I value all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.
– John Wesley –
1703-1791
Possession vs Preparation – Richard Baxter
The life to come depends upon this present life. As the life of adult age depends upon infancy, or the reward upon work; or the prize of racers or soldiers upon their running or fighting; or the merchant’s gain upon his voyage. Heaven is won or lost on earth; the possession is there, but the preparation is here.
– Richard Baxter –
from Dying Thoughts, 1683
With Eternity in View – John Wesley
I desire to have both heaven and hell ever in my eye, while I stand on this isthmus of life, between two boundless oceans.
– John Wesley –
Live Near to God – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
Live near to God, and all things will appear little to you in comparison with eternal realities.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
A Test for True Prayer – EM Bounds
He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and
for heaven.
– EM Bounds –
We Are Smug to the Lostness of Men – Leonard Ravenhill
We Christians are debtors to all men at all times in all places, but we are so smug to the lostness of men. We’ve been “living in Laodicea”—lax, loose, lustful, and lazy. Why is there this criminal indifference to the lostness of men? Our condemnation is that we know how to live better than we are living.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Don’t Preach Repentance Unless … – Joseph Parker
The man whose little sermon is “repent” sets himself against his age, and will for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone he challenges. There is but one end for such a man—”off with his head!” You had better not try to preach repentance until you have pledged your head to heaven.
– Joseph Parker –
The Heavier Your Cross to Bear – Thomas Watson
Afflictions add to the saints’ glory. The more the diamond is cut, the more it sparkles; the heavier the saints’ cross is, the heavier shall be their crown.
– Thomas Watson –
Enjoying God Forever – Charles Spurgeon
The purest and most exhilarating joy is the delight of glorifying God and anticipating the time when we will enjoy Him forever.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from Spurgeon on Praise