Consecration

Union With Christ – JC Ryle

Nothing will do then but real heart-union with Christ. Christ interceding for us at God’s right hand; Christ known and believed as our Priest, our Physician, our Friend. Christ alone can rob death of its sting and enable us to face sickness without fear. He alone can deliver those who through fear of death are in bondage. I say to everyone who wants advice; be acquainted with Christ. If ever you would have hope and comfort on the bed of sickness, be acquainted with Christ. Seek Christ. Apply to Christ.

– JC Ryle –
from Sickness

Be A Man Of Prayer – Henry Martyn

Let me burn out for God.  After all, whatever God may appoint, prayer is the great thing.  oh, that I may be a man of prayer!

– Henry Martyn –

Never give in – Winston Churchill

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
– Winston Churchill –

Knowledge Without Repentance – Thomas Watson

 

Some bless themselves that they have a stock of knowledge, but what is knowledge good for without repentance? It is better to mortify one sin than to understand all mysteries.

– Thomas Watson –

Prevailing Prayer – Samuel Chadwick

 

There is no power like that of prevailing prayer – of Abraham pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with sorrow, David heartbroken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat of blood. Such prayer prevails. It turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God.

– Samuel Chadwick –

Young Men, Work for the Lord – Charles Spurgeon

 

Young men, work for the Lord while you can. It would greatly embitter my season of painful retirement if I could accuse myself with having wasted the time of my health and strength. When I can work, I pack a mass into small compass because I am so painfully aware that days and weeks may come wherein I cannot work.

– Charles Spurgeon –
from Letters of Charles Haddon Spurgeon