"It is proper to serve Christ. But remember, Christ did more for you." — Charles Spurgeon
We were baptized, and anxiety over our past life fled from us. Nor, during those days, could I be satiated with the wondrous sweetness of contemplating the depth of your counsel for the salvation of mankind. Augustine
There is a certainty in the midst of all life's unknowns. Knowing where to turn & return. Jesus. Always Jesus. The Way. The Truth. The Life. His Word is the Way. His Truth sets us free. His Life is the Light that defeats all the darkness. He is the Promise to cling to.
"Thousands are congratulating themselves that they are devout worshipers while living in an unregenerate state." — Charles Spurgeon
"Expository preaching is the key to unsheathing the powerful sword of God's Word." - Mike Neglia My consciousness that I love you, O Lord, is not doubtful but sure. You have smitten my heart with Your Word, and I love You. Augustine
It is not too strong to say that we are at war, and there are no neutral parties in the struggle. One either confesses that God is the final authority, or one confesses that Caesar is Lord.
Francis Schaeffer
Lord, by your grace we hate the very thought of sin. Thanks be to your holy name! You have blotted out our sin." — Charles Spurgeon The light of human reason differs little from the darkness. John Calvin
The Bible is the scepter by which the Heavenly King rules His Church.
John Calvin
We must not forget that the issues of Eternity are settled in Time. -A.W. Pink -
The Holy Spirit is the beautifier of souls. -John Owen -
We all want real community but only on our own terms, only when it's convenient, and only when no one demands anything from us. Real community takes love. It takes patience and time. It takes courage. It takes risking our hearts being broken. It takes sacrifice.
I do not know which temptations I can resist and which I cannot. Yet there is hope, for You are faithful. Augustine
How I wept at the hymns and sacred songs of your Church, how moved was I at its tuneful voices! Those voices flowed in through my ears, and the truth, pressed and strained out of them, entered my heart, and from my heart, a pious longing came boiling up and overflowed. Augustine
"If the Lord is your joy, your joy will never dry up." — Charles Spurgeon Christ is an ever-flowing fountain--he is continually supplying his people, and the fountain is not spent. -Jonathan Edwards - Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God. -Horatius Bonar -
Alexander Maclaren on how “death is gain” (Phil 1:21): 1. We lose everything we don’t need 2. We keep everything that matters 3. We gain what we never had before
Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange. —David Wells
Though He seems as yet to be far off, and to leave me in the depths, I have His Word of promise to support and stay my soul; on which I will lean until I obtain the enjoyment of Him and His kindness which is better than life. —John Owen, Works 6:609
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