Do but stand still in the hour of trial, and you will see the help of God, if you trust in Him. But there is so often a forsaking the ways of the Lord in the hour of trial, and thus the food of faith, the means whereby our faith may be increased, is lost.
– George Müller –
from Answers to Prayer
Let us hold to Christ more closely, love him more heartily, live for him more thoroughly, copy him more exactly, confess him more boldly, follow him more fully. Religion like this will always bring its own reward. Worldly people may laugh at it. Weak brethren may think it extreme. But it will wear well. In sickness it will bring peace. In the world to come it will give us a crown of glory that fades not away.
– JC Ryle –
from Sickness
The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think to pray.
– Oswald Chambers –
Christ hath told us He will come, but not when, that we might never put off our clothes, or put out the candle.
– William Gurnall –
1617-1679 AD
Thanksgiving is good but thanks-living is better.
– Matthew Henry –
1662-1714 AD
You might as well try to hear without ears, or breathe without lungs, as try to live a Christian life without the Spirit of God in your heart.
– Dwight L. Moody –
When the worst happens in the life of a child of God the best remains, and the very best is yet to be.
– Corrie ten Boom –
As long as I live and love and hear and work, I must pray at all times.
– Andrew Murray –
There is as much difference between sin in the wicked and sin in the godly—as between poison being in a serpent and poison being in a man. Poison in a serpent is in its natural place and is delightful—but poison in a man’s body is harmful and he uses antidotes to expel it. So sin in a wicked man is delightful, being in its natural place—but sin in a child of God is burdensome and he uses all means to expel it.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Doctrine of Repentance