In prayer, I give myself to God; in the Word, God gives Himself to me.
– Andrew Murray –
from 199 Treasures of Wisdom on Talking with God: Compiled from the Writings of Andrew Murray
Intimacy
Do this if you want be holy – Charles Spurgeon
If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.
– Charles Spurgeon –
The Presence of God – Tim Dilena
When was the last time the presence of God made you forget what was going on around you?
– Tim Dilena –
Spirit-filled souls ablaze for God – Samuel Chadwick
Spirit-filled souls are ablaze for God. They love with a love that glows. They serve with a faith that kindles. They serve with a devotion that consumes. They hate sin with fierceness that burns. They rejoice with a joy that radiates. Love is perfected in the fire of God.
– Samuel Chadwick –
Why you’re not growing in holiness – Joel Beeke
Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously.
– Joel Beeke –
Money Often Quenches Spiritual Fire – JC Ryle
Nothing I am sure has such a tendency to quench the fire of religion as the possession of money.
– JC Ryle –
Satan is busy when Christ is near – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Movement in Your Love – Richard Rolle
Lord Jesus, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the better the love of Thee is, the greedier it is; for neither by reason is it restrained, nor be dread thronged, nor by doom tempted.
– Richard Rolle –
The Secret to Peace in Life – Jean Nicolas Grou
The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to God is filled with His own peace; and the closer we draw to our God, so much the stronger and more steadfast and tranquil shall we become.
– Jean Nicolas Grou –