QUOTES

I hate death. I hate it intensely. ~ Ray Ortlund

Death is coming for all of us. It’s a one-way trip. Except for Jesus. We now get to say, “Dead. Because of Jesus, not dead.”

“The Christian has a deep, silent, hidden peace, which the world sees not, like some well in a retired and shady place…What he is when left to himself and to his God, that is his true life.” —John Henry Newman

God holds the missing piece. You won’t find it in your pursuits or in anything this world has to offer. But you will find it in a relationship with God. The missing piece is a relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.

When I heard about Jesus Christ, I thought, “I would like to know God. That idea sounds really good.” The idea of having a relationship with God held great appeal for me.

“God has perfect timing; never early, never late. It takes a little patience and it takes a lot of faith, but it's worth the wait.”.

The most vital question to ask about all who claim to be Christian is this: Have they a soul thirst for God?- Martyn Lloyd-Jones

The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still. A.W. Tozer

"Time will put out the sun, the lamp of the moon will grow dim in ages yet to come, but neither time nor age shall quench a solitary spark of heaven-born grace and light."- Charles Spurgeon

We must make God our heart’s delight then we shall have our heart’s desire.

Matthew Henry

The new truth is old heresy. - Steve Lawson

"Though faith is as a grain of mustard seed, it is essentially a living thing, and it is not conceivable that God himself should slay that which is quickened with his life." -

Charles Spurgeon

'Those sins that seem most sweet in life, will prove most bitter in death.'

— Thomas Brooks

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

Francis Schaeffer

The life of the Christian is impossible apart from the animating, helping, and beautifying work of the Holy Spirit. Dustin Benge

"He may cast you aside for a while, but he cannot cast you away forever; he may take away your goods, but not your highest good." - Charles Spurgeon

"He may allow a cloud to rest upon your reputation, a blight to fall upon your usefulness, and a storm to sweep away your happiness, but his mercy is not clean gone forever, he hath not in anger turned away his heart from you."- Charles Spurgeon

God is more willing to forgive Than we are to sin. Charles Spurgeon

"Between socialism and individualism...democracy and aristocracy...classicism and Romanticism...atheism and pantheism...unbelief and superstition...civilized humanity swings back and forth. Shared by both movements...is..an aversion to the common Christian faith." H.Bavinck

I am not afraid of opposition. My God is a God of battles and peace. G. K. Chesterton

One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.-- Francis Schaeffer

Francis Schaeffer is saying conservatism isn't the same as following Christ. Some of you seem to be missing that.

Expository preaching limits its topics to the Biblical text itself, to what the passage under review actually says. Expository preaching is simply saying what God already has said in His Word.

- John Miller

"Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on." -

Henry Rollins

"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon." -

Paul Brandt

Low expectations of God reveal a blind pessimism about the power of God’s work. We sometimes raise our expectations to insist upon—even demand—complete divine healing or the perfect job. Other times, we lower our expectations closer to those of atheists. Randy Alcorn

"God is dearest when goods are fewest. Heaven is warmest when the earth is coldest."

— Charles Spurgeon

This love of Christ is also exceedingly sweet and satisfying in its greatness of it; it is a dying love; such love as never was before seen, and such as no other can parallel. Jonathan Edwards

If you marry an unbeliever, you have the Devil as your father-in-law. - Steve Lawson

While we can and should invite the unsaved to church to hear the gospel, the church/church life is for the born-again believer. You be the church, you share the gospel.

All of the NT letters were addressed to saints (born-again believers). The Church is designed to equip saved believers to go out & tell.

"I would rather be nobody at Christ's feet than everybody anywhere else." Charles Spurgeon

“People don’t get saved because you’re nice to them. Nobody has ever gotten saved in the history of the Christian church because you’re nice to them. People get saved because of the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.” - Jeff Durbin

"Our life seems at times to run all into puffballs and bloated fungi of self-glorying, we think that we are something when we are nothing, and then the Lord prunes us back to our real condition."

- Charles Spurgeon

"I always feel it well to put a few words of prayer between everything I do." Charles Spurgeon

My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. Charles Spurgeon

"Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first."

— Charles Spurgeon

Take the time, like Jesus did, to get to know individual people and their stories. Be salt, sprinkled everywhere, inspired, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to show the love of Jesus to the world.

Ray Bently

God will speak to the hearts of those who prepare themselves to hear; and conversely, those who do not so prepare themselves will hear nothing even though the Word of God is falling upon their outer ears every Sunday. ~A. W. Tozer~

The devil is alive and active, but Jesus came to crush him! Let's arm ourselves with the Word of God and the Holy Spirit within us to speak against his lies and live in the truth!

