If someone says that they have a “word from God”, but it doesn’t line up with the Word of God… you can be certain that it didn’t come from God.
Me-Centered view: -Jesus exists for me -Jesus needs me -The hero of Scripture is me -Focus of heaven is me.
Jesus-Centered view: -I exist for Jesus -I need Jesus -Hero of Scripture is Jesus -Focus of Heaven is Jesus Our feelings may want the former, but our soul needs the latter.
Instead of fighting WITH your spouse, try fighting FOR your spouse. Take time to pray for him or her every day. If there was a lot more INTERCESSION in marriage, there would be a lot less TERMINATION of marriage.
Activities and events take place in the world that cannot rationally be ascribed to any cause other than a supreme Providence… People may have the same physical abilities, the same advantages, and the same opportunities to work, and yet they do not equally prosper. -
Stephen Charnock “Prayerlessness always goes hand in hand with a lack of Christian integrity. This is even more so for Christian leaders—to put it bluntly if they are not enjoying communion with God, then they are selling a product they don't really believe in.” — Michael Reeves
“Never did a believer in Jesus Christ die or drown in his voyage to heaven.”
— Robert Trail
“May the Lord reveal himself more and more to us in the face of his Son Jesus Christ and magnify the power of his grace.” — Richard Sibbes "All the Attributes in God are one and the same Perfection. It is better said of God that He is His Attributes, than that He has Attributes." - John Norton
“A true understanding of grace—of God’s unmerited favor—always provokes a life of gratitude and obedience.” –– R.C. Sproul And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become the youngest and the leader as one who serves. Luke 22:25-26 Turn your eyes upon Jesus. “Sin is always inconsistent.” — Sinclair Ferguson “Ministers are not kings but servants. They die or move on, and they are replaced by someone else called to carry on the baton. It's about the ministry, not the minister.” —
Michael Horton The ambassadors of so gentle a Saviour should not be overbearing, setting up themselves in the hearts of people where Christ alone should sit as in his own temple. —
Richard Sibbes on Matthew 23:4
We do not propose this way of forgiveness as the best and most pleasant, but as the 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 way. There is no other name given but that of Christ; no other way but this of forgiveness. Here lies your choice; take this path, or perish forever. —Puritan John Owen, Works 6:528
My tongue is not able to tell, and my mind is too weak to explain, the whole extent of God's love towards sinners, and of Christ's willingness to receive and save souls. —JC Ryle, Old Paths, Pg. 60
If we ever get tired of hearing these things (the truths of the Gospel) we can be quite sure that we have either never been Christians or we are in a state of serious backsliding. —Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Romans Volume 10: Saving Faith, Pg. 107
It may be said of nominal believers, as Alexander said to one that bore his name, but was a coward, either lay aside the name or put on greater courage. So either do as Christians do, or do not pretend to be Christians.
—Puritan Thomas Manton (1620-1677), Works 11.185
"The devil has been chained by the cross of Christ. On that chain, he may snarl and roar and grab for us, but nevertheless, his works will be destroyed by Christ." —Alistair Begg
“The doctrine of redemption by Jesus Christ is a glorious doctrine; it is the marrow and quintessence of the gospel, in which all a Christian’s comfort lies.”
Thomas Watson
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