If I am concerned that my flock be men and women of prayer, then, as their pastor, I must lead the way; apathy in me will produce apathy in them. The church prayer meeting ought to be the best attended in the week, and if it is, success will follow the ministry of the Word at the weekends. I would rather a thousand times set men and women to pray than teach them to preach.
– JD Drysdale –
Let us look to it that in all things we are just – in our trade, in our judgment of others, in our treatment of neighbors, and in our own personal character. A just God cannot bless unjust transactions.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from Faith’s Checkbook
The course of thy life will speak more for thee than the discourse of thy lips.
– George Swinnock –
1627-1673
I’ve learned to kiss the wave that throws us upon the Rock of Ages.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Accountability without real accountability is not true accountability.
– Joseph Mockler –
Oh that God would give me the thing which I long for! That … I may see a people wholly devoted to God, crucified to the world, and the world crucified to them. A people truly given up to God in body, soul and substance! How cheerfully would I then say, “Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.”
– John Wesley –
The fruit of the Spirit is not push, drive, climb, grasp and trample. Life is more than a climb to the top of the heap.
– Richard J. Foster –
Men of prayer are men of faith; closet supplicants make faith’s heroes.
– The War Cry –
(1895)
Peace comes when there is no cloud between us and God. Peace is the consequence of forgiveness, God’s removal of that which obscures His face and so breaks union with Him.
– Charles H. Brent –
