It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus.
– Robert Murray McCheyne –
Blessing
When God takes something from you – Thomas Manton
If God takes anything from us, let us bless the name of the Lord.
– Thomas Manton –
My Goal is God – Leonard Ravenhill
My goal is God Himself. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but Himself.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Let Us Live Justly – Charles Spurgeon
Let us look to it that in all things we are just – in our trade, in our judgment of others, in our treatment of neighbors, and in our own personal character. A just God cannot bless unjust transactions.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from Faith’s Checkbook
Praise God for Unrealized Blessings – AW Tozer
Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.
– AW Tozer –
Storms are Temporary – William Gurnall
Let this encourage those of you who belong to Christ: the storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary. The clouds that are temporarily rolling over your head will pass, and then you will have fair weather, an eternal sunshine of glory. Can you not watch with Christ for one hour?
– William Gurnall –
Blessings of the Kingdom – Samuel Chadwick
There are blessings of The Kingdom that are only yielded to the violence of the vehement soul.
– Samuel Chadwick –