The power “to will and to do” is the sole result of the working of God in man. All is of grace: "By the grace of God" must everyone say, "I am what I am". -Richard Watson (1834) A hypocrite may be willing to embrace Christ as a priest to save him from wrath, from the curse, from hell, from everlasting burnings, but he is never willing to embrace Christ as a prophet to teach him, and as a king to rule and reign over him. —Thomas Brooks, Works 3:446 "To ask for the guidance of God is to make a choice, and this takes faith." ~ Elisabeth Elliot
Meditation always leads to true self-examination." -Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
"Prayer, we assert, is the prelude of all mercies." - Charles Spurgeon
“So, then, preach Christ. Preach Him plainly and gratefully, and you will not be tempted to preach about a man and his pretended powers and dignity." - Jay E. Adams
The soul was wounded as to its will through the disobedience of Adam. ... On its own [it] cannot choose to do good. It can do nothing other than sin & die. Indeed, in terms of accomplishing good, the soul has become totally powerless & ineffective. -Balthasar Hubmaier (1527)
Apologetics is about knowing what we believe, and why we believe it, and being able to communicate that to others in a winsome and effective way. - Voddie Baucham “Christ in you, the hope of glory" –– I’m not afraid of the devil. The devil can handle me, but he can’t handle the One to whom I’m joined; he can’t handle the One to whom I’m united; he can’t handle the One whose nature dwells in my nature. A.W. Tozer When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.
Charles Spurgeon
"Prayer is the forerunner of mercies." - Charles Spurgeon
“Joy is the serious business of heaven.” - C.S. Lewis
The Lord forgets our sins and treats us as if we had never erred. O my soul, what a promise is this! Believe it and be happy. - Charles Spurgeon
"When you first found peace through the blood of the cross you had been praying much beforehand, and earnestly interceding with God that he would remove your doubts, and deliver you from your distresses." - Charles Spurgeon
Everything that you can see will die and rot. Every title you can earn will be lost. Every glory you receive from men will turn to nothing. Live for that which is eternal. Live for the one that died for you." —Paul Washer
I believe that if the church will be what God wants the church to be… God will still do for the church what He wants to do. Chuck Smith
The man who does not glory in the gospel can surely know little of the plague of sin that is within him." ― J.C. Ryle
God knows whatever is knowable. —Thomas Watson, Body of Divinity, 55 "You shall note that all the wonders that God did in the old times were first of all sought at his hands by the earnest prayers of his believing people." - Charles Spurgeon There is a circularity here I do not doubt. I am defending the Bible by the Bible. The circularity of a kind is unavoidable when one seeks to defend an ultimate standard of truth, for one's defense must itself be accountable to that standard. - John Frame
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