The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.
– GK Chesterton –
Hardship
A Dark Hour Makes Jesus Bright – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
A dark hour makes Jesus bright.
– Robert Murray McCheyne –
The Distance Between a Problem and Solution – Anonymous
The shortest distance between a problem and the solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.
– Anonymous –
Adversity Reveals Character – Unknown
Adversity doesn’t build character; it reveals it.
– Unknown –
Never give in – Winston Churchill
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
– Winston Churchill –
Great Faith is Like an Anchor – Thomas Watson
A great faith is like the anchor or cable of a ship that holds it steady in the midst of storms. A Christian who is steeled with this heroic faith is settled in the mysteries of religion. The Spirit of God has so firmly printed heavenly truths upon his heart that you may we well remove the sun out of the firmament as remove him from those holy principles he has absorbed. Behold here, a pillar in the temple of God (Rev. 3:12).
– Thomas Watson –
from The Lords Supper, 70
Men of Prayer Men of Steel – Leonard Ravenhill
Men of prayer must be men of steel, for they will be assaulted by Satan even before they attempt to assault his kingdom
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Go to the Fountain – Samuel Rutherford
Dry wells send us to the fountain.
– Samuel Rutherford –
from The Loveliness of Christ
How to Suffer Well – Charles Spurgeon
Suffering saints are living seed. Oh, that God might help us to such faith, that when we come to suffer in life, or to expire in death, we may so glorify God that others may believe in him! May we preach sermons by our faith which shall be better than sermons in words.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from his sermon The Trial Of Your Faith – December, 1888