Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by this heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.
– William Gurnall –
Nothing is Impossible with God – Smith Wigglesworth
There is nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief.
– Smith Wigglesworth –
Receiving Something Better – Thomas Watson
The Lord never takes away any comfort from his people without giving them something better. The disciples parted with Christ’s corporal presence and he sent them the Holy Ghost. God eclipses one joy and augments another. He simply makes an exchange; he takes away a flower and gives a diamond.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Godly Man’s Picture, 1666
God’s Special Providence – William Perkins
The consideration of God’s special providence should teach you to think of the presence of God as all-seeing and all-knowing, to seek his help, and also to believe that you are helped in all things, and finally that there is no danger so terrible but he is able and willing to deliver you from it, when it is fit.
– William Perkins –
from The Art of Prophesying, 1592
The Lord Will Provide – Charles Spurgeon
Onward, soldiers of the cross, where Jesus has led the way. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath you are the everlasting arms. You are not called upon to go a warfare at your own charges, neither are you left alone in the battle: the banner which waves over you bears the soul-assuring motto, “Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord will provide.”
– Charles Spurgeon –
God is a Consuming Fire – Leonard Ravenhill
Our God is a consuming fire. He consumes pride, lust, materialism, and other sin.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Christ is Praying for You – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
True Revival – Henry Blackaby
When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.
– Henry Blackaby –
God Delights in Impossibilities – Billy Sunday
We have a God who delights in impossibilities.
– Billy Sunday –