The least sin should humble the soul, but certainly the greatest sin should never discourage the soul, much less should it work the soul to despair. Despairing Judas perished, whereas the murderers of Christ, believing on Him, were saved.
– Thomas Brooks –
All Christians are not in proper relationship with their Lord. The present obvious dearth of revival is largely due to the fact that the majority of Christians are out of touch with the source of Divine power. Even at conventions, the first work needed is to get things put right in the lives of those attending. To give a sick stomach an overdose of cream is to risk indigestion. Even a sick stomach prefers the taste of cream to the flavor of the bitter medicine. Still the bitter medicine is necessary, and it does not prevent the enjoying and digesting of good food afterwards-rather it creates the actual appetite of good health, which is quite distinct from the false cravings of indigestion.”
– J.E. Orr –
Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.
– E. M. Bounds –
Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
– E. M. Bounds –
The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe.
– D. L. Moody –
You shall find this to be God’s usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them.
– Richard Baxter –
Holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end.
– Nathanael Emmons –
If the praise of others elates me, or if the blame of others depresses me, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
– Amy Carmichael –
from her book If
The great test of whether the holiness we profess to seek or to attain is truth and life will be whether it be manifest in the increasing humility it produces. In the creature, humility is the one thing needed to allow God’s holiness to dwell in him and shine through him. In Jesus, the holy one of God who makes us holy, a divine humility was the secret of his life and his death and his exaltation; the one infallible test of our holiness will be the humility before God and men which marks us. Humility is the bloom and the beauty of holiness.
– Andrew Murray –