It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.
– Matthew Henry –
Death
Heaven is Sweeter – Richard Baxter
I think heaven is the sweeter because many of my old, lovely, affectionate, holy friends are there, and I am the more willing by death to follow them. And should it not be more pleasing to think that my God and Father, my Saviour and Comforter, are there?
– Richard Baxter –
from the book Dying Thoughts, 1683
Scripture Teaches Us – John Flavel
The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying.
– John Flavel –
Give up ALL for Christ – George Whitefield
There is no being a Christian without giving up all for Christ. We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.
– George Whitefield –
May 22, 1740
Don’t hold onto tomorrow – Elisabeth Elliot
Once we give ourselves to God, shall we attempt to get hold of what can never belong to us — tomorrow?
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Why You Don’t Need to Fear Death – John Knox
Live in Christ and the flesh need not fear death.
– John Knox –
Here Is What You Should Do For Those Going to Hell – Charles Spurgeon
If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one GO there UNWARNED and UNPRAYED for.
– Charles Spurgeon –
No Fear of Death – John Knox
Live in Christ and the flesh need not fear death.
– John Knox –
The Poisonous Weed of Sin – AW Tozer
Sin is a poisonous weed that throws the whole nature out of order. The inner life disintegrates; the flesh lusts after forbidden pleasures; the moral judgment is distorted so that often good appears evil and evil good; time is chosen over eternity, earth over heaven and death over life.
– AW Tozer –