At some point, it has to go from being highlighted in your Bible to being written on your heart.
– Unknown –
Holiness
Drawn toward holiness – Charles Spurgeon
He who died for you can draw your soul away from evil and toward holiness.
– 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 –
How to be truly happy – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
They alone are truly happy who are seeking to be righteous. Put happiness in the place of righteousness and you will never get it.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
An eternity of holiness – JC Ryle
We could not be happy if we reached the kingdom of glory with a heart loving sin. The company of saints and angels would give us no pleasure. Our minds would not be in tune for an eternity of holiness. Let these things sink down into your hearts. We must repent as well as believe, if we hope to be saved.
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856
The Church is to be Holy – Charles Spurgeon
The church is nothing if it is not holy. … Who is to keep the church pure? None but God Himself. If the Lord is there, holiness will abound, and fruits of the Spirit will be seen on all sides …
– Charles Spurgeon –
Glowing for holiness, God, and heaven – EM Bounds
He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and for heaven.
– EM Bounds –
Holy living is essential preparation – EM Bounds
Holy living is essential preparation for prayer.
– EM Bounds–
Thence springs forth – JI Packer
Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow.
– JI Packer –