Afflictions are the golden key by which the Lord opens the rich treasure of His word to his people’s souls.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608–1680
Thomas Brooks
Joy is the Beauty of Christians – Thomas Brooks
A beautiful face is at all time pleasing to the eye, but then especially when there is joy manifested in the countenance. Joy in the face puts a new beauty, and makes that which before was beautiful to be exceeding beautiful. It puts a lustre and glory upon beauty; so does joy in the face, heart, and life of a Christian, cast a general splendor and glory upon him, and the ways of God wherein he walks. The joy of the Lord is not only the strength, but also the beauty and glory of Christians. (see Nehemiah 8:10)
– Thomas Brooks –
from Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance, 1654
Hope is a Spark of Glory – Thomas Brooks
A Christian will part with anything rather than his hope; he knows that hope will keep the heart both from aching and breaking, from fainting and sinking; he knows that hope is a beam of God, a spark of glory, and that nothing shall extinguish it till the soul be filled with glory.
– Thomas Brooks –
Trials, Troubles, Miseries, and Crosses – Thomas Brookes
Consider this, Christian: that all your trials and troubles, calamities and miseries, crosses and losses which you meet in this world are all the hell you shall ever have!!
– Thomas Brookes –
Prayer – Thomas Brooks
If the prayers of God’s children are so faint that they can not reach up as high as heaven, then God will bow the heavens and come down to their prayers.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608-1680
The Fulfillment of One Spiritual Comfort – Thomas Brooks
As all lights cannot make up the want of the light of the sun, so all temporal comforts cannot make up the want of one spiritual comfort.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608-1680
Conformed to and Confident in Christ – Thomas Brooks
The more the soul is conformed to Christ, the more confident it will be of its interest in Christ.
– Thomas Brooks –
from Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks: Selections from the Writings of Thomas Brooks
Pray! – Thomas Brooks
If you cannot pray as you would, nor as you should, pray as well as you can.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608-1680
The Soul of Prayer – Thomas Brooks
The very soul of prayer lies in the pouring out of a man’s soul before the Lord, though it be but in sighs, groans, and tears. One sigh and groan from a broken heart is better pleasing to God than all human eloquence.
– Thomas Brooks –