Christ did not die simply that you might be saved from a bad conscience, or even to remove the stain of past failure, but to “clear the decks” for divine action.
– Ian Thomas –
Consecration
It is sin for you – Susanna Wesley
Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish for spiritual things then it is sin for you, however, innocent it may be in itself.
– Susanna Wesley –
Dare to be Holy – William Gurnall
Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by this heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.
– William Gurnall –
Never be afraid of going to far – JC Ryle
I exhort you to keep up a habit of close relationship with Christ, and never to be afraid of “going to far” in you religion.
– JC Ryle –
from Sickness
Made Holy for God – Oswald Chambers
We are not made holy for ourselves, but for God.
– Oswald Chambers –
from If You Will Ask
Delay of Repentance – Thomas Watson
By the delay of repentance, sin strengthens, and the heart hardens. The longer ice freezeth, the harder it is to be broken.
– Thomas Watson –
Holiness Demands Love – Andrew Murray
Without love, true holiness is impossible, so I pray that my love for others will grow.
– Andrew Murray –
Sanctifying Faith – JC Ryle
The faith that has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils.
– JC Ryle –
Dying to Live – Lettie B. Cowman
You must die in order to live. You must refuse to consult your own ease and well-being. You must be crucified, not only in desires and habits which are sinful, but in many more which appear innocent and right.
– Lettie B. Cowman –
Streams in the Desert