Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.
– Jeremiah Burroughs –
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment,1648
Quotes that encourage, edify, and exhort you down the narrow way
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What Place Do You Give Jesus? – Leonard Ravenhill
I find it most intriguing to contemplate the fact that while men are considering what place to give Jesus Christ in history, He has already decided what place to give them in eternity.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The Standard of Prayer – Charles H. Brent
A low standard of prayer means a low standard of character and a low standard of service. Those alone labor effectively among men who impetuously fling themselves upward towards God.
– Charles H. Brent –
Where is our Treasure? – JC Ryle
Would we know what we are ourselves? Let us see whether we have treasure in heaven, or whether all our good things are here upon earth. Would we know what our treasure is? Let us ask ourselves what we love most? This is the true test of character. This is the pulse of our religion. It matters little what we say, or what we profess, or what preaching we admire, or what place of worship we attend. What do we love? On what are our affections set? This is the great question. “Where our treasure is there will our hearts be also.” (Luke 12:34)
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856
Repentance Needs Sorrow – Thomas Watson
A woman may as well expect to have a child without pangs as one can have repentance without sorrow. He that can believe without doubting, suspect his faith; and he that can repent without sorrowing, suspect his repentance.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Doctrine of Repentance, 1668
Marriage can be Heaven or Hell – CT Studd
Marriage can either be a taste of Heaven on earth or hell on earth, depending on where you place the Cross.
– CT Studd –
Nearer Towards Heaven – Edward B. Pusey
As in our daily walk we come nearer towards heaven, He will open to us more of heaven.
– Edward B. Pusey –
God Fills the Heart – FW Faber
God always fills in all hearts all the room which is left Him there.
– FW Faber –
A Minister Needs Boldness – William Gurnall
A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun. If men will be bold in sin, ministers must be bold to reprove.
– William Gurnall –
The Spirit of Power and Love – Samuel Bolton
In the Gospel, the Spirit is not a Spirit of bondage and fear, but a Spirit of power and of love.
(see Romans 8:15, 2 Timothy 1:7)
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645
Thanksgiving – John Piper
Thanksgiving with the mouth stirs up thankfulness in the heart.
– John Piper –
Listening to Good Preaching – JC Ryle
Preaching is an ordinance of which the value can never be overrated in the church of Christ. But it should never be forgotten, that there must not only be good preaching, but good hearing.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856