Before I preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, law, and judgment.
– John Wesley –
Grace
God enables us to obey – Oswald Chambers
If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar. And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account.
– Oswald Chambers –
The work of affliction – Thomas Watson
Affliction works out sin—and works in grace.
– Thomas Watson –
Suffered from cheap grace – Vance Havner
We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that is free, but they are not interested in discipleship. They will take Christ as Savior but not as Lord.
– Vance Havner –
My Motto – Samuel Logan Brengle
For the past ten years God has enabled me to keep a perfect, unbroken purpose to serve Him with my whole heart. No temptation has swerved that steadfast purpose. “HOLINESS TO THE LORD” (Exodus 28:36) has been my motto. My heart pants after Him and, as I seek Him in fervent, patient, believing prayer and in diligent searching of His Word, He is deepening the work of grace in my soul.
– Samuel Logan Brengle –
Don’t forget – Charles Spurgeon
We should not allow the mercies of the Lord to lie forgotten in unthankfulness.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Not looking for much from God – George Macdonald
O Lord my God, in you I put my trust. Psalms 7:1
“O God, one day we will laugh ourselves to scorn that we looked for so little from you.”
– George Macdonald –
Mercy outweighs affliction – Thomas Watson
Our mercies far outweigh our afflictions. For one affliction—we have a thousand mercies! The sea of God’s mercy swallows up our few drops of affliction!
– Thomas Watson –
God’s presence is indispensable – Ian Thomas
Man was so engineered by God that the presence of the Creator within the creature is indispensable to His humanity.
– Ian Thomas –