Continue, then, always with God; it is the only support and comfort for your affliction.
– Brother Lawrence –
from The Practice of the Presence of God
Grace
How to Measure Your Growth in Grace – Oswald Chambers
Measure your growth in grace by your sensitivity to sin.
– Oswald Chambers –
Use Duty But Trust Christ – Thomas Watson
Use duty, but trust to Christ and free grace for acceptance. Be like Noah’s dove: she made use of her wings to fly, but trusted to the ark for safety.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Lords Supper, 1665
My Response to God’s Ability – Corrie ten Boom
It is not my ability, but my response to Gods ability, that counts.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Jesus Gives Strength to the Weak – DL Moody
A man may say, “I have no strength.” Let him turn to Romans 5:6. “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” It is because we have no strength that we need Christ. He has come to give strength to the weak.
– DL Moody –
from The Way to God
God’s Grace Works Often in a Silent and Secret Way – Thomas Brooks
God oftentimes works grace in a silent and secret way and takes sometimes five, sometimes ten, sometimes fifteen, sometimes twenty years; yea, sometimes more, before he will make a clear and satisfying report of his own work upon the soul.
– Thomas Brooks –
from Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance,1654
Set Your Heart on the Riches of Grace – Isaac Ambrose
O Christian, never be proud of things that are so transient, injurious, and uncertain as the riches of this evil world! But set your heart on the true and durable riches of grace in Christ Jesus.
– Isaac Ambrose –
To Desire More is a Mark of Grace – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Only God Can Work on the Soul – Richard Baxter
None can do this work on the soul of man but God: not the most learned and holy teachers or the wisest and most affectionate parents, or the greatest princes.
– Richard Baxter –
1615-1691 AD