He that would be holy must steep himself in the Word, must bask in the sunshine which radiates from each page of revelation.
– Horatius Bonar –
1808 –1889
Bible – The Word
Teaching of the Holy Spirit – JC Ryle
Above all let us humbly pray for the teaching of the Holy Spirit. He alone can apply truth to our hearts, and make us profit by what we read.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856
Prayer Prepares the Heart – Andrew Murray
Prayer prepares my heart for receiving the Word of God from God Himself.
– Andrew Murray –
Begin Your Day With This … – Hudson Taylor
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God in prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.
– Hudson Taylor –
1832-1905
How to Read Scripture – Thomas Watson
Read the scripture, not only as history, but as a love letter from God.
– Thomas Watson –
1620-1686
Upheld by the Word of God – Ralph Venning
We would faint, or falter, if we did not believe (Psa. 27:13), and faltering would prove our strength of faith to be very small (Prov. 24:10). But our faith would faint were it not upheld and quickened by the Word of God.
– Ralph Venning –
from Learning in Christ’s School, 1675
Scripture Reading is our Spiritual Mealtime – Charles Spurgeon
Scripture reading is our spiritual meal-time. Sound the gong and call in every faculty to the Lord’s own table to feast upon the precious meat which is now to be partaken of; or, rather, ring the church bell as for worship, for the studying of the Holy Scripture ought to be as solemn a deed as when we sing the hymns upon the Sabbath day in the courts of Lord’s house.
– Charles Spurgeon –
From Council for Christian Workers
Absolute or Obsolete? – Leonard Ravenhill
The Bible is either absolute, or it’s obsolete.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Straddling Truth and Sin? – Oswald Chambers
It is perilously easy to have amazing sympathy with God’s truth and remain in sin.
– Oswald Chambers –