There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.
– William Law –
1686-1761
Christian Life
Genuine Sanctification Can Be Seen – JC Ryle
I will never shrink from saying that genuine sanctification is a thing that can be seen.
– JC Ryle –
from his book Holiness, 1879
Why We Work – DL Moody
We work because we are saved. We do not work to be saved. We work from the cross, but not toward it. (see Ephesians 2:8-10)
– DL Moody –
from his book The Way to God
Shake the Tree of Life – Charles Spurgeon
If you do not seem to get the fruit from this Tree by faith, shake it by prayer. “Oh!” you say, “I have been praying.” Yes, but a tree does not always drop its fruit at the first shake you give it. Shake it again, and then give it another shake! Sometimes, when the tree is loaded and is pretty firm in the earth, you have to shake it to and fro, and finally you have to plant your feet, get a firm hold of it, and shake it with all your might, until you strain every muscle and sinew, in order to get the fruit down. And that is the way to pray. Shake the Tree of Life until mercy drops into your lap.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from his book God Loves You
Discontent is Like a Worm – Jeremiah Burroughs
Discontent is like a worm that eats the meat out of the nub, and then when the meat is eaten out of it, you have the shell.
– Jeremiah Burroughs –
(1600-1646)
Holiness and Happiness – Richard Sibbes
Those that look to be happy must first look to be holy.
– Richard Sibbes –
(1577–1635)
What is Faith – Oswald Chambers
“Above all, taking the shield of faith.” Faith is unbreakable confidence in the personality of God, not in His power. There are some things over which we may lose faith if we have confidence in God’s power only. There is so much that looks like the mighty power of God that is not.
We must have confidence in God over and above everything He may do, and stand in confidence that His character is unsullied. Faith stands all tests – “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” When we take the shield of faith, none of these things can get through without breaking the shield. We are protected by the covering shield.
Oswald Chambers
from his book If You Will Ask
God Wants the Whole Person – AW Tozer
God wants the whole person and He will not rest till He gets us in entirety. No part of the man will do.
– AW Tozer –
A Single Eye for the Glory of God – Elisabeth Elliot
[Amy Carmichael’s] great longing was to have a “single eye” for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate.
– Elisabeth Elliot –