STOP VENTING AND START PRAYING! YOU DON'T NEED SYMPATHY...YOU NEED STRENGTH!
"NEVER ALLOW SOMEONE'S PAST EXPERIENCE TO HINDER YOUR FUTURE EXPECTATION. WHAT DIDN'T WORK FOR THEM, MAY JUST WORK WONDERS FOR YOU."
BEWARE OF THOSE WHO PRIVATELY APPLAUD YOU BUT PUBLICLY AVOID YOU.
"PRAISE GOD FOR THE OPEN DOORS, BUT DON'T FORGET TO THANK HIM FOR EVERY CLOSED DOOR THAT SAVED YOU FROM YEARS OF STRESS, DISCOURAGEMENT, BETRAYAL, LOSS AND PAIN."
YOUR HEALING BECOMES OFFENSIVE TO THOSE WHO BENEFITED FROM YOUR BROKENNESS!
PROMOTION WILL COME, BUT YOU MUST FIRST LEARN TO RESPECT THE PROCESS!
SOME ARE THERE TO HELP YOU, SOME ARE THERE TO HELP THEMSELVES!
"DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS JUST BECAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE. YOU DESERVE MORE, WAIT FOR IT! "
NOT EVERYONE YOU LOSE IS A LOSS.
“It is Christ alone who is the cause of our salvation; but he will save none but those that obey him. He came to save sinners, but not such as choose to continue in their sins.” John Owen, 20:540 When the Lord’s Day is at an end, we should long for the Sabbath in heaven, which will never have an end.” —Thomas Vincent, Shorter Catechism Explained Q. 98. What is prayer? A. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies. —1647 Westminster Shorter Catechism Believe it, friends! It is not high notions in the brain, but sound assurance in the heart, that will keep a man close to Christ when others backslide from Christ. —Thomas Brooks, Works 2:409 Christ was not weary of suffering for sinners, and God will not be weary of pardoning them. —Puritan Thomas Manton, Works 10:172 Christ’s sacrifice is as fresh, vigorous, and potent 𝘯𝘰𝘸, as the first hour it was offered. And though He actually offer[s] it no more, yet He virtually continues it by His intercession now in heaven; for there He is still a priest. —John Flavel, Works 1:158 A careless disregard of the offers of the gospel offendeth God exceedingly. —Puritan Thomas Manton, Works 10:263 Faith unites the weak believer to Christ as really as it does the strong one… —Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, 6:836 Do something for Jesus Christ in your families. —Thomas Manton, Works 10:265 A Christian should be always devising how he may lay forth himself for Christ, for the advancement of his ordinances, enlargement of his kingdom. —Thomas Manton, Works 10:265
“He is likely to be the best, the most humble, the most holy and fruitful Christian, who is most sedulous and diligent in spiritual inquiries into the great mystery of the reconciliation of God unto sinners by the blood of the cross.” John Owen, 20:520
The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the Gospel, are included by God within the covenant of Grace, as well as Abraham’s or David’s seed within that covenant of theirs. —Thomas Goodwin, Works 9:426-27 It is no matter what others have done before us, but what Christ did before them all. —Thomas Manton, Works 6:10 If the Law [of God] be abolished as to new creatures [in Christ], then why doth the Spirit of God write it with such legible characters in their hearts? That which the Spirit engraves upon the heart, would Christ come to abolish and deface? —Thomas Manton, Works 6:9-10
The church is like a river. If it gets wider instead of deeper it will lose its power. —Puritan Thomas Manton “…if it (the current administration of the covenant of grace) pertained only to [believers] and not to their infants, the grace of God and their consolation would be narrower and more contracted after Christ’s appearing than before.” —William Ames, Marrow of Theology, Pg. 211
I notice now that continual omission of the Gospel in our sermons, or passing from it quickly, arises from self-righteousness. —Andrew Bonar (1810-1892), Diary Entry on the Sabbath Day, December 20th, 1863 There cannot be a surer nor greater character of a hypocrite, than to make a great deal of stir about little things in religion, and in the mean[time] neglect the great and main things in religion. —Puritan Thomas Brooks, Works 2:280 This will be our wonder and amazement at the last day, to see such huge sums cancelled with Christ’s blood. —Puritan Thomas Manton, Works 5:76
“Christianity does not wait for man or woman. It does not depend on human power, human precepts, or human inventions… it is not accomplished by human power but by the divine Spirit and providence.” — Stephen Charnock “A Christian can do all then: and wherein he fails, God will pardon him. What is good, God will accept and reward; and what is sick and weak, God will heal, until he has made him complere in Christ.” — Richard Sibbes
Christians have a new identity. We are no longer 'in Adam' but 'in Christ'; no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit. - Sinclair B. Ferguson "When we are tempted to doubt God's goodness in the wilderness of this world, let us remember that He originally put man in paradise... We should train ourselves to sing, 'The LORD is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works' (Ps. 145:9)." - Beeke & Smalley
“God pardons that which is ill, for he is a Father. 'I will pity you as a father pities his child' (Psa, 103:13). This, in the covenant of grace, he will do.” — Richard Sibbes
“If the church is God's house, its enemies shall answer for every invasion, for every forcible entry, for every breaking of its gates and bars, and God will deal with their dereliction in the end.” — Stephen Charnock “Godly authority of men in the home must always be exercised for the good of their families to the glory of God.” “An ungrateful world does not notice the benefits they receive from the "salt of the earth" (Matt. 5:13), which preserves them and to which they owe so much.” — Stephen Charnock “There is not a spark of light, or any inclination to the gospel, that is found in nature. For God removes all the natural ways eye, ear, and understanding of knowing the gospel. The knowledge of it is only supernatural.” — Richard Sibbes on 1 Corinthians 2:14
Uncertain about the future? God has already told us — Christ has won!
“Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.” — John Calvin
"Our best performances are so stained with sin that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works." — Charles Spurgeon “God is with us, and his providence never rests.” — Stephen Charnock
“Let us know that outside of Christ there is no grace. There cannot be a beam without the sun; there cannot be a river without a spring; there cannot be a good work without the spring of good works, which is Christ.” — Richard Sibbes
The weakest faith gets the same strong Christ as does the strongest faith. - Sinclair B. Ferguson "In Adam, we are all covenant breakers. Recognizing our solidarity with Adam humbles us, but also helps us to see our need for a better covenant head." - Beeke & Smalley. Reformed Systematic Theology, 2:313
“Come what will, if we be in Christ, either we will be freed from troubles, or we will have grace to bear them. Either we will have that we want, or we will have contentment without it.” — Richard Sibbes “What is done against the church really targets God, since all the church's constitution, worship, and observances are directed to God as their ultimate end.” — Stephen Charnock
"Earthly marriage images the heavenly and serves to prepare for this heavenly marriage; for the ultimate goal of history is that a humanity may emerge of which Christ is the Head and in which God is all in all.” — Herman Bavinck
Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others! - Sinclair B. Ferguson “Sometimes God allows his children to be forsaken, that they might fly to Christ. Our hearts do not naturally cling to God and are soon ready to join with anyone or anything else. We must see the excellencies of Christ and cling and adhere to him.” — Richard Sibbes “Earthly things, such as riches, honours, and friends are not given to us to be a sure foundation to rest upon, but for comforts on our way to heaven.” — Richard Sibbes
“This entire work of salvation is God's work exclusively; nothing derives from humans it is all pure grace and undeserved favor.” — Herman Bavinck “Times of anguish are seasons for us to stand firm in our faith and be reassured that we can rely on Christ in our dire situations.” — Stephen Charnock
“The beginning of our true happiness is in the discovery of true and false objects…” — Richard Sibbes
“Fix this in your mind: God is righteous, wise, and good in everything he does.” — Stephen Charnock, Divine Providence, 249
“It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.” - C.S. Lewis
“God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.” - C.S. Lewis
The rule of heaven: Thy will be done The rule of hell: My will be done. C.S. Lewis
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen — not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C.S. Lewis
"The love of Jesus is the source of salvation. He loves, he looks, he touches us, we live." — Charles Spurgeon
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different. C. S. Lewis
The great challenge for us as believers is to identify with the world in its need but not in its sin. Alistair Begg "Every promise of God's Word belongs to all those who have the faith to grasp it." — Charles Spurgeon
Doing the work of God is dangerous but not doing the work of God is more dangerous. -Sabina Wurmbrand What matters supremely is not the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it ~ the fact that He knows me. J.I. Packer
"Never did I meet a Christian who, in his old age, said that he had made a mistake in relying upon Christ as his Savior." — Charles Spurgeon
"He wore my crown, the crown of thorns; I wear his crown, the crown of glory." — Charles Spurgeon
“The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self — all your wishes and precautions — to Christ.” - C.S. Lewis
"Religion cannot be truly understood, unless it is felt." -John Witherspoon. "Until we get rid of selfishness, we shall never feel constant joy." — Charles Spurgeon
Do not regard iniquity in your heart. If you do, the Lord will not hear you. Keep that before you always. -George Muller -
Blushing is the colour of virtue. -Matthew Henry
They serve a good Master who trust alone in Jesus, and take up their cross, and follow him. In him is life for the perishing, joy for the sorrowing, rest for the weary, and liberty for the captives. - Charles Spurgeon
In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense. And just as the faith of salvation comes through hearing the message of the gospel, so the faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone.
The remedy for discouragement is the Word of God. When you feed your heart and mind with its truth, you regain your perspective and find renewed strength. Warren Wiersbe
"God does not need your strength; he has more than enough on his own. He asks your weakness, he has none of that." — Charles Spurgeon
"Christ, by taking our sin on Himself, took it clean away from us; banished it out of the creation, and eternally annihilated it to every believer, who is as far from the charge of it before God, as if there never had been any such thing in the world." -Thomas Adams
'Look to the law for direction but not for righteousness' "This exhortation is necessary since even God's children are often inclined to dwell upon their works, and accordingly, are either encouraged or discouraged." - Wilhelmus a Brakel. Christian's Reasonable Service, 1:367.
"Hold to God's Word by faith, and you will be strong. God will vindicate his own cause." — Charles Spurgeon
"The most important daily habit we can possess is to remind ourselves of the gospel." — Charles Spurgeon
"Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity." ~Charles H. Spurgeon
"[Christ] watered the soil of his garden with his bloody sweat in Gethsemane, and made it to bear fruit unto life by being himself laid to sleep in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea[…]" - Charles Spurgeon
If you do not desire to be holy I do not see that you have any right to think that you are a Christian. -Martyn Lloyd-Jones - Though you are black as hell's midnight through iniquity, yet if you will come to Christ, He is ready to cleanse you. Charles Spurgeon
What! At peace with the Father, and at war with His children? It cannot be. —John Flavel
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