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 must be men of steel, for they will be assaulted by Satan even before they attempt to assault his kingdom
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Dry wells send us to the fountain.
– Samuel Rutherford –
from The Loveliness of Christ
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
Affliction is the best bit of furniture in my house. It is the best book in a minister’s library.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Satan fools and feigns, blows and bluffs, and we so often take his threats to heart and forget the “exceeding greatness of God’s power to us.”
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Discontent is like a worm that eats the meat out of the nub, and then when the meat is eaten out of it, you have the shell.
– Jeremiah Burroughs –
(1600-1646)
Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state
– William Law –
I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times: and I have thought again, that one reason why we are no better, is because God purges us no more. I know these things are against the grain of the flesh, but they are not against the graces of the Spirit.
– John Bunyan –