There will be three effects of nearness to Jesus—humility, happiness, and holiness. May God give them to you, Christian!
– Charles Spurgeon –
Consecration
Prayer is a Sacrificial Offering – EM Bounds
Prayer in its highest form of faith is that prayer which carries the whole man as a sacrificial offering. Thus devoting the whole man himself to his all, to God in a definite, intelligent vow, never to be broken, in a quenchless and in passioned desire for heaven.
– EM Bounds –
Daily Put Off Sin – Samuel Rutherford
Put off a sin or a piece of a sin every day.
– Samuel Rutherford –
Want holiness? Pray. – Greg Gordon
No praying … no holiness.
– Greg Gordon –
Revival of Spiritual Life – Andrew Murray
There is need of a great revival of spiritual life, of truly fervent devotion to our Lord Jesus, of entire consecration to His service. It is only in a church in which this spirit of revival has at least begun, that there is any hope of radical change …
– Andrew Murray –
Sin Doesn’t Reign in the Saint – Thomas Brooks
Sin may rebel, but it shall never reign in any saint.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608-1680
What kind of habitation pleases God? – AW Tozer
What kind of habitation pleases God? What must our natures be like before He can feel at home within us? He asks nothing but a pure heart and a single mind.
– AW Tozer –
Growing in Grace – JC Ryle
When I speak of a person growing in grace, I mean simply this —that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, his love more extensive, and his spiritual mindedness more marked.
– JC Ryle –
The Treasure of Affliction – Thomas Brooks
Afflictions are the golden key by which the Lord opens the rich treasure of His word to his people’s souls.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608–1680