Nearness to Christ, intimacy with Him, assimilation of His character—these are the elements of a ministry of power.
– Horatius Bonar –
Character
The Highest Grace – JC Ryle
Humility is the highest grace that can adorn the Christian character.
– JC Ryle –
Principles and Practices – Jonathan Edwards
People are very apt to bring their principles to their practices and not their practices to their principles, as they ought to do. They, in their practice, do not comply with their consciences; all their strife is about bringing their consciences to comply with their practice.
– Jonathan Edwards –
The ministry of the Holy Spirit – JI Packer
The Holy Spirit’s main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.
– JI Packer –
Great Character – Charles Swindoll
Great character, like massive roots, grow deep when water is sparse and winds are strong.
– Charles Swindoll –
Doctrine is useless, unless… – JC Ryle
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of “the image of Christ” must be seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings.
– JC Ryle –
How to develop character – Leonard Ravenhill
You can’t develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
When this is lost, all is lost – Billy Graham
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
– Billy Graham –
Trials Teach Us – Charles Spurgeon
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
– Charles Spurgeon –