Deeper Christian Quotes

Classic Christian Quotes for the Deeper Christian Life

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Suffering a Little – Thomas Watson

“After ye have suffered a while” (1 Peter 5:10), or as it is in the Greek, “a little.” Our sufferings may be lasting, not everlasting.

– Thomas Watson –
1620-1686

Consume My Life Oh God – Jim Elliot

Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like You, Lord Jesus.

– Jim Elliot –
 1927-1956

Lose Your Life and Find God’s Love – Elisabeth Elliot

With what misgivings we turn over our lives to God, imagining somehow that we are about to lose everything that matters. Our hesitancy is like that of a tiny shell on the seashore, afraid to give up the teaspoon of water it holds lest there not be enough in the ocean to fill it again. Lose your life, said Jesus, and you will find it. Give up, and I will give you all. Can the shell imagine the depth and plenitude of the ocean? Can you and I fathom the riches, the fullness, of God’s Love?

– Elisabeth Elliot –
from The Path of Loneliness

How to Choose Friends – Thomas Brooks

Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.

– Thomas Brooks –
 from Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks: Selections from the Writings of Thomas Brooks

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