The Contrite Heart: True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans, for a loving God and Father is by sin offended, a blessed Saviour afresh crucified, and the sweet Comforter, the Spirit, grieved and vexed.
– Thomas Brooks –
It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
All my requests are lost in one: “Father, Thy will be done!”
– Charles Wesley –
If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
– Corrie ten Boom –
A man is dead when he no longer resists the will of God in anything … You must go to God as a lamb, to obey, follow and die.
– Thomas Haire –
I often overestimate my ability and underestimate my need.
– Mr. Gaston –
The God who promised that He would take you through, no matter what may befall, is the same today, He will see you through until your soul shall be gladdened one day in the city where the sun never goes down. If I had my choice, I would rather be the son of a poor Christian man, rich with the promises of God, than to be the son of any millionaire on earth who did not know God. I would rather lean on God’s Word than on any man’ s money.
– George Kulp –
The names and offices of Christ, as laid down in Scripture, appear to me to show unmistakably that this communion between the saint and his Savior is not a mere fancy, but a real true thing. Between the Bridegroom and His bride, between the Head and His members, between the Physician and His patients, between the Advocate and His clients, between the Shepherd and His sheep, between the Master and His scholars, there is evidently implied a habit of familiar communion, of daily application for things needed, of daily pouring out and unburdening our hearts and minds. Such a habit of dealing with Christ is clearly something more than a vague general trust in the work that Christ did for sinners. It is getting close to Him and laying hold on Him with confidence, as a loving, personal Friend. This is what I mean by communion.
– JC Ryle –
This is the very place meant by God to turn your eyes to Him.
– Elisabeth Elliot –