“The Christian has a deep, silent, hidden peace, which the world sees not, like some well in a retired and shady place…What he is when left to himself and to his God, that is his true life.” —

John Henry Newman

Excuses are never beneficial. It is far better, to be honest with people and just own up to what you have done wrong. It is nobler to take the blame than to offer lame excuses for your failures.

Do not make procrastination a habit. Why not take the time to do what was asked of you? Obedience––so simple. Know this, God does not accept our excuses; He expects our obedience.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses. ~John C. Maxwell~

Have faith in the struggle. Whatever it is that you are going through, keep your eyes on the Promise-Giver. What He allows may be confusing at times, but He is with you and for you. Wait for His promises.

Joy is not mere happiness. Joy is often accompanied by a recognition of the lack of joy in the world and the haunting notion that we are but passing through, pressing toward something greater than ourselves. Joy gives us the ability to delight in life and the strength to carry on, even in hardship. Sherwood Wirt

What would we do without the house of God? It is so important to have a place of worship so we can sit and hear God’s Word. God’s house is a place of prayer so we can receive His peace. Many of us come to church with heavy burdens, terrible situations, and deep hurts. A pastor gives us God’s message which speaks to our hearts so personally––directly.

The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church...is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.

~Dwight L. Moody~

It isn't that easy for wolves to ravage us if we are in close proximity to our shepherd, but that requires us to know what we believe while keeping the Lord in sight as our ultimate guide.

When you trust God with all your heart, He will empower you through the Holy Spirit to accomplish great things for Him. So, ask the Lord to reveal Himself to you in a special way.+

He that perverts truth shall soon be incapable of knowing truth from the false. If you persist in wearing glasses that distort, everything will be distorted for you. ~C. H. Spurgeon~

“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.” C. S. Lewis

“Feeling overwhelmed, and scrambling to get a better fix on the problem, they will do the only safe thing: they will pull back and assume the stance of objective analysts,” says Mike Mason. “Naturally they will go about this in a very warm and godly way with the best of intentions. Yet, without realizing it, by their clinical theorizing, they are effectively withdrawing their human affections, their very friendship, at a time when intimate friendship is most needed.”

Mike Mason:

If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to sever them and send you out to sea.

I have been dwelling on this whole thing of people living in the past. The Lord gave me Isa.43:18-20 tonight. What a blessing in knowing our Lord speaks directly to the hearts of men and women.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. Henri Nouwen

There were two angels living in heaven. One of them was always resting, and the other was constantly traveling from Earth to God. The resting angel asked the other:

– Why are you flying all the time from here to there?

– I am carrying the messages from people to God which start with these words: Dear God, help… And why are you resting all the time? – Well, I have to carry the messages to God which start with these words: I thank you, Lord…

All men need to take heed to the life of David. Do not get married too quickly. Seek out a godly woman, who will be a blessing in your life. It is the same for women. Seek out a godly man, who will love you as Christ loves the church. If you rush to marry outside of God’s will, you will pay a big price. Don’t look around for a life partner, look up. Any other choice than God’s will mean disaster.

Don't just pray, pray powerfully

"The best of leaders when the job is done when the task is accomplished, people will say we have done it ourselves")

"The more you complain about your problems the more problems you will have to complain about."- Zig Ziglar

One day when you stand before God, you will be held accountable for what He called you to do. And one day, He will reward you for how faithful you were with what He gave you.

We cannot hold a torch to another’s path without brightening our own. ~Ben Sweetland~

"A smart-phone is like a loaded gun in the hands of a rebellious teenager"

Beloved, in fighting with sin without and within, with error doctrinal or practical, with spiritual wickedness in high places or low places, with devils and the devil's allies, you are waging Jehovah's war, and unless He himself can be worsted, you need not fear defeat. Quail not before superior numbers, shrink not from difficulties or impossibilities, flinch not at wounds or death, smite with the two-edged sword of the Spirit, and the slain shall lie in heaps. The battle is the Lord's and He will deliver His enemies into our hands. With steadfast foot, strong hand, dauntless heart, and flaming zeal, rush to the conflict, and the hosts of evil shall fly like chaff before the gale. Stand up! stand up for Jesus! The strife will not be long; One day the noise of battle, The next the victor's song: To him that overcometh, A crown of life shall be; He with the King of glory Shall reign eternally. -Charles Spurgeon

The gospel can be compared to one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread. There is nothing arrogant about that... Israel Wayne

You can never understand the faithfulness of God by taking the short view.

~Paul S. Rees~

"It’s easy to assume that the early Church witnessed miracles daily...until you remember that the Book of Acts covers...thirty-eight years. God...wants us to develop discipline - to praise Him when we might not feel His presence, to study His Word even though we might not experience a fresh revelation. God wants to develop and deepen you for what He has in store for you."

SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THOSE WHO WILL SUPPORT YOU WHEN IT RAINS NOT JUST WHEN IT SHINES SO, AFTER ALL, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH YOU'RE GOING TO QUIT. JUST LIKE THAT? NO WAY! YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT LIKE CRAZY UNTIL YOU BREAK THROUGH!

•If there’s a void, fill it •If there’s a need, meet it •If there’s a mess, clean it •If there’s lack, erase it •If there’s pain, ease it •If there’s plenty, distribute it •If there’s grief, comfort it •If there’s love, spread it

"My Child, you are about to transition from being SKIPPED OVER to being SOUGHT AFTER. So, RELAX! You will NEVER have to compete for what I say is ALREADY YOURS!" (Love, Your Heavenly Father) BE DISCERNING, SOMETIMES IT'S THE VERY ONES HELPING TO BANDAGE YOU IN PUBLIC, WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR STABBING YOU IN PRIVATE. "WHEN YOU MAKE THE GOSPEL GLAMOROUS, YOU REMOVE ITS GORINESS AND THE RESULT IS A LOT OF BEAUTY, BUT NO BLOOD...ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT'S THE BLOOD THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE."

BE ENCOURAGED, THE SAME GOD WHO GAVE YOU THE BUSINESS, WILL GIVE YOU THE CLIENTS. "THE CHURCH USED TO BE A LIFEBOAT RESCUING THE PERISHING. NOW SHE'S JUST A CRUISE SHIP RECRUITING THE PROMISING." "SO FEW SPIRITUAL FRUIT...YET, SO MANY RELIGIOUS NUTS." FRIENDS, DON'T MISS YOUR BLESSING! MAKE SURE YOU PRAY FOR ME! I'M CERTAINLY PRAYING FOR YOU! JOB 42:10, "AND THE LORD TURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF JOB AND RESTORED HIS FORTUNES WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS; ALSO THE LORD GAVE JOB TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEFORE." (AMPC)

"YOU'LL NEVER WIN IF YOU KEEP COMPETING WITH WHO YOU SHOULD BE COLLABORATING WITH."

“Shall he be conformed to us, and we not be conformed to him?” — Richard Sibbes “Everything in your life is downstream of your theology.”

“… effective leadership is not all about giftedness and ability. Fundamentally… it is about holiness.” — Alistair Begg "Child of God, you cost Christ too much for Him to forget you." - Charles Spurgeon

“Will we not labor to be transformed, to be like him, who out of love stooped so low as to be like us?” — Richard Sibbes

"Biblical evangelism never puts a full stop after conversion but regards conversion as a prelude to worship." —Alistair Begg

Every Christian is called to share the Gospel—but sometimes our motives for sharing aren't biblical. Discover what the Bible reveals as the two primary motives that should drive us to tell others about Jesus. That's on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg:

"One day, you will see what God was doing in directing matters differently than how you would've chosen. Until then, you can persevere in prayer, because it is what He commands and because He has promised to work for the good of His people." —Alistair Begg

Obedience to Jesus Christ should not imply a spirit of reluctance but rather one of joyful privilege." —Alistair Begg

“For the psalmist, the greatest delight in heaven or on earth is the knowledge of God." -

Kevin Zuber

As our Father makes many a flower to bloom unseen in the lonely desert, [let us] do all that we can do, as under God’s eye, though no other eye ever takes note of it. Hudson Taylor One difficulty follows another very fast - but God reigns, not chance. Hudson Taylor

"Altar calls are a modern convenience to get results when the Holy Ghost has not honored the truth." -Leonard Ravenhill.

Therefore, we preach that it is the purchase of Christ alone that reconciles us to God... -

John Calvin - Be not proud of race, face, place, or grace. -C.H. Spurgeon -

All God’s giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God’s faithfulness. Hudson Taylor

"A Christian's liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh." -John Bunyan. "There are only two ways of dying. We can die in faith or we can die in our sins." - R.C. Sproul

We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them that our home is above and that all these things are transitory. O to live consistent lives! Hudson Taylor

Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change. Hudson Taylor

Truly Jesus is the great need of our souls. Hudson Taylor There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience. Hudson Taylor

The most tremendous #judgment of #God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men. -John Owen - Christ, with what he hath done and suffered, is the meritorious cause of our justification; -

John Bunyan -