"Because Christ never leaves or forsakes His bride, Christ’s people can never leave or forsake His bride. To depart from His people is to depart from Him." —Mike Riccardi
"The Lord is a real God, infinitely more real than things, more real even than ourselves." — Charles Spurgeon
Though God could create millions of worlds for us, He cannot give a greater Son to us.
Stephen Charnock
Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss; he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as He promises. —Thomas Brooks
The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin
“The history of the human race is the history of relentless resistance by human beings to the sweetness of the grace of God.”
“6 benefits to hearing the Word of God: 1. It exercises our humility. 2. It instructs our faith. 3. It lights us up with joy. 4. It inflames us with love. 5. It inspires us with zeal. 6. It lifts us up towards heaven.” — Charles Spurgeon
"The Christian's motto should not be 'Let go and let God but 'Trust God and get going!'" -James Packer. The first step toward attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin. -J.C. Ryle - God's sovereignty reveals HIS sufficiency and shows us our insufficiency. -A.W. Pink
God was willing to have his Son make man and die, rather than a man should perish, who had delighted to ruin himself. Stephen Charnock
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth. John Calvin The wounds of an almighty God for us are a greater testimony of goodness than if we had all the other riches of Heaven and Earth. Stephen Charnock "Set not your hearts on the flowers of this world. They shall fade and die. Prize the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley. He changes not!" -Robert Murray M'Cheyne. Stop what you are doing and order a copy of Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen and read it. If you already read it, then read it again. You will thank me later. More pastors. More planters. More missionaries. More youth pastors. More collegiate ministers. More women’s leaders. More worship pastors. More children’s ministers. Where do they come from? They don’t just appear. We must call out the called & disciple future ministry leaders.
"If God takes away the guilt of sin, he is sure at the same time to remove the power of sin." - Charles Spurgeon
If you’re worshipping a God who always agrees with you, then you’re not worshipping the real God but a glorified version of yourself.
The Lord wraps up the whole covenant of grace in *one* promise, signifying no less: 'I will be your God.' - John Owen
But doth this (grace alone) tend to licentiousness? Doth this not render obedience, holiness, duties, mortification of sin, and good works needless? God forbid; yea, this is the 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 way to order them (grace and works) aright unto the glory of God. —John Owen, Works 6:565
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