Character

Mortify Sin (Lust) – John Owen

An unmortified lust will drink up the spirit and all the vigour of the soul, and weaken it for all duties.

– John Owen –
from The Mortification of Sin, 1656

True Work Lies in Perseverance – Charles Spurgeon

In commencing any Christian work, novelty greatly assists enthusiasm, and it is very natural that under first impulses the beginner should achieve an easy success. The difficulty of the Christian is very seldom the commencement of the work; the true labor lies in the perseverance which alone can win the victory.

– Charles Spurgeon –
taken from Council for Christian Workers

DL Moody on Christian Living

A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian … and most of all, his family ought to know.

– DL Moody –
(1837-1899)

August 10, 2015

Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing!

– John Wesley –

August 1, 2015

You may speak but a word to a child, and in that child there may be slumbering a noble heart which shall stir the Christian Church in years to come.

– Charles Spurgeon – 

July 31, 2015

A man should be like tea; his real strength [character] appearing when he gets in hot water.

– Unknown –

July 30, 2015

May our Lord’s sweet hand square us and hammer us, and strike off all kinds of pride, self-love, world-worship, and infidelity, so that He can make us stones and pillars in His Father’s house.

– Samuel Rutherford –
Lived 1600-1661

July 29, 2015

Keep clear of a man who does not value his own character.

– Unknown –