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)
Christian Life
Chief Desire in Writing – JC Ryle
My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of men; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
– JC Ryle –
(1816-1900)
Sound Forth the Praises of the Most High God – Charles Spurgeon
Psalm 145 is called “David’s Psalm of praise,” and you will see that all through it he is inflamed by a strong desire that God may be greatly magnified. Hence he uses a variety of expressions, and repeats himself in his holy vehemence. Run your eye down the psalm and notice such words as these: “I will extol thee”; “I will bless thy name”; “Every day will I bless thee”; “I will praise thy name forever and ever”; “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised”; “One generation shall praise thy works, to another”; “I will speak of the glorious’ honor of thy majesty; “Men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts,” and other words of like import, down to the last verse’: “My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.”
David is not content with declaring that Jehovah is worthy of praise, or with pleading that his praise ought to be felt in the heart, but he will have it publicly spoken of, openly declared, plainly uttered, and joyfully proclaimed in song. The inspired Psalmist, moved by the Holy Ghost, calls upon all flesh, yea, and upon all the works of God to sound forth the praises of the Most High. Will we not heartily respond to the call?
– Charles Spurgeon –
taken from the book Spurgeon on Praise
Thomas Watson on Confession
Confession must be voluntary. It must come as water out of a spring, freely. … true confession drops from the lips as myrrh from the tree or honey from the comb, freely. “I have sinned against heaven, and before thee” (Luke 15:18): the prodigal charged himself with sin before his father changed him with it.
– Thomas Watson –
Is the World Crucified to You? – Leonard Ravenhill
Is the world crucified to you or does it fascinate you?
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Such Prayers Prevailed with God – Charles Finney
I have never known a person sweat blood; but I have known a person pray till the blood started from his nose. And I have known persons to pray till they were all wet with perspiration, in the coldest weather in winter. I have known persons pray for hours, till their strength was all exhausted with the agony of their minds. Such prayers prevailed with God.
– Charles G. Finney –
Jesus Died For Me – John Wesley
I the chief of sinners am, but Jesus died for me.
– John Wesley –
Give Me 100 Preachers – John Wesley
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on Earth.
– John Wesley –
Thomas Watson on Prayer
Christ was in an agony at prayer (Luke 22: 44). Many when they pray are rather in a lethargy, than in an agony. When they are about the world they are all fire; when they are at prayer, they are all Ice.
– Thomas Watson –