The conscience cannot be truly pacified until soundly purified (Heb 10:22). Cursed is that peace maintained in a way of sin (Deut 29:19-20). Two sorts of peace are more to be dreaded than all the troubles in the world: peace with sin, and peace in sin.
– Joseph Alleine –
from A Sure Guide to Heaven, 1671
We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.
– Harry Ironside –
The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself how it is to cross rivers.
– Gladys Aylward –
I’ve read the last page of the Bible, it’s all going to turn out all right.
– Billy Graham –
Half our fears arise from neglect of the Bible.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Our anxiety shows us that we are too close to the world and too far from God.
– John Piper –
You are worrying and troubling yourself, and you can do nothing; go to sleep.
– Charles Spurgeon –
We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
– JC Ryle –
He who fears God has nothing else to fear.
– Charles Spurgeon –