"I'm convinced that in the Church today, we need fewer spotlights, fog machines, formulas, and simply more humility and dependence on the presence and power of the Holy Spirit." -
Eugene Cho
“You’re not writing a commentary; you’re preaching a sermon.” - Alistair Begg
Falling in love with Jesus is more than reading details about Him. We fall in love when we draw close & seek to do life with Him each day. Here’s a cheat sheet of how Satan whispers: If only you were... People think you’re so... Why can’t you just... You're too much. You're not enough. Don’t help him get you into a state of defeat by believing & repeating his scripts. God knows you completely & loves you fully!
“Though we should be troubled for sin, yet to be overmuch troubled for sin is a dishonor to Christ, and to the love of God in Christ; for it is as if we had not in him a sufficient remedy for that great malady.” — Richard Sibbes
True wisdom consists of two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self. John Calvin
"The more we become aware of God's grace in our lives, the more we will respond with a thankfulness which produces itself in overflowing joy." —Alistair Begg
"A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit for the grace of Christ." -
Martin Luther.
Consider that Christ offered Himself more willingly than ever thou didst sin. —
Thomas Goodwin, Works 4:23
Jesus didn’t die boldly and publicly for you to live your faith timidly and privately.
If Jesus climbed up a cross for us on a Friday, we can climb out of bed for Him on a Sunday!
"Every first day of the week we should meditate upon the rising of our Lord, and seek to enter into fellowship with him in his risen life." - Charles Spurgeon
One effect of understanding the faithfulness of God is the silencing of our petulant complaints. -A.W. Pink.
The heart that is full of God’s love has no room for fear of God’s judgment.
The true Christian is called to be a soldier & must behave as such; He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence, & security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep & doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
"Don't ever water down the gospel. If the truth offends, then let it offend. People have been living their whole lives in offense to God; let them be offended for a while." -John MacArthur.
"The resurrection blessing is to be perfected by-and-by at the appearing of our Lord and Saviour, for then our bodies shall rise again if we fall asleep before his coming." - Charles Spurgeon
"We need to be ready to say only what Scripture says." —Abner Chou
"[Christ] was our hostage and our representative, and when he came forth from his bonds, we came forth in him." - Charles Spurgeon
our interest in God is not built upon our holiness, but it is as true that we have none without it. —Puritan John Owen, Works 3:576
"It is because we are in Christ that we become partakers of everything that Christ,— we are circumcised with him, dead with him, buried with him, risen with him because we cannot be separated from him." - Charles Spurgeon
God is still good, even when you don’t understand. God is still faithful, even when it doesn’t make sense. God still has a plan, even when you can’t see it. God is still in control, even when it looks like chaos. God is still near, even when you can’t feel Him. God is still God.
“One of the ironies of the theses is that they contain nothing about the doctrine of justification, the topic that later became the center of the Reformation.” — R. C. Sproul, Luther and the Reformation, 48.
"The Old Testament is a great book of texts, and the New Testament contains the sermons upon them." -Charles Spurgeon.
"The resurrection of our divine Lord from the dead is the corner-stone of Christian doctrine." - Charles Spurgeon
God keeps His word to all generations. From the beginning to the end, the Word of God is true, faithful, and reliable. Chuck Smith
Experience is not primarily something subjective; it is, rather, the result of something which is based upon the belief in objective truth. - Martyn Lloyd-Jones
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