A boy in the streets, selling mince-pies, kept crying, “Hot mince pies!” A person bought one of them, and found it quite cold. “Boy,” said he, “why do you call these pies hot?” “That’s the name they go by, sir,” said the boy. So there are plenty of people who are called Christians, but they are not Christians – that’s the name they go by.”
– Charles Spurgeon –
God has always sought a humble people. He can use no other . . . There is always much need of heart preperation, in humility and separation, before God can consistently come. The depth of any revival will be determined exactly by the spirit of repentance that is obtained. In fact, this is key to every true revival born of God.
– Frank Bartleman –
(Azusa Street)
Denying ourselves and taking up our cross isn’t a little side issue — it is absolutely necessary to becoming or continuing to become a disciple of Jesus.
– John Wesley –
Having made Jesus your all, you shall find all in Jesus.
– Charles Spurgeon –
There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Jesus gave his life for me, to take my life from me, to live his life through me.
– Alistair Begg –
Humility is nothing but the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all.
– Andrew Murray –
Why do we not lay open our heart to God and beg Him to put into it whatever is most pleasing to Him?
– Jean-Nicholas Grou –
from How to Pray (18th Century)
“What do you want with me?” I want you, not to be a convert to my opinions, but to be a member of Christ, a child of God, and an heir of his kingdom.
– John Wesley –