Christian Life

April 7, 2013

All of my need He freely supplieth,
Day after day His goodness I prove;
Mercies unfailing, new every morning,
Tell me of God’s unchanging love.

– Thomas Chisholm –
from the hymn He Supplieth All of My Need

April 6, 2013

Unclaimed promises are like uncashed checks; they will keep us from bankruptcy, but not from want.

– Frances Ridley Havergal –
from Kept for the Master’s Use (1879)

April 5, 2013

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

– CS Lewis –
from The Problem of Pain

April 4, 2013

Perfect love of God with our heart, soul, mind, and strength will not happen until we are no longer compelled to think about ourselves.

– Bernard of Clairvaux –
from On the Love of God

April 3, 2013

A man must first love God or have his heart united to him, before he will esteem God’s good his own, and before he will desire the glorifying, and enjoying of God as his happiness.

– Jonathan Edwards –
from A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections

April 2, 2013

There is only one way to love God: to take not a single step without him, and to follow with a brave heart wherever he leads.

– Francois Fenelon –
from Christian Perfection

April 1, 2013

Do you continually remind those under your care, that the one rational end of all our studies, is to know, love, and serve the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent?

– John Wesley –
from Scriptural Christianity

March 31, 2013

God’s manner is not to bring comfortable texts of Scripture to give men assurance of his love, and that they shall be happy, before they have had a faith of dependence.

– Jonathan Edwards –
from A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections

March 30, 2013

Nothing in me can surprise Him out of loving me … there is wonderful comfort in that.

– Amy Carmichael –
from Edges of His Ways