is, these marks will be seen. -
JC Ryle
"God is [man’s] great guardian and friend, and all his concerns are safe in the hands of infinite grace." - Charles Spurgeon
Not from his head was woman took, As made her husband overlook; Not from his feet, as one designed The footstool of the stronger kind; But fashioned for himself, a bride; An equal, taken from his side. Charles Wesley
"If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead” —
Tim Keller
4 questions to ask when setting God-glorifying goals: 1. What is my desired outcome? 2. Why do I want to reach this goal? 3. Who will keep me accountable? 4. How does this goal honor God?
“To love at all is to be vulnerable.” -C.S. Lewis
"True worship is the praise of God for who He truly is and for what He has done." -
James Montgomery Boice.
“You may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.” -
C.S. Lewis
Avoid a sugar-coated gospel. Seek the gospel that rips up, wounds, and even kills, for that's the gospel that makes alive again
Charles Spurgeon
"God will spare the sinner because he did not spare his Son." —
Charles Spurgeon
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