We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
– Oswald Chambers –
Christian Life
God Uses All Seasons of Life – Thomas Watson
As the Lord makes use of all the seasons of the year, frost and heat, to produce the harvest, so all prosperous and adverse providences are for the promoting of the work of holiness in the soul.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Godly Man’s Picture
God Takes Part With Those Who Fear Him – John Bunyan
The great God, the former of all things, taketh part with them that fear him, and engage themselves to walk in his ways, of love, and respect, they bear unto him; so that such may boldly say, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me” (Hebrews 13:6).
– John Bunyan –
from All Loves Excelling, 1692
All My Requests Are Lost In One – Charles Wesley
All my requests are lost in one: “Father, Thy will be done!”
– Charles Wesley –
The Holier a Man Becomes – Charles Spurgeon
I believe the holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.
– Charles Spurgeon –
No Fault of Christianity – Jerome
It is no fault of Christianity if a hypocrite falls into sin.
– Jerome –
374-420 AD
Talk of God’s Goodness – Charles Spurgeon
If you abundantly talk of God’s goodness, you are sure to benefit your neighbors. Many are comforted when they hear of God’s goodness to their friends.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from Spurgeon on Praise
Don’t Mistake Remorse for Repentance – Oswald Chambers
Never mistake remorse for repentance; remorse simply puts a man in hell while he is on earth; it carries no remedial quality with it at all, nothing that betters a man.
– Oswald Chambers –
Prayer is the Natural Expression of Faith – Jonathan Edwards
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
– Jonathan Edwards